Mphuthumi Ntabeni is trained in built environment, reads literature, history and philosophy. He lives in Cape Town. He has written two historical novels, The Broken River Tent & The Wanderers.
I will not lie, I was rather devastated when this book did not make it through the Booker International Shortlist. I had hoped to review it next as part of the list. Now,
If true the casting of a Black woman, Lupita Nyong’o, by the director Christopher Nolan in the film, The Odysseus, as Helen of Troy, is not about provoking novelty but returning the
Tengo Max Jabavu belonged to a generation born at the narrowing edge of South African possibility. He came of age at a moment when African intellectual life was still animated by faith in
Across history, settler societies facing indigenous resistance or deep social change have often projected their deepest fears onto the people whose land and freedom they have seized. In southern Africa, this dynamic emerged
The resurgence of right-wing politics across Latin America and Europe is often described as a sudden swing of the pendulum—a spasm of voter anger, a culture-war contagion imported from the internet. None
Cape Town’s Real Opposition Crisis Is Not in Council — It Is in the Voter Roll As Cape Town moves toward the 2026 Local Government Elections, the city faces a paradox: a council