From The Thornveld September 2025 – Welcome

Month: September 2025

  • Humanity and palaces of dreams

    The prolific Scottish writer M.C. Beaton (Marion Chesney) described libraries as ‘palaces of dreams’. Looking back over fifty years of working life and four careers, they all had their highlights. But only libraries carried a […]

    Sharp Thoughts

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  • Corporate Newsman: A Life of Integrity

    Kaizer Nyatsumba, Corporate Newsman: A Life of Integrity (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2025) Autobiography, however nuanced, always involves a degree of self-indulgence. And all autobiography is by definition one-sided. This one tells the story of a […]

    Book Reviews

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  • The Shadow State: Why Babita Deokaran had to Die

    Jeff Wicks, The Shadow State: Why Babita Deokaran had to Die (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2025) WHETHER South Africa is already, or is becoming, a mafia state is a matter for debate. Corruption on a grand […]

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