Of warriors, lovers and prophets by Max Du Preez

Of warriors, lovers and prophets
Author: Max Du Preez
Format: Paperback





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There’s the story of the Khoikhoi chief who was kidnapped and taken to England in 1610.

And of King Moshoeshoe’s mercy towards the cannibals who had eaten his beloved grandfather, because killing them would defile his grandfather’s grave.

There’s the story of Boer War general Christiaan de Wet and his brother Piet, who joined the British forces and fought his own people.

The stories span the centuries, up to recent times, and take in the variety of South Africa’s regions and cultures. The result is a fascinating mosaic of our rich historical heritage.

There are plenty of academic histories of South Africa, but this is a book that the general reader will enjoy, and it will appeal to tourists too.

It’s researched with an investigative journalist’s thoroughness, and written in the easy, accessible style that has made Max du Preez’s writing so popular.

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Doing business digitally by Godfrey Parkin

Doing business digitally
Author: Godfrey Parkin
Format: Softcover





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South African businesses are having to adapt to a radically new dynamic in their markets, brought about by the internet: for the first time the consumer has a voice; small businesses can run rings around large corporations; local consumers are buying internationally; and local businesses are selling globally.

The first instinct is to hand over digital strategy to the IT department. But online success is not about technology, it is about understanding the new marketing and building relationships with the new consumer.

This title demystifies all of the concepts and processes involved in emarketing, illustrating them with real-world examples, and maps out the digital landscape that today’s businesses must navigate.

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General Principles of Commercial Law by Kathleen van der Linde

General Principles of Commercial Law
Author: Kathleen van der Linde
Format: Softcover



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General principles of commercial law has been written by experienced lecturers in commercial law in the Department of Mercantile Law at the University of South Africa. It provides non-law students with a succinct exposition of the general principles of commercial law. The selection of topics was influenced by the syllabus of the Independent regulatory board for auditors for the law service course, as well as the syllabus for basic law courses of the Institute of Bankers.

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Cyril Ramaphosa by Anthony Butler

Cyril Ramaphosa
Author: Anthony Butler
Format: Softcover



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Cyril Ramaphosa is one of South Africa's most celebrated political leaders. He first came to prominence in the 1980s as general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers and as a major force in the domestic struggle for political freedom. When Nelson Mandela was released from prison in February 1990, Ramaphosa was at the head of the reception committee that greeted him.

As secretary-general of the ANC after its unbanning, he re-established the liberation movement as a mass political party. He is widely credited with playing a major role in the negotiations that led to the democratic settlement in South Africa, and in devising the country's new and internationally renowned constitution. Soon after this triumph, Ramaphosa left politics and became a successful businessman.

This commanding biography by Anthony Butler tells the story of Cyril Ramaphosa's life for the first time. It is based on rich interviews with many of the subject's friends and contemporaries, and it situates Ramaphosa's achievements and his shortcomings in the context of the often tumultuous historical events that surrounded him.

The title begins with Ramaphosa's childhood close to Sophiatown in the turbulent Johannesburg of the 1950s, the influence of his schooling in Soweto, and the enduring imprint of his religious upbringing on his political beliefs. It charts his career as a student political activist, his two devastating periods of detention without trial in solitary confinement, the extraordinary rise of his mineworkers' union, and the role he played in the transition to a democratic South Africa.

The book offers a frank appraisal of the achievements and limitations of one of South Africa's most enigmatic political figures.

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Is it Just Me or is Everything Kak by Grant Schreiber

Is it Just Me or is Everything Kak?: The whingers’ guide to South Africa
Author: Grant Schreiber; Tim Richman
Format: Softcover




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Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Kak? The Whinger's Guide To South Africa is a funny and satirical A-to-Z frothy that cuts to the quick, sparing nothing and no-one that affects the lives of South Africans.

Car guards, bank fees, quotas, minibus taxis, Hansie Cronje, crossing, crime, corruption, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, Telkom, Eskom, the Vodacom meerkat, Paris Hilton, Jacob Zuma. An ideal gift for people who like to whinge...


