The JRB Editor Jennifer Malec talks to Nozuko Siyotula about her debut novel, Christopher. ChristopherNozuko SiyotulaJacana Media, 2021 Jennifer Malec…
The JRB presents new poetry by Jacques Coetzee. ~~~ Pushing and Pulling Time Dearest, these are the days of maintenance,of keeping strict tempo….
The JRB presents an excerpt from The JRB Patron Makhosazana Xaba’s new collection of poetry, The Art of Waiting for…
The JRB presents tunes and accompanying editorial from our EAP member Tymon Smith. It is a new year and that means more issues…
For Francis on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. I met Francis B Nyamnjoh, now a world-renowned professor of social…
The JRB presents an excerpt from In the Company of Men by Véronique Tadjo, out now in a new edition….
Victor Dlamini is The JRB’s Photo Editor. We feature his work on our Instagram channel. See this ten-year retrospective of his portraits. View this…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Ilifa, Athambile Masola’s new isiXhosa collection of poetry. IlifaAthambile MasolauHlanga Press, 2021 Isifebe NgeCawa…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Bantu Knots, the debut novel from Lebo Mazibuko. Lebo MazibukoBantu KnotsKwela Books, 2021 Read…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga, out now in a new edition….
The JRB presents an excerpt from It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way, the debut novel from Alistair Mackay. It…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Nikki May’s debut novel, Wahala. WahalaNikki MayPenguin Random House, 2022 Read the excerpt: Boo…
Mary Watson has been announced as the winner of the 2022 Philida Literary Award. The prize, established by Karina M…
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has been announced as one of the winners of this year’s PEN America Literary Awards. Ngũgĩ was…
The full list of winners of the English Academy of Southern Africa Awards for writing have been announced. Founded in…
With our last issue of 2021, the Fiction Issue, The JRB reached the milestone of publishing our 200th individual contributor….
‘Poetry is part of the Struggle. You use the armed Struggle; you use political methods … You recite a poem….
Abdulrazak Gurnah • Kiprop Kimutai • Barbara Boswell • Patrick Flanery • Glenn Diaz • Zanta Nkumane • Keletso Mopai • Simon van Schalkwyk • Nick Mulgrew •…
The JRB presents a new short story by Simon van Schalkwyk. A Second Mowing Alan was the gardener. I found him…
The JRB presents a new short story by Kiprop Kimutai. The Wood Carving On the bus to Donholm, I sat next…
The JRB presents a new short story by Zanta Nkumane. Petite Mort. When your father dies on a Friday night,…
The JRB presents a new short story by Barbara Boswell. Miss Johns The 06:55 train is late again. I groan…
The JRB presents a new short story by Keletso Mopai. The Boy and Other Disasters Papa’s face was fat and…
The JRB presents a new short story by Jarred Thompson. Waving and Drowning after Stevie Smith The door was barricaded….
Pan Macmillan South Africa will be publishing a collaborative novel by Amy Heydenrych, Qarnita Loxton, Pamela Power and Gail Schimmel…
The JRB presents a new short story by Wamuwi Mbao. From the Air Fare forward, you who think that you…
The JRB presents a new short story by Byron Loker. You wake up on a spaceship’s operating table surrounded by strange…
The JRB presents new poetry by Nick Mulgrew. ~~~ Siam, in some other place Still the cane waves on the hills like an…
Victor Dlamini is The JRB’s Photo Editor. We feature his work on our Instagram channel. See this ten-year retrospective of his portraits. View this…
The JRB presents tunes and accompanying editorial from our EAP member Tymon Smith. It’s the end of the year as we count it…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Afterlives, the new novel from Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in…
The JRB presents an excerpt from How to Be a Revolutionary, the new novel by CA Davids. How to Be…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Seesaw by Timothy Ogene. SeesawTimothy OgeneSwift Press, 2021 Read the excerpt: My second and…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Exposure, the new novel from Louis Greenberg. ExposureLouis GreenbergTitan, 2021 Read the excerpt: The…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Daughters of Nandi, the debut work of adult fiction by Nokuthula Mazibuko Msimang. Daughters…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Glass House by Chinenye Emezie. Glass HouseChinenye EmeziePenguin Random House, 2021 Read the excerpt:…
The JRB presents an excerpt from A Conspiracy of Mothers by Colleen van Niekerk. A Conspiracy of MothersColleen van NiekerkLittle…
The JRB presents an excerpt from In Every Mirror She’s Black, the debut novel by Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström. In Every…
The JRB presents an excerpt from All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa, a new graphic novel by Richard…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Dreaming in Colour, the debut novel by Uvile Ximba. Dreaming in ColourUvile XimbaModjaji Books…
