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Karin Mitchell’s The High Treason Club reconstructs South Africa’s Boeremag trial, revealing extremist plots, ideological fervour and the fragility of democracy

Reckoning with South Africa’s white supremacist threat

Karin Mitchell’s The High Treason Club reconstructs South Africa’s Boeremag trial, revealing extremist plots, ideological fervour and the fragility of democracy

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
Blow by blow: Jeff Wicks, winner of this year’s Nat Nakasa Award for Courageous Journalism, and author of The Shadow State, with Renu and Dominic Williams at the book launch in Johannesburg, which was also launched at Ike’s Book Corner for Durban family members and book lovers. Photos: NB Publishers/Tafelberg, Deokaran family

Beyond the headlines: Jeff Wicks turns Babita Deokaran’s story into a lasting testament

Jeff Wicks’s book The Shadow State is both an exposé and a tribute, ensuring that whistleblower Babita Deokaran’s warnings echo beyond her murder

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
Journalist and writer Gavin Evans

Gavin Evans on fathers, faith and fearless reporting in South Africa

Memoir is a gripping account of journalistic bravery, father-son reckonings and resilience

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
The docuseries makes us wonder how many Joostes are still out there cooking the books.

The Wolf of Stellenbosch: Markus Jooste and the making of a financial scandal

Steinheist dives deep into Markus Jooste’s billion-rand fraud and its shocking aftermath

  • Des Erasmus
7 min read