Jessica Pitchford: 3 books

When Johan Booysen hears that the new Provincial Police Chief takes backhanders from a Durban businessman, he decides to give her the benefit of the doubt. But the evidence becomes impossible to ignore and he soon gets dragged down the corridors of power and politics into a web of intrigue, deceit and...

Carte Blanche burst onto the scene in 1988 as a genre never before seen on South African television: a trail-blazer, a blend of sociological awareness, sophistication and audacity. When pay channel M-Net came up with this different and daring weekly eye-opener that pushed the envelope, it brought...

‘Well … I got the test results back and he’s not the father. But it’s more complicated than that …’ He was holding a sheet of paper in his hand, but seemed unable to articulate what was on it. Megs reached out for it: ‘Let me read it then.’ ‘And that’s how...