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The Reading List

‘While the giants were napping an unlikely competitor was waking up’ – TJ Strydom probes Capitec’s extraordinary social impact

South Africa

‘While the giants were napping an unlikely competitor was waking up’ – TJ Strydom probes Capitec’s extraordinary social impact

By TJ Strydom

Author Sam Wilson's new book is a generation-spanning thrill ride set on Mars

South Africa

Author Sam Wilson's new book is a generation-spanning thrill ride set on Mars

By The Reading List

Speechless at 40 — Kim Ballantine’s heartbreaking, raw and darkly funny memoir

South Africa

Speechless at 40 — Kim Ballantine’s heartbreaking, raw and darkly funny memoir

By The Reading List

‘Why We Kill: Mob Justice and the New Vigilantism in South Africa’: lawless judgments

South Africa

‘Why We Kill: Mob Justice and the New Vigilantism in South Africa’: lawless judgments

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Robert Grendon: A Life Rediscovered

Maverick Life

Robert Grendon: A Life Rediscovered

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Homemade meals don’t have to be hard – Try Homemade Simple’s delicious dishes with a twist

Maverick Life

Homemade meals don’t have to be hard – Try Homemade Simple’s delicious dishes with a twist

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‘If you want to eat cake, raise your rates!’ — critical truth bombs from Shea Karssing

Maverick Life

‘If you want to eat cake, raise your rates!’ — critical truth bombs from Shea Karssing

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Get ambitious with your home cooking with Luke Dale-Roberts’ ‘The Test Kitchen’

South Africa

Get ambitious with your home cooking with Luke Dale-Roberts’ ‘The Test Kitchen’

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Best books of 2023 — a smorgasbord to tickle every literary tastebud

Maverick Life

Best books of 2023 — a smorgasbord to tickle every literary tastebud

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‘Son of a Whore’ — Herman Lategan’s bestselling memoir

South Africa

‘Son of a Whore’ — Herman Lategan’s bestselling memoir

By Herman Lategan

Black pride and defiance of political oppression, all for the love of nonracial rugby — ‘Rugby, Resistance and Politics’

Sport

Black pride and defiance of political oppression, all for the love of nonracial rugby — ‘Rugby, Resistance and Politics’

By Buntu Siwisa

Delicious burnished cheesecake with morello cherries — if for no other reason, bake for the colour alone

South Africa

Delicious burnished cheesecake with morello cherries — if for no other reason, bake for the colour alone

By The Reading List