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Coovadia explores truth and corruption

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March 23, 2026

TRUTH versus corruption - you'd think that truth would out but we're talking about South Africa here, with a focus on Cape Town.

- BERYL EICHENBERGER

State capture...a statement (excuse the pun) that we are all familiar with and in Imraan Coovadia's new novel An enemy of the People we are faced with his take on that time.Democracy or Kleptocracy - I leave you the reader to decide but Coovadia’s incisive, acerbic and often satirical novel points firmly to the latter. His layered characters, empirical observation is a tapestry of social commentary - tragic, heartbreaking and compelling.

Coovadia is one of South Africa's award-winning writers, directing the writing programme at the University of Cape Town. He is unafraid to speak his mind, to draw the reader into the milieu of political shenanigans, the immorality of our mad world. He crafts a story that will leave you saddened, angered, thoughtful.

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