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.
Blogs in January 1970
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...
Portrait with Keys 1st January 1970
(The Author)…..has evidently spent much of his time walking round and round, up and down, above and under, in and out of the city’s not very beautiful streets…..He needs no cathedrals for his art, no victorious monuments. To him...
Random Violence 1st January 1970
In Johannesburg prosperous whites live in gated communities: when they exit their cars to open the gates, car-jackings are common. But seldom is the victim killed, much less shot twice, like Annette Botha. Piet Botha, the husband of the...
No Turning Back 1st January 1970
Grade 4-8. Sipho’s idyllic country life ends when his nurturing grandmother dies and he returns to his mother’s shack. Shocked to discover he now has a stepfather who is brutal and abusive, Sipho lasts for six months before running...
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