Chasing the dream by Ryk Neethling

Chasing the dream
Author: Clinton van der Berg
Format: Softcover





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The story of Ryk Neethling is much more than the story of a triumphant sportsman. It is the story of a fiercely determined swimmer from Bloemfontein who overcame great odds – a near-drowning, social awkwardness and family tragedy – to become an Olympic champion.

In this autobiography, Ryk tells of his travels to the US to pursue his Olympic dream; the experience of winning gold in Athens in 2004; the murky world of steroids in sport; his ongoing battle with the sport’s administrators; his struggles with his Afrikaner identity; and his rejection of a multimillion-dollar offer to swim for another country.

The title will take the story up to the end of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, in which Ryk will become the only South African to compete in four successive Olympic Games.

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Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation

Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela
Author: John Carlin
Format: Softcover





Description:
As the day of the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup dawned, and the Springboks faced New Zealand’s all-conquering All Blacks, more was at stake than a sporting trophy.

When Nelson Mandela appeared wearing a Springbok jersey and led the all-white, Afrikaner-dominated team in singing South Africa’s new national anthem, he conquered white South Africa.

Mandela’s genius was to transform that which divided black and white South Africa into a force for good.

The green jersey of South Africa’s Springbok rugby team, which whites loved and blacks saw as a detested symbol of racial oppression, became the instrument around which Mandela chose to heal ancient wounds, unite the country and prevent a war. When Mandela stepped onto the field at Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, on the 24th of June 1995 wearing the green and gold jersey, he captured the hearts of white South Africans, forging an unimaginably powerful patriotic bond with their black compatriots

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After Tears by Niq Mhlongo

After Tears
Author: Niq Mhlongo
Format: Softcover



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Witty, amusing yet rooted in the gritting reality that is Soweto, Mhlongo reminds us yet again why he has been dubbed the writer of the kwaito generation. After Tears is a must-read for anyone seeking escape from the tedium of television. – Zukiswa Wanner, author of The Madams.

"After Tears is a uniquely South African story, told in a fast, hip and happening style that is synonymous with Soweto where the author's witty, dodgy, plain and simple characters play out their daily drama." Lucas Ledwaba, City Press.

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Behind every successful man by Zukiswa Wanner

Behind every successful man
Author: Zukiswa Wanner
Format: Mass market paperback



Description:
Nobantu has everything a girl could dream of: a brilliant businessman for a husband, two cheeky but adorable children, and two of the best friends a girl could ask for. And yet, on Nobantu’s thirty-fifth birthday, surrounded by glitz, glamour and fame, she realises something important. What has happened to her ambitions? Her career? What has happened to Nobantu? A funky, witty tale of a mother turned entrepreneur – to the great exasperation of Andile, her husband and BEE tycoon.

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Oliver Tambo Remembered by Lindiwe Mabuza

Oliver Tambo Remembered
Author: Lindiwe Mabuza; Zweledinga Pallo Jordan
Format: Hardcover



Description:
A celebration of Oliver Reginald Tambo, South African leader, clergyman and comrade.

This book contains contributions from those who encountered Tambo and knew him when he was living in South Africa and the UK on his travels, including Nelson and Winnie Mandela and Desmond Tutu. Tambo in Exile is a salute to one of South Africa's most remarkable individuals. On what would have been Oliver Tambo's 90th birthday, friends and associates remember the leader and celebrate his impact on South Africa's future and his unyielding commitment to raising the profile of the ANC.

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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



Description:
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



Description:
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




Description:
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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Things every SA man should know by Dennis Cavernelis

293 Things every SA man should know
Author: Dennis Cavernelis
Format: Softcover




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This title is exactly what it says - a compilation of 293 snippets of knowledge for the South African man - from worldly wisdom and indispensable advice to good-humoured observation and trivial facts.

But it's not as straightforward as all that.

There's zombie-killing advice, wheel-changing advice and cigar-lighting advice. There are facts to remember, facts to forget and facts to drop at fancy dinner parties. Entertaining all round, this is the thinking man's light read.

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