Janet Smith

Janet Smith is a former newspaper editor and the author or co-author of seven books, including three young-adult titles, all of which won prizes in the Young Africa Awards. Non-fiction titles of which she was a co-author include the best-selling Hani: A Life Too Short as well as The Coming Revolution: Julius Malema and the Fight for Economic Freedom and The Black Consciousness Reader and The A to Z of South African Politics.

Author's books

Hani: A Life Too Short (Reissue)

On the 30th anniversary of his murder by right-wing fanatics, this updated version of the best-selling Hani: A Life Too Short reevaluates his legacy and traces his life from his childhood in rural Transkei to the crisis in the ANC camps in Angola in the 1980s and the heady dawn of South Africa’s freedom.

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Patrice Motsepe

Business tycoon Patrice Motsepe is never shy to shake up the status quo. He has always followed his instincts to stay ahead of the curve. In this unauthorised biography, best-selling author and journalist Janet Smith mines public archives, academic papers and international media to find what lies behind this hugely successful, intensely private man, and what may lie ahead.

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