Blogs in July 2017

One Young Fool in South Africa 31st July 2017

“Have I ever told you about my seventh birthday?” “Only a million times.” Who is Joe Twead? Where did he come from? What happened before Joe met Victoria and they moved to a crazy Spanish mountain village? Dark, funny,...

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Jozi Gold 29th June 2014

When Jozi, as Johannesburg, South Africa’s city of gold is affectionately known, was chosen as the main venue for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, it produced an atmosphere of mingled excitement and anxiety. Along with the promise of national...

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Shifting Colours 19th May 2014

Celia Mphephu works as a maid for Mr and Mrs Steiner in a leafy, white man’s suburb of 1960s Johannesburg. When racial tensions in the country reach fever pitch and the Steiners plan to relocate to England, they offer...

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Cry, The Beloved Country 1st January 1970

Many-layered messages of loss and faith, murder, redemption, and the Reverend Kumalo and his love for his people. A true classic.

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Saturdays are Gold 1st January 1970

Two children growing up in 1940s South Africa are told to stay away from lonely places because there is a child abductor on the loose. What could possibly go wrong? Young Maudie doesn’t realise she has a ‘gift’ that...

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