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Intruding on comfort: Mohale Mashigo shows the good, bad and colourful views of the African future in her new book. Photo: Thomas Holder
AFROFUTURISM

An iconoclast gets kitted out for new terrain

‘Intruders’ is the effort of an author putting in work for her generation.

  • Kwanele Sosibo
4 min read
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: One of the recommended summer reads for the upcoming holiday season.
DEMOCRACY AND DELUSION BY SIZWE MPOFU WALSH

Spice up your down time

Welcome Lishivha chooses a selection of books that will keep you occupied while your feet are up

  • Welcome Lishivha
6 min read
Author Mohale Mashigo speaks to the M&G about her writing process
SOUTH AFRICAN WRITERS

Short fiction by The Yearning author Mohale Mashigo: The High Heel Killer

A woman undergoes a strange metamorphosis in this short story by Mohale Mashigo

  • Staff Reporter
11 min read
THE YEARNING

The Yearning is ready for round two as it gears up for its second print run

Author Mohale Mashigo speaks about her writing journey and the second print run of her debut novel

  • Sarah Koopman
4 min read
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

Writer confronts trauma but sidesteps Cape Town

‘The shout on the front cover of ‘The Yearning’ has Zakes Mda waxing lyrical about Mashigo’s writing talent. All his descriptors are true.’

  • Kwanele Sosibo
4 min read