March 02, 2026
FEATURING - Building the Constitution: The Practice of Constitutional Interpretation in Post-Apartheid South Africa by James Fowkes.
The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is: Building the Constitution: The Practice of Constitutional Interpretation in Post-Apartheid South Africa...
February 23, 2026
FEATURING - I'm Not Your Weekend Special: Portraits on the Life + Style & Politics of Brenda Fassie by Bongani Madondo.
The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is: I'm Not Your Weekend Special: Portraits on the Life + Style & Politics of Brenda Fassie by Bongani...
February 16, 2026
FEATURING - Scatterling of Africa: My Early Years by Johnny Clegg.
The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is: Scatterling of Africa: My Early Years by Johnny Clegg. The success story of Juluka and later Savuka, and...
February 09, 2026
FEATURING - The African Imagination in Music by Kofi Agawu.
The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is: The African Imagination in Music by Kofi Agawu. In ‘The African Imagination in Music’, noted music...
February 02, 2026
FEATURING - Focus: Music of South Africa by Carol Ann Muller
The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is: Focus: Music of South Africa by Carol Ann Muller ‘Focus: Music of South Africa’ provides an in-depth look...
December 12, 2025
FEATURING - Southern African Garden Birds by Ulrich Oberprieler and Burger Cillié.
The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is: Southern African Garden Birds by Ulrich Oberprieler and Burger Cillié. A large variety of birds make...
December 12, 2025
FEATURING - Eden's Exiles: One Soldier's Fight for Paradise by Jan Breytenbach.
The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is: Eden's Exiles: One Soldier's Fight for Paradise by Jan Breytenbach. Colonel Jan Breytenbach was legendary...
December 12, 2025
FEATURING - The Dark Side of the Hive: The Evolution of the Imperfect Honey Bee by Robin Moritz and Robin Crewe.
The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is: The Dark Side of the Hive: The Evolution of the Imperfect Honey Bee by Robin Moritz and Robin Crewe...
December 12, 2025
FEATURING - I See You: A Photo Album of People with Intellectual Disability by Rory Du Plessis.
The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is: I See You: A Photo Album of People with Intellectual Disability by Rory Du Plessis. The casebook for the...
November 10, 2025
FEATURING - Flowering Plants of the Kalahari Dunes by Noel Van Rooyen.
The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is: Flowering Plants of the Kalahari Dunes by Noel Van Rooyen. The term Kalahari is a corruption of the word...
November 03, 2025
FEATURING - Okavango: An African Paradise by Daryl Balfour.
The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is: Okavango: An African Paradise by Daryl Balfour. ‘Okavango: An African Paradise’ captures the wilderness...
October 27, 2025
FEATURING - Richtersveld: The Land and its People by François Odendaal and Helen Suich, photography by Claudio Velásquez Rojas.
The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is: Richtersveld: The Land and its People by François Odendaal and Helen Suich, photography by Claudio...
October 20, 2025
FEATURING - Lost City of the Kalahari by Alan Paton.
The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is: Lost City of the Kalahari by Alan Paton. In 1956 seven amateur adventurers set off from Natal in a...
October 13, 2025
FEATURING - Queer Africa 2: New Stories, edited by Makhosazana Xaba and Karen Martin.
The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is: Queer Africa 2: New Stories, edited by Makhosazana Xaba and Karen Martin. In Queer Africa 2: New Stories...
October 06, 2025
FEATURING - Cultural Landscape Heritage in Sub-Saharan Africa, edited by John Beardsley.
The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is: Cultural Landscape Heritage in Sub-Saharan Africa, edited by John Beardsley. The essays in this book...
September 29, 2025
FEATURING - Voices from the Forest: Celebrating Nature and Culture in Xhosaland, by Tony Dold and Michelle Cocks.
The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is: Voices from the Forest: Celebrating Nature and Culture in Xhosaland, by Tony Dold and Michelle Cocks....
September 22, 2025
FEATURING - Once We Were Hunters: A Journey with Africa's Indigenous People, by Paul Weinberg.
The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is: Once We Were Hunters: A Journey with Africa's Indigenous People, by Paul Weinberg. ‘Once We Were Hunters’...
September 15, 2025
FEATURING - Landscape of Memory: Commemorative Monuments, Memorials and Public Statuary in Post-Apartheid South Africa, by Sabine Marschall.
The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is: Landscape of Memory: Commemorative Monuments, Memorials and Public Statuary in Post-Apartheid South...
September 08, 2025
FEATURING - Shattered But Unbroken: Voices of Triumph and Testimony, edited by Amelia Van der Merwe and Valerie Sinason.
The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is: Shattered But Unbroken: Voices of Triumph and Testimony, edited by Amelia Van der Merwe and Valerie...
August 25, 2025
FEATURING - Lives of Courage: Women for a New South Africa by Diana E. H. Russell.
The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is: Lives of Courage: Women for a New South Africa by Diana E. H. Russell. In 1987 and 1988, Diana Russell...