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‘Flesh’ by David Szalay wins the Booker Prize 2025

‘Flesh’ by David Szalay wins the Booker Prize 2025

Previously shortlisted for the Booker in 2016, Szalay's winning title is a spare but propulsive novel

By Mila de Villiers

A deep dive conversation with Veruska De Vita

A deep dive conversation with Veruska De Vita

In this episode of Pagecast, Tessa Barlin interviews Veruska De Vita about her book, 'Deep Blue'.

By Jonathan Ball Publishers

Dr Kopano Matlwa writes, rewrites and reclaims womanhood

Dr Kopano Matlwa writes, rewrites and reclaims womanhood

The inimitable author returns to fiction with ‘Bosadi’, a haunting novel that examines love, identity and the cost of being seen


Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlist: Beverley Roos-Muller talks ‘Hunting the Seven’

Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlist: Beverley Roos-Muller talks ‘Hunting the Seven’

Q&A with author of ‘Hunting the Seven: How The Gugulethu Seven Assassins Were Exposed’ which is shortlisted for the Sunday Times Literary non-fiction award.

By Mila de Villiers

Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlist: Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu on ‘The Creation of Half-Broken People’

Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlist: Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu on ‘The Creation of Half-Broken People’

Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu discusses the genesis of her novel 'The Creation of Half-Broken People'

By TimesLIVE

Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlist: Shubnum Khan on her novel ‘The Lost Love of Akbar Manzil’

Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlist: Shubnum Khan on her novel ‘The Lost Love of Akbar Manzil’

Author struggled for 12 years before she felt satisfied with her book

By TimesLIVE

TIM BERNERS-LEE | The man who invented the world wide web

TIM BERNERS-LEE | The man who invented the world wide web

This is an edited extract from the prologue of 'This is for Everyone' by Tim Berners-Lee

By Tim Berners-Lee

Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlist: Q&A with Khumisho Moguerane on ‘Morafe: Person, Family and Nation in Colonial Bechuanaland, 1880s and 1950s’

Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlist: Q&A with Khumisho Moguerane on ‘Morafe: Person, Family and Nation in Colonial Bechuanaland, 1880s and 1950s’

We ask the author a few questions on her shortlisted book.

By TimesLIVE

EXTRACT |‘The Art of Spending Money’ by Morgan Housel

EXTRACT |‘The Art of Spending Money’ by Morgan Housel

Can money buy happiness? Yes. Can spending money make you happier? Yes. But it’s more complicated than many people think.

By Pan Macmillan

‘Careless People’ by  Sarah Wynn-Williams reviewed | Facebook/Meta is certainly not a benign and idealistic organisation

‘Careless People’ by Sarah Wynn-Williams reviewed | Facebook/Meta is certainly not a benign and idealistic organisation

SARAH Wynn-Williams’ account of the years she spent working for Facebook (now Meta) has caused something of a stir.

By Margaret von Klemperer

‘One Call Away’ is a meditation on life, death and the question of existence

‘One Call Away’ is a meditation on life, death and the question of existence

Thia is Anne Biccard’s third book about her life as a doctor, working in the emergency department of a Johannesburg hospital where she faces a daily struggle against the Grim Reaper.

By Margaret von Klemperer

SALA announces the 2025 shortlisted nominees

SALA announces the 2025 shortlisted nominees

The South African Literary Awards (SALA) has announced its 2025 shortlisted nominees, marking 20 years of celebrating South Africa’s finest literary voices.

By Sinhle Hlatshwayo

Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlist - Karen Jennings on her novel ‘Crooked Seeds’

Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlist - Karen Jennings on her novel ‘Crooked Seeds’

Karen Jennings on the genesis of her novel ‘Crooked Seeds’


Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlist: Jonathan Jansen on his memoir ‘Breaking Bread’

Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlist: Jonathan Jansen on his memoir ‘Breaking Bread’

We ask Jonathan Jansen a few questions on his shortlisted memoir Breaking Bread

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Shhhhh ... the rise of the Silent Book Club

Shhhhh ... the rise of the Silent Book Club

How a ‘happy hour for introverts’ became the world’s quietest social movement — now booming in South Africa

By Gill Gifford

Editor’s Choice

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A diabetic patient’s harrowing fight for survival exposes the cracks in South Africa’s public health system


2

Africa’s global warming is a burning issue for our children


3

Survivors and families frustrated by postponement of TRC interference inquiry


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EXPLAINED| Are the deadly US strikes on alleged drug vessels legal?​


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Inventor Nkosana Makate’s backer comes calling

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