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In this captivating discussion, Pagecast host Kelly Ansara engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Justin Fox, the prolific author behind more than twenty books, including The Cape Raider, Whoever Fears the Sea, and Secret Cape Town. Together, they delve into the intriguing world of his latest release, The Wolf Hunt, the second book in the thrilling Jack Pembroke series.
Join us as we explore the gripping narrative of The Wolf Hunt - Nazi Terror in South African Waters, and gain insight into the creative process behind this standalone adventure. Discover the significance of literary festivals like Kingsmead to authors and the local literary community, and get a sneak peek into what Justin Fox is reading next.
Don't miss this enlightening episode as we uncover the rich storytelling and historical depth that defines Justin Fox's work.
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In this captivating discussion, Pagecast host Kelly Ansara engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Koleka Putuma, a multi-award-winning theatre practitioner, writer, and poet. Koleka's work fearlessly tackles themes such as sexuality, gender, race, and politics. Her bestselling debut poetry collection, Collective Amnesia, garnered prestigious accolades, including the Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry, and was recognized as one of the best books of the year by The Sunday Times and Quartz Africa. In 2022, Putuma made history by receiving the Standard Bank Young Artist Award – the first time this award was given for poetry.
Join us as we delve into Koleka's literary journey and explore her latest collection, We Have Everything We Need to Start Again. This inspiring collection invites readers to embark on a journey of self-discovery and embrace their true selves.
Don't miss this enlightening episode as we discuss the profound impact of Koleka's work on the literary community and the importance of festivals like Kingsmead in fostering local talent and dialogue.
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In this captivating discussion, Pagecast host Kelly Ansara engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Bronwyn Williams, a renowned futurist, economist, and business trends analyst. Bronwyn earns her living as a ‘court jester,’ consulting to clients in both the public and private sectors worldwide. As a partner at Flux Trends and an associate at Futurist.com, her research delves into how macro socio-economic trends and emerging technologies will shape businesses, industries, and nations in the short and long term.
Join us as we explore her latest book, The Future Starts Now - Expert Insights into the Future of Business, Technology and Society, co-authored by Theo Priestley. Bronwyn shares her perspectives on the state of our nation, especially in the context of the upcoming elections, and offers a glimpse into how society and business will evolve in the coming years.
Don't miss this enlightening episode as we discuss the future of business, technology, and society, and the critical insights Bronwyn provides.
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In this captivating discussion, Pagecast host Nompumelelo Mgidlana engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Amy Heydenrych, the talented author behind the thrillers Shame on You and The Pact, and co-author of Chasing Marian. Her latest novel, Bad Luck Penny, was released just last month and promises to be another thrilling read.
Join us as we delve into Amy's literary journey and explore her latest release, Bad Luck Penny. Amy shares her insights on what makes stories literary, a topic she will be discussing on one of her panels at this year's festival. We also discuss the significance of festivals like Kingsmead for authors and the local literary community.
Don't miss this enlightening episode as we uncover the gripping narratives and creative process behind Amy's work.
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In this captivating discussion, Pagecast host Maryam Adams engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Jonathan Ancer, an award-winning journalist known for his diverse career as a reporter, features writer, and crossword columnist. Jonathan is the author of notable biographies on Craig Williamson and Pravin Gordhan. His latest book, Bullsh*t: 50 Fibs That Made South Africa, delves into the intriguing and often surprising fabrications that have shaped the nation's history.
Join us as we explore Jonathan's literary journey and uncover some of the most fascinating fibs from his latest book. Jonathan shares his insights on the importance of literary festivals like Kingsmead and their impact on the local literary community. We also discuss his favorite fibs, some that didn't make it into the book, and what he plans to cover next.
Don't miss this enlightening episode as we delve into the stories and fabrications that have shaped South Africa.
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In this episode, Pagecast host Maryam Adams engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Sven Axelrad, who burst onto the literary scene in 2023 with his magical and quirky debut, Buried Treasure. An accountant by profession, Sven is an avid reader (devouring 65 books a year), a tattoo enthusiast, guitar player, and dog lover. His second novel, God’s Pocket, has just been released.
Join us as we explore Sven's remarkable transition from the world of accounting to the literary world. Sven shares his journey, discusses his literary muses, and gives us an inside look into his latest book, God’s Pocket, including the inspiration behind it. We also get a sneak peek into his plans for book number three.
Don't miss this enlightening episode as we delve into the creative mind of Sven Axelrad and his captivating storytelling.