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In Black and White: The Jake White story by Jake White

In Black and White: The Jake White story
Author: Craig Ray and Jake White
Format: Hardcover




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In Black and White traces the life story of Springbok rugby coach Jake White, right up to and including the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

The first man to coach the Springboks for four successive seasons, White's rise to the top job in SA Rugby is a journey of intense determination to succeed against all odds: a troubled childhood, coming to terms with the fact that he would never wear a provincial or Springbok blazer, starting out as a school coach, to his eventual elevation to arguably the toughest job in world sport.

White takes readers into rugby's inner sanctum, where politicking and hidden agendas sometimes supersede the best interests of the sport, and relates the incredible highs and desperate lows of being part of the Springbok set-up.

Riveting, controversial, sometimes amusing and often unbelievable, White's story will both absorb and astound.


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Zhoozsh by Jeremy Mansfield

Zhoozsh
Author: Jeremy Mansfield and Jacqui Mansfield
Format: Hardcover



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For those who love to cook, and those who don't, comes this cookbook from one of South Africa's celebrity couples.

Chock-a-block with quick and easy recipes, humorous stories, travel anecdotes and a behind-the-scenes look at the life of the authors, this is a laugh-out-loud cookbook to be enjoyed in other rooms of your home, and not just the kitchen!


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Thabo Mbeki: A dream deferred by Mark Gevisser

Thabo Mbeki: A dream deferred
Author: Mark Gevisser
Format: Softcover




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This title is a story about home and exile. It is a story, too, of political intrigue; of a revolutionary movement struggling first to defeat and then to seduce a powerful and callous enemy, of the battle between unity and discord, and the dogged rise to power of a quiet, clever, diligent but unpopular man who seemed to take little joy in power but have much need for it.

By the time he retires in 2009, Thabo Mbeki will have ruled South Africa, in effect, for the full fifteen years of its post-apartheid democracy: the first five as Nelson Mandela's 'prime minister' and the next ten as Mandela's successor.

No African leader since the uhuru generation of Nkrumah and Nyerere has been as influential.

The author's long-awaited biography is a profound psycho-political examination of this brilliant but deeply-flawed leader, who has attempted to forge an identity for himself as the symbol of modern Africa in the long shadow of Mandela. It is also a gripping journey into the turbulent history and troubled contemporary soul of the country; one that tries to make sense of the violence of the past and confusion of the present.

As Mbeki battles, in the current day, with demons ranging from AIDS to Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and finds his legacy challenged by the ever-growing candidacy of his would-be successor Jacob Zuma, The Dream Deferred tracks us back along the path that brought him here, and helps us understand the meaning of South Africa, post-apartheid and post-Mandela.


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Total Onslaught by De Wet Potgieter

Total onslaught: Apartheid's Dirty Tricks Exposed
Author: De Wet Potgieter
Format: Softcover



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For much of its time in power, the National Party government was bolstered by the direct involvement of its security forces. Ordinary citizens had no idea that their taxes were being used to fund unorthodox and even illegal operations, ranging from international propaganda campaigns to local death squads.

It was the government's total strategy against the enemy's total onslaught. Despite the efforts of a handful of intrepid journalists who began the process of uncovering the truth about apartheid, South Africa's recent history remains fraught with secrets.

Now, for the first time, investigative reporter De Wet Potgieter can reveal the truth behind some of the most enigmatic events in South Africa's past, from what happened during PW Botha's final cabinet meeting to the assassination of Olaf Palme.

These, and many other news stories of the time, are brought to light in this read.

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Ja, No, man! by Richard Poplak

Ja, No, man!
Author: Richard Poplak
Format: Softcover




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Ja, No, Man! is an eerily familiar portrayal of the life of an ordinary white South African growing up during Apartheid-era South Africa. Told with extraordinary humour and self-awareness, the author's story brings his gradual understanding of the difference between his country and the rest of the world vividly to life.

A startlingly original memoir that veers sharply from the quotidian to the bizarre and back again, Ja, No, Man! is an enlightening, darkly hilarious, and, at times, disturbing read.

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