In this debut collection of short stories, acclaimed author Alistair Mackay offers us an intimate glimpse into the lives and experiences of unforgettable characters. The Lucky Ones champions love, kindness and connection against all odds. It is a dazzling, poignant collection of stories that brims with unforgettable characters and heart.
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In Prins word die kompleksiteit van manlikheid ontleed; die oomblikke van teerheid word gevier en die vernietigende word gekritiseer. Alhoewel die bundel handel oor stories en karakters uit ’n bepaalde gemeenskap en agtergrond, skryf Pedro doelbewus weg van vooropgestelde idees oor coloured-laities. Hier, weerspieël dit die liminale, plofbare ruimt
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