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In this discussion, Pagecast host Michael Ward engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Lloyd Burnard, the sports editor of News24.com and the author of Miracle Men and Insights into the Rugby World Cup. Lloyd's 2024 book, Twice the Glory: The Making of the Greatest Bok Team in History, delves into the fascinating story behind South Africa's most successful rugby team.
Join us as we explore the current state of sports in our nation and the unique power of sports to unite South Africans. Lloyd shares insights from his latest book, Twice the Glory, offering a detailed look at what makes this Bok team truly the greatest in history.
Don't miss this enlightening episode as we discuss the unifying spirit of sports and the compelling narratives behind South Africa's rugby success.
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In this discussion, Pagecast host Kelly Ansara engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Barbara Boswell, a distinguished writer and scholar from Cape Town. Barbara draws much of her inspiration from her vibrant hometown. As an Associate Professor of English Literary Studies at the University of Cape Town, she has authored notable works including Grace: A Novel, which won the UJ Prize for Debut Creative Writing, And Wrote My Story Anyway: Black South African Women’s Novels as Feminism, and Lauretta Ngcobo: Writing as the Practice of Freedom.
Join us as we delve into Barbara's latest book, The Comrade's Wife. Barbara shares her inspirations and the compelling narrative behind this new release. We also explore the significance of literary festivals like Kingsmead for authors and the local literary community.
Don't miss this enlightening episode as Barbara discusses her participation in a panel on life and death, alongside Sewela Langeni and Barry Gilder, where they will explore the trials of the liberation struggle.
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In this thrilling discussion, Pagecast host Nompumelelo Mgidlana engages in a thought-provoking conversation with the phenomenal Nozibele Mayaba! Nozibele is a renowned HIV activist, internationally recognized podcaster, speaker, and TV host. She recently partnered with Jacaranda FM and East Coast Radio to launch a youth podcast, Don’t Hold Back, Say It Loud. Her TV show, #YesIHaveHIV on HONEY, DStv channel 173, has empowered many to disclose their HIV statuses to their loved ones. The show is now in its second season.
Join us as we explore Nozibele's latest brave account of living with HIV, Positively Me. Nozibele shares the inspiration behind her new book and discusses the gut-wrenching honesty with which she narrates her journey of living and loving beyond HIV.
Don't miss this enlightening episode as Nozibele speaks about her participation in the panel on The Mother Wound, where she will discuss parent-related pain alongside Colleen Higgs, Moshitadi Lehlomela, and Lisa Lazarus.
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In this captivating discussion, Pagecast host Maryam Adams engages in a thought-provoking conversation with the remarkable Ryan Blumenthal. Ryan is a seasoned forensic pathologist with over twenty years of experience in the field, based in South Africa. His book, Autopsy: Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa, published by Jonathan Ball Publishers in August 2020, became a non-fiction bestseller in South Africa. Ryan also gained widespread recognition through his eight-part documentary, Lightning Pathologist, which aired on People’s Weather (Channel 180) on DStv, attracting over 2.2 million viewers.
Join us as we explore Ryan's latest book, Risking Life for Death, which delves into Locard’s Exchange Principle and the daily dangers faced by forensic pathologists. Ryan shares his experiences and insights from his fascinating career.
Don't miss this enlightening episode as Ryan discusses his participation in the panel, When the Dead Speak, with Sunday Times Books online editor Mila De Villiers and fellow forensic expert Hestelle van Staden. They provide a unique glimpse into the world of forensic pathology and what it’s like to see dead people.
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In this captivating discussion, Pagecast host Bradley Lutz engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Hendrik Hancke. Hendrik is a journalist at the Sunday Times in Johannesburg, with a rich background as a performing poet, playwright, and artist manager. During his time at Rapport, Hendrik won two Legend24 awards in 2017 for Investigative Journalist of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year. He also developed a passion for sports writing, particularly rugby.
Join us as we explore Hendrik's latest book, ONKANT, a rugby love story that captures his deep appreciation for the sport. Hendrik shares insights into his writing journey and discusses the themes and inspirations behind his new book.
Don't miss this enlightening episode as Hendrik talks about his participation in the panel, The Winning Kant, where he joins Dylan Rogers, Lloyd Burnard, and David O’Sullivan to celebrate the glory of rugby and discuss defending the Rugby World Cup.
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In this captivating discussion, Pagecast host Maryam Adams engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Wisani Mushwana. Wisani is a talented writer and researcher who holds an MA in Creative Writing (with distinction) from the University of Cape Town and is currently completing his PhD in English Studies at the same university. His debut novel, A Soft Landing, has already made waves in the literary community.
