Falling Forward PRE-ORDER

PRE-ORDER RELEASE DATE: 12 MARCH 2026

Falling Forward is a story of reclaiming identity, voice and power. 

In this deeply personal memoir, released alongside her documentary, Rachel Kolisi takes readers behind the public image and into the private moments that shaped her. With courage and clarity, she traces her journey through childhood, motherhood, love, marriage, her faith in God tested and rebuilt, loss and reinvention, and the complex reality of living a life under constant scrutiny.

This is not a story of perfection or arrival, but of becoming. Of breaking, rebuilding and choosing to rise anyway. Through hard-learned lessons and unflinching honesty, Rachel reflects on what it means to let go of who you were expected to be and step fully into who you are. Together with Rachel’s personal journey, she shares how purpose and service became anchors in her healing process. Her commitment to uplifting others is not separate from her story, but a natural continuation of it.

Raw yet hopeful, grounded yet powerful, Falling Forward is for any woman who
has had her world turned upside down, and found the strength to begin again.

RACHEL KOLISI is a South African speaker, businesswoman, philanthropist, storyteller and mother. She is deeply committed to social impact and has spent years working to restore dignity, expand access to opportunity and advocate for women and communities facing systemic inequality. Through Rachel’s voice and work, she continues to empower others to rise, rebuild and move forward with intention. ZIBU SITHOLE is the author of the much-loved ZOLA trilogy of novels as well as a published ghostwriter and a journalist with more than ten years of experience across print, television and other media.