This article mainly discusses the relevance of the selected themes in Cry the Beloved Country. These themes include forgiveness, compassion, comfort in despair, fear, religion, power, and migration were discussed as the relevant themes as appeared in the literary setwork for English First Additional Language. However, the theme of racism was found out as irrelevant in the South African context. A qualitative research approach was used in this study. Data was collected using document analysis. The main source of information used was the novel ‘Cry the Beloved Country’. The study recommended that the Department of Basic Education to expand the approval of this literary setwork in schools because it explores interesting and informative themes. The study goes on to recommend that other schools should choose this novel as part of their literary work so that their learners will have a greater opportunity to learn an interesting novel that contains life lessons. I have also recommended to the Department of Basic Education to allow this novel to be taught to other grades below 12^th grade.