Join us as we explore Wisani's journey in writing his first novel, A Soft Landing. Wisani shares the creative process behind the book and gives us an inside look into its themes and inspirations. We also discuss his experience at the Kingsmead Book Festival and what it means to him as an emerging author.
Don't miss this enlightening episode as we delve into the world of literature and what’s next for Wisani Mushwana.
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In this captivating discussion, Pagecast host Maryam Adams engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Farai Mudzingwa, a talented freelance writer. Farai's short fiction has been published by Weaver Press, Kwani?, and Enkare Review II, while his longform articles and reporting have appeared in Chimurenga Chronic, The Mail & Guardian, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Africa Is A Country, This Is Africa, The Africa Report, and New Humanitarian. He has been recognized with several prestigious nominations and awards, including the Miles Morland Writing Scholarship shortlist (2019) and the Short Story Day Africa competition shortlist (2019).
Join us as we explore Farai's latest book, Avenues by Train. Farai shares insights into the themes and inspirations behind his work and discusses the significance of literary festivals like Kingsmead for authors and the local literary community.
Don't miss this enlightening episode as we delve into Farai's creative process and what’s next for him in his literary journey.
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Today’s episode features the the remarkable Beverley Roos-Muller - speaking about her latest book Hunting the Seven.
Never have seven people been so hunted. By assassins. By journalists, lawyers and activists in search of the truth and TRC investigators wanting justice for the victims’ families.
In 1986, seven young men were shot and killed by police in Gugulethu in Cape Town. The nation was told they were a ‘terrorist’ MK cell, which was plotting an attack on a police unit. An inquest followed, then a dramatic trial in 1987 and another inquest in 1989. Finally, the fact that Eugene de Kock’s Vlakplaas unit plotted and drove the operation was revealed at the Truth and Reconciliation ten years after the murders, but Vlakplaas’s real agenda remained shrouded in mystery.
In *Hunting the Seven*, Beverley Roos-Muller tells the story of the Gugulethu Seven and the hunt for the truth of their deaths. She reveals that it was Vlakplaas’s only operation in the Western Cape and was an elaborate, deadly scheme designed to keep the money rolling into the death squad’s slush fund.
In this epsiode of Pagecast, Beverley is in conversation with Award-winning journalist, Beauregard Tromp, the Africa editor of the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.
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Today’s episode features the phenomenal Nozibele Mayaba, who bares it all in the her memior, Postively Me - Daring To Live And Love Beyond HIV, co-authored with Sue Nyathi.
Born in Qgeberha in the 1990s, popular Aids activist Nozibele Mayaba’s upbringing was one of struggle and strife. She was raised by the tough hand of her mother in the confines of a strict Christian household. Nozibele strove to be the “good girl” that everyone adores to win her mother’s approval and the affection of her absent father.
She lived by the book and was steered by her faith. Hers becomes a life of firsts. She is the first person in her family to travel overseas. The first to graduate from university. It is also her first love, with his infectious smile that infected her with HIV.
This diagnosis throws her life into disarray. Fearing stigma and feeling the need to maintain her “good girl” image, she kept her status a secret. However, she soon succumbed to depression. It is in the aftermath, when she picks up the broken pieces of her life that she finds purpose in all the pain she has endured.
She went public with her story in a video that when viral and launched her onto a new path. Nozibele, who has since gotten married and recently became a mother, has made it her mission to hold open conversations about her journey living with HIV.
Told with gut wrenching honesty, Nozibele is at her most vulnerable in this brave account about what it means to live and love beyond HIV.
In this epsiode of Pagecast, Nozibele is in conversation with seasoned media practitioner Sebenzile Nkambule.
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After state capture, South Africa is (f*cked) not in a good place. The system is down. How do we reboot?
We are not the first country to find itself in a difficult spot. China, India, South Korea, Vietnam and many others have gone from being economic basket cases to powerhouses, lifting millions out of poverty. So how can we pick ourselves up and fix things? In this book, Roy Havemann argues that right now we need to focus on six basic ‘E’s: Eskom, Education, Environment, Exports, Ethics, and Equality.
Havemann lays out how we can practically bring in lessons from other countries and learn from their achievements and mistakes, for example, how China, Greece and Colombia solved loadshedding, how different South American countries are dealing with inequality and how Brazil and Kenya are upgrading their education systems.
He shows that we are slowly moving in the right direction. Our own ‘Operation Vulindlela’ delivery unit, which is a joint initiative of the Presidency and the Treasury, is implementing change where it’s needed but more can be done to accelerate reforms to make South Africa a success. Sometimes the solutions to our problems are right here in our very own country – all that is needed is for us to recognise and harness them.
