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ArchiveHow the apartheid regime burnt books – in their tens of thousands, 24 October 2018
… fine day in the 1970s, a truck transported thousands of books and magazines from Pretoria’s Central Police Station to … from the 1950s to the 1970s…
BiographyDawood Parker
… in London and other cities where he placed orders for books banned in South Africa. He used a contact person at the South African customs office to intercept…
BiographyOswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali was born on 17 January 1940 in Vryheid, Natal, where he attended Inkmana High School. His parents were schoolteachers. He moved to…
BiographyMargaret Roach Killie Campbell
… regularly to England where Killie acquired some of her books. This library is named after Killie, who from an early … up her valuable and unique collection…
My Fight Against Apartheid by Michael Dingake (Kliptown Books), 1987
… My Fight Against Apartheid by Michael Dingake (Kliptown Books), 1987 …
EventBarry Hough, SA literary critic and successful author of mainly teenage books is found dead
… Youth Story competition. He went on to write several other books that would prove to be more successful than his debut … SA literary critic and successful…
BiographyWangari Maathai
… ↵ [xxii] Books [Online]. Available: … http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/wangari-maathai/books ↵ [xxiii] Books [Online]. Available: … http://www…
BiographyAugust Aime Balkema
… to submit to the dictates of the Kulturkammer. These books included not only poetry by major Dutch poets like A … minor tradition in South Africa that…
Book Launch: The Nightwatchman, Hlonipha Mokoena
… of Hlonipha Mokoena's new book, THE NIGHTWATCHMAN at Love Books, Melville, Johannesburg on Tuesday 9th September. The …
John G. Gubbins (58), collector of Africana, especially books, dies in Johannesburg.
… John G. Gubbins (58), collector of Africana, especially books, dies in Johannesburg. …
Lawrence George Green (72), SA author of mainly travel books, dies
… Lawrence George Green (72), SA author of mainly travel books, dies …
Sue Williamson Book Launch
Join us for the launch of the catalogue accompanying Sue Williamson’s retrospective exhibition, ‘There’s something I must tell you’.The exhibition is on view…
BiographyNokugcina Elsie Mhlophe
… past 21 years. Gcina Mhlophe has written many children's books as well as adult audience poetry and short stories and … the SABC. In 2001 her CD and book of…
BiographyJeevenundhan (Jeeva) Rajgopaul
… in New York, USA. His works have appeared in a number of books, magazines and newspapers. He has given photographic … in South Africa. His works have…
BiographyAnthony Sampson
… New Africa (1956). Sampson went on to write several other books about South Africa, including The Treason Cage: The … (1960) with S. Pienaar. Sampson was the…
BiographyPercy Fitzpatrick
… for his book, Jock of the Bushveld and other children's books. Fitzpatrick was one of the leaders of Johannesburg's …
BiographyJabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo
… From an early age, they inculcated in Mzala a love for books and a disciplined approach to studying. Mzala attended … the work of the underground, Mzala…
Louise (Lulu) Latsky, SA author of children’s books and zoologist, dies in Stellenbosch.
… Louise (Lulu) Latsky, SA author of children’s books and zoologist, dies in Stellenbosch. …
BiographyAlan Stewart Paton
… great love of nature in his son, which was apparent in his books. Paton especially enjoyed Walter Scott, Charles Dickens … fully to writing. He was very…
BiographyPeter Becker
… for several of his published works. The first of these books, Sandy tracks to the kraal, was published in 1955, and … had also begun doing research for…
BiographyPaul Alberts
… of social documentary photography and special interest books. Seven photographic books of his work have been published. They are: Die Klein … or as…
BiographyPieter Dirk-Uys
… A creative writer, he has written in many genres. One his books, Trekking to Teema, became the first internet book in …
BiographyNoni Jabavu
… her origins in both England and South Africa. In her books she looked at the alienation she felt, issues of … as a writer and a journalist. One only has to…
BiographyGisele Wulfsohn
… KwaZulu Natal. This book is currently on the Exclusive Books Publishers' Choice list of the nine best children's books for 2001. In 2001 she was commissioned…
Hildagonda Johanna Duckitt, author of two books on culinary art, is born near Darling, CC.
… Hildagonda Johanna Duckitt, author of two books on culinary art, is born near Darling, CC. …
T.V. (Tom) Bulpin (81), SA author of travel books and photographer, dies in Cape Town.
… T.V. (Tom) Bulpin (81), SA author of travel books and photographer, dies in Cape Town. …
BiographyDavid Lurie
… of his book "Life in the Liberated Zone" (Corner house Books, UK). His work has been widely published in magazines …
Koleka Putuma: part of the Ibuyambo Book Festival 2026
… careers beyond the page. We are not just producing books. We are shaping ecosystems. Join us as we build …
BiographyHilary Mutch
… extra income. Claire later worked part time for Penguin books and at a primary school in Surrey. She then enrolled at … Apart from teaching, Claire also…
BiographyGreg Marinovich
… 2000; Johannesburg 2000/20001) 'AIDS' 2000 (Johannesburg) Books 'The Bang-Bang Club' (with Joao Silva). Heinneman UK, 2000; Basic Books USA 2000, Grijalbo…