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Booking for the 2023 Franschhoek Literary Festival, which takes place from 19 to 21 May in the historic Western Cape town, is now open to the public.
Since 1994, South Africa has had five presidents who have varied greatly in style and character, despite all belonging to the same political party. How do they compare? How did they handle the crises they faced? What impact did they have on the country? As the ANC’s next elective conference approaches and Cyril Ramaphosa seeks a second term as president, South Africa is reeling from the effects of state capture and the Covid-19 pandemic. Coupled with an ailing economy and record unemployment, the need for good political leadership to steer us through the morass is more urgent than ever.
As the country grapples with myriad challenges, concerns have been raised that we do not have the right leadership in place.
This is a compilation of great South African books published in 2022, just in case you've missed them.
With the ANC’s national elective conference looming, political analyst Richard Calland, who has written a new book, The Presidents: From Mandela to Ramaphosa, Leadership in the Age of Crisis (Penguin), with Mabel Sithole, reflects on "the age of crisis".