Friday Digest

The latest posts from South African writers on Substack - Friday 28th November 2025

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Hello everyone!

This week I’ve compiled the latest November post from our list of South African Substack writers. Next week I’ll only share posts written from 28 November - 4 December.

Some writers are PROLIFIC with many posts per week, and others only post once a month. So I had to make the hard decision to choose the most recent post, otherwise I’ll be here all week.

Photo by Julia Joppien on Unsplash

There is some fantastic writing happening and it was a great pleasure to read it all.

Enjoy.

Adli Yacubi - SUBSTACK LISTEN #AfricansMatter (25 November)

Azille Coetzee - On Childlessness (9 November)

Amy Heydenrych - On Creative Purpose (5 November)

Belinda Mountain - Making things beautiful (20 November)

bongi nkosi - A moth to it’s own flame (3 November)

Busani Ngcaweni - China’s four global initiatives align with Africa’s future (26 November)

Café Complicity - Obz Café Observatory Cape Town (25 November)

Caity Gunthorp (Venniker) - Where can you take a tote bag (8 November)

Carmen Williams - What does proper grieving look like? (19 November)

Colleen Higgs - Newsflash: Black Friday website sale (26 November)

Daniël Eloff - DinkWeer Donderdag | Groot Geraas vs. Stil Bouwerk (27 November)

Dan Wylie - Come to my hills, 5 (18 November)

Dominique Malherbe - Tears from a poem about a window (21 November)

Fatima Moosa - Not all men (21 November)

Hannah Botsis - Humble brag or keeping me humble (28 November)

Jannes Erasmus - ‘N MEEVOELENDE PORTRET VAN DIE LEWE IN ZIMBABWE TYDENS DIE POLITIEKE & EKONOMIESE VERVAL. (23 November)

Jenna Mervis - Life on the construction site (on motherhood, patriarchy, and hard hats) (27 November)

Jen Thorpe - Want to share your writing? (25 November)

Jessica Hanke - Transitory (12 November)

Johan Fourie - Vibe shift (24 November)

Kevin McCallum - The Seven Question Itch with Rory Steyn (28 November)

KUDU Journal - Kudu Issue 3 Shoutout (21 November)

Louisa Treger - The Trailblazing Women of Fiction who Live Rent-Free in My Head (22 November)

malebo sephodi this is what empire fears most ~ that love might re-member us. (4 November)

Marina Auer F’Oktober* Part 2 (15 November)

Marita van der Vyver Purple prose (and poetry and protest) (27 November)

Mark Heywood Them belly full but we hungry (25 November)

Mike Nicol Falls the shadow (26 November)

Mike Wright Le Weekly #107 – Flow State 🍳 (24 November)

Mmabatho Molefe My Ultimate Guide to the Ajabu Cocktail & Spirit Festival (24 November)

Narina Exelby A note from the road - in Peru (16 November)

Nic Rosslee Runnin’ Down A Bear (13 November)

Karin Schimke Silence is extinct (21 November)

Kerry Hammerton In Other Stories at Richmond (3 November)

Pen Before the Plough The Eternal Reign of Love in the Year of Grace (23 November)

Penny Haw Readers don’t care how you’re published (12 November)

resoketswe martha the alchemy of memories (27 November)

Review by Ingrid -The Book Bar When One Farm Defies the Rules: Red Tape and Why Rebellion Still Matters (13 November)

Shubnum Khan On the Power of Sharing the Books We Read With the Ones We Love (9 November)

sivgreyson “i miss wanting to die; it is so much harder wanting to live” (23 November)

Tania Kliphuis 27 November 2025 | Edition #22 (27 November)

Tanya Meeson Rage against the machine (13 November)

Tom Eaton Pulp friction (26 November)

Trisa Hugo Circle of Self (25 November)

Wandile Sihlobo South Africa’s agricultural exports for the first three quarters of the year is US$11.7 billion, up 10% year-on-year (28 November)

Warren Leichtle-Chalklen A Vision for South Africa (24 November)

Yacoob The Tuesday Pause: Part 4: Life as a Bird (25 November)