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Mark Gevisser

Mark Gevisser is one of South Africa’s leading journalists. His latest book, “A Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the Future of the South African Dream is published by Palgrave Macmillan in the USA and UK, and by Jonathan Ball in South Africa under the title, Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred. The book won the Sunday Times 2008 Alan Paton Prize and the NB Books 2008 Recht Malan Prize. The book has been lauded by the Times Literary Supplement as “probably the finest piece of non-fiction to come out of South Africa since the end of apartheid” and by the BBC’s Fergal Keane as “the indispensable and definitive account of post-apartheid South Africa.” Mark is currently writer-in-residence, University of Pretoria, where he teaches in the journalism programme. Read more...
  Recent writing

Here is a selection of articles Mark has recently written about the World Cup 2010:

I had such fun in Paris. Here is a picture of my son Kush blasting his vuvuzela to open our panel on the World Cup. Looking on are Breyten Breytenbach, Njabulo Ndebele and Mark Gevisser who all three manage to combine high intelligence with searing talent and the sweetest of natures. Posted by Petina Gappah [http://petinagappah.blogspot.com]

We did it, we showed the world
The Guardian, July 2010


Did South Africa win the World Cup?
Finantial Times, July 2010


A joyous burden
Mail & Guardian, June 2010


South Africa's World Cup Moment
The New York Times, June 2010

I want to imagine the SA of my dreams
Times Live, May 2010



Here is a selection of articles Mark has recently written:

Young Mandela by David James Smith
The Guardian, July 2010


Homosexuality and the battle for Africa’s soul
Mail & Guardian, June 2010


He wore his alienation on his sleeve
Mail & Guardian, May 2010


South African Angst
The New York Times, September 2009


Castigated and celebrated
The Times, August 2009


A man with two tribes
The Times, July 2009


Judging Zuma
The Wall Street Journal, 19 April 2009


South Africa: beyond a one-party state
The Guardian.co.uk, 20 April 2009


Jacob Zuma, South Africa's unsavory next president
LA Times Online, 19 April 2009


How Zuma became Mbeki
Mail & Guardian Online, 09 April 2009


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  Latest News


A Legacy of Liberation
Mark’s award-winning biography of Thabo Mbeki is now available internationally, in abridged and updated form, in a new edition published by Palgrave Macmillan. Read more...

André Brink on "A Legacy of Liberation" in the Saturday Telegraph

Advance Praise for “A Legacy of Liberation”

Praise for the South African edition

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