Author: journalist

Book Review: The List is a page turner

This `novel’ has a special place of honour

With his latest book, The List, journalist and author, Barry Gilder has taken the first step towards possibly becoming South Africa’s John Le Carre. Britain’s Le Carre is known for his fascinating stories of espionage and counter espionage against the backdrop of British governance.What Gilder has done with The List is to take the reader into contemporary South African governance providing insights into what could be going on behind the scenes in the murky spaces of national and international politics. Not only does he do this, he also provides scenes that take us back to pre 1994…

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Sophia Yilma Deressa

Journalist, activist and politician

Ethiopian media legend whose legacy remains engraved in the hearts and minds of her fellow country folks for her social change agency has nerves of steel. Once incarcerated without trial, her parents were imprisoned, her husband was executed for unknown reasons. She endured all this under the Derg regime but continued her unwavering civic activism until independence.

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