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Catch up with Polity's interviews with local and international authors on their latest releases.

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60 episodes

  1. Robert Mugabe: The Black Victorian 9:01
  2. Checkmate: How Shoprite Checkers Rewrote the Rules 14:36
  3. Puppet Master: The secrets of Markus Jooste and the Steinhoff crash 18:02
  4. 1985: The Langa Massacre and the ending of white rule in South Africa 10:54
  5. Love and Violence: The Revolt Against Permanent Juniority 36:30
  6. Spud: Two for the Road 20:49
  7. Command: A Soldier's Journey in the African Battlespace 15:28
  8. Lilian Ngoyi: A Life 34:08
  9. Undelivered: The case of the rogue midwife and the mothers who stopped her 14:16
  10. Tracks in the Dust: A Game Ranger's Journey 42:12
  11. Africa’s Road to Prosperity: 10 Things to Know 13:58
  12. Defying Barriers 14:54
  13. Tsietsi Mashinini: Elusive Hero of Soweto 12:41
  14. Predatory Welfare: How Finance Capital Profiteers from Social Grants 16:34
  15. Where to From Here?: Populism and Coalition Politics in South Africa 10:17
  16. Zama Zama: Inside the Illicit Mining Underworld 10:53
  17. My Boss, Mrs Mandela 13:08
  18. Dogtag Memories 12:11
  19. Apartheid's Granddaughter 27:44
  20. The House at 6001: A Memoir of Uprising and Exile 16:53
  21. Loud Explosions, Silenced Cries: Reflections on the War in Gaza 11:04
  22. Facing the Heat in South Africa 19:51
  23. From Predator To Prey: Leadership Lessons from the African Wild and Beyond 10:29
  24. Escaping The Sun: My Life Beyond Sol Kerzner – Peter Venison 14:12
  25. Under Smuts’s Rule: Jan Smuts and His Impact on Black South Africans – Bongani Ngqulunga 17:39
  26. The Story of 702 – David Williams, Chris Gibbons, David Saks 17:01
  27. KasiNomics Unleashed: The Evolution of the Informal Economy and the Inspiring Entrepreneurs and Executives Who Power It 16:13
  28. Coming in from the Cold: An autobiography – Bonang Francis Mohale 20:30
  29. Benni – A Memoir 27:41
  30. Winning In Africa: Your Next Eight Moves to Business Success in Africa – Peter Mehlape 14:35
  31. Darker Shade of Pale: Shtetl to Colony – Deborah Posel 45:39
  32. Ulibambe Lingashoni: A History of Ilanga Lase Natal Newspaper 13:10
  33. Conquest or Leaven – Fr David Neuhaus SJ 37:44
  34. Hope Arising: The story of South Africa’s JOULE electric vehicle, and why it still matters – Gerhard Swart 17:06
  35. What Else Could Go Wrong? – Zapiro 16:35
  36. Johnny Clegg: Critical Reflections on his Music and Influence – Michael Drewett & Lucilla Spini 28:07
  37. It's About Tyme: Banking Beyond Borders – Adrian Saville & Bruce Whitfield 31:13
  38. Raising Champions – Myan Subrayan 20:11
  39. Belonging: The History of Indian South Africans – Ashwin Desai and Goolam Vahed 35:16
  40. The Deal: Mandy Wiener 11:39
  41. It Always Seems Impossible: My fight to build and save Education Africa – James Urdang 28:44
  42. Diplomatic Ties – Mpho Boshego 11:37
  43. Mafia Land: Inside South Africa's Darkest Cartels – Kyle Cowan 29:42
  44. Malema: Money. Power. Patronage. – Micah Reddy & Pauli van Wyk 20:56
  45. Restless Infections: Public Art and a Transforming City – Jay Pather 35:21
  46. The Devil Made Me Do It: Understanding Occult Crime in South Africa – Nicky Falkof 18:57
  47. The Chaos Precinct: Johannesburg as a port city – Tanya Zack 12:23
  48. Lives on the line – David Africa 37:08
  49. The Shadow State: Why Babita Deokaran had to die – Jeff Wicks 18:14
  50. The Way Home: Memories of a South African in exile – Morley Nkosi 11:03