Nestled in the KwaZullu-Natal Diamond Foothills inbetween a UNESCO City of Literature and a UNESCO Heritage Site.
Our Literary Pursuits
A flagship elevated literary imprint by the house founding director, a leisure publication inspired by our location, a heritage imprint by the house's first investor and our ongoing impact; our true legacy - passed on from one generation to the next.
NONA ZURI
NONA ZURI is a literary imprint and nom-de-plume of Nontobeko "Nona Zuri" Ndlovu. House founder, and director, Nona Zuri is a literary artisan masterfully crafting literature at the intersection of wealth, power and relationships from a psycho-sociological perspective. Incorporating South African economic history and folklore into contemporary novels, novellas, novelettes and scripts - works by Nona Zuri are often set against the business of luxury and this world permeates into literary salons she hosts in partnership with elevated hospitality .All literary works from Nona Zuri are handbound using materials from her home province, KwaZulu-Natal, and are available to solely to patrons. Patron seats are available at a capacity of 40 individuals.
THE DIAMOND FOOTHILLS
THE DIAMOND FOOTHILLS explores leisure across the foothills of UNESCO Heritage site, uKhahlamba/The Drakensberg. The magazine explores and narrates ongoing luxury and cultural partnerships in the region. Print runs are limited per cycle.
THULISILE
THULISILE is a heritage brand in honour of Thulisile Priscilla Ndlovu, a MA in Education holder, the first black woman vice-rector of SACTE in the 90s and Leeds University Exchange, 1970 cohort. Thulisile was a formidable woman who chose a life of academia, Education and publishing. The author of several Educational isiZulu books in partnership with Maskew-Miller Longman and Heinemann, Thulisile was passionate about advancing her mother tongue and capturing legacy through literature. This imprint holds her children's books, memoirs and other written works. Thulisile books are released in partnership with Thulisile Foundation, a social impact project geared towards the building of libraries in rural areas, educational partnerships and the development of social interventions for the empowerment of the girlchild and single mother.