Rapport Names the 100 Best Afrikaans Books of the Century
Rapport reveals the 100 Best Afrikaans Books, a curated journey through 100 years of literature.
Category: Literature
Literature from Cape Coloured writers holds power, emotion, and history. Our archive showcases novels, plays, and anthologies that reflect our unique voices and perspectives.
Cape Flats Storytelling Earns Place in Netwerk24-kykNET-Rapport Book Prizes
Congratulations to the local authors who made the shortlist.
What if Little Red Riding Hood Took Place on the Cape Flats?
A favourite fairytale like it's never sounded before.
Two Cape Writers Make Shortlist for the 2025 UJ Debut Prize for Afrikaans Literature
The UJ Debut Prize celebrates outstanding first-time Afrikaans authors and their creative writing.
Better Late Than Never: Overdue Library Book Finds Its Way Home
Cape Town’s Central Library celebrates the return of a book that took its own time – 24 years!
For Your Bookshelf: Eugene
Eugene's rough past meets a deadly present, as old alliances crumble and he's charged with murder.
For Your Bookshelf: Diekie Vannie Bo-Kaap
Diekie vannie Bo-Kaap is the first Bo-Kaap youth novel written in Kaaps, the colloquial Afrikaans variety of Cape Town.
For Your Bookshelf: COLOURED – How Classification Became Culture
Tessa Dooms and Lynsey Ebony Chutel shed light on the often forgotten, erased roots of Coloured people.
For Your Bookshelf: Living Coloured
A tribute to Cape Coloured culture and resilience, Living Coloured speaks to the pains of the past and the enduring strength of its people.
Die Verdwyning van Mina Afrika – For Your Bookshelf
In Die Verdwyning van Mina Afrika, Mina Afrika grows up as an outsider, caught between worlds that fail her. Read more
For Your Bookshelf: Gerook
Cobie thought Vaalberg would be boring, but he didn’t expect it to pull him into a mess. Left with a Read more
For Your Bookshelf: Kinnes
Plot summary, author information, and book details.