*Foreword by Tito Mboweni
Roy Havemann has consulted to the SA Presidency, the Treasury, the World Bank and private companies among others. After lecturing macroeconomics, Havemann joined the National Treasury in 2002 and rose through the ranks to be head of the Western Cape budget office and Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni’s speechwriter. -
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From award-winning non-fiction writer Hedley Twidle comes Show Me the Place, an essay collection searching through history, memory and literature to find glimmers of utopia. The collection is a book of elsewheres; in it, the author charts a journey to find other liveable places and spaces in a troubled world.
Whether embarking on a bizarre quest to find Cecil Rhodes’s missing nose (sliced off the bust of the Rhodes Memorial) or bike-packing the Scottish islands with a couple of squabbling anarchists; whether learning to surf (much too late) in the wild, freezing waters off the Cape Peninsula or navigating the fraught politics of a Buddhist retreat centre – the author explores forgotten utopias, intentional communities and islands of imagination with curiosity, hope and humour.
Threaded through the pieces in this collection are questions of friendship and human community, of environmental destruction and repair, of landscape and memory.
In this episode, Hedley is in conversation with Mila de Villiers - Sunday Times Books digital editor.
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Today’s podcast features the Jonathan Ancer and his latest book Bullshit: 50 Fibs That Made South Africa.
An outrageous miscellany of lies, myths, untruths, fibs and fabrications that tell the woeful history of South Africa. Aimed at offending and entertaining everyone in equal measure, this will have South Africans sniggering and spluttering into their porridge. It will also pique their curiosity.
The lies come thick and fast, like a burst sewerage pipe. Way, way back the Europeans ‘discovered’ southern Africa and found a land that was largely uninhabited. Um, no. On the other hand, Africa was a paradise before the settlers pulled in. Not quite!
Back in the darkest of ages (the 1970s!), citizens were told that there were Satanic messages if you played The Beatles songs backwards. During the civil war in Angola, there were no South African troops in that country. National icon Hansie Cronje was a paragon of virtue and integrity … until he wasn’t. President Nelson Mandela told us that we, as a nation, were ‘special’. Turns out we aren’t.
Jonathan Ancer has written, after consulting with historians and barflies, a fascinating and witty collection of the lies we’ve been told – and the lies we tell ourselves.
In this episode, Jonathan is in conversation with Rebecca Davis, Senior Journalist at the Daily Maverick and author.
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Today’s podcast features the remarkable Karen Horn speaking about Prisoners of Jan Smuts
Equally skilled in different trades than in the art of love, the Italian prisoners-of-war who were incarcerated in South Africa during the Second World War are a source of great fascination to this day.
The first Italian POWs arrived in the Union of South Africa in early 1941, most of them being held in Zonderwater Camp outside Cullinan or in work camps across the country. The government of Jan Smuts saw them as a source of cheap labour that would contribute to harvesting schemes, road-building projects such as the old Du Toit’s Kloof Pass between Paarl and Worcester and even to prickly-pear eradication schemes.
Prisoners of Jan Smuts recounts the stories of survival and shenanigans of the Italian POWs in the Union through the eyes of five prisoners who had documented their experiences in memoirs and letters.
Many opted to remain in South Africa once the war had ended, forging quite a legacy. These included sculptor Edoardo Villa, who left an important mark in the local and international art world, and businessman Aurelio Gatti, who built an ice-cream empire whose gelato was to delight generations of South Africans.
In this episode, Karen is in conversation with Monique Verduyn author and literary reviewer.
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Today’s podcast features the phenomenal Margie Orford, speaking about her latest book - Love and Fury, a compelling and intimate account of the life, loves and furies.
In this brave memoir, the renowned South African crime writer divulges some of the harrowing experiences that have shaped her life and influenced her writing. Through sexual assault, divorce, depression and personal loss, Orford illuminates the trauma she has navigated. Tender and courageous chapters vividly recall memories of what she has been through as a woman, mother, wife, feminist and ambitious writer.
Love and Fury shows why trauma in our past can have such an enduring and debilitating effect on women’s lives. It also unpacks the healing power of love, creativity, courage and self-reflection, ultimately offering a profound message of hope and joy for any woman who has ever questioned themselves, their trauma and who they are in the world. This book is every woman’s love and fury.
In this episode, Margie is in conversation with Barbara Boswell, feminist literary scholar and Associate Professor of English at the University of Cape Town.
I promise its a chat you will never forget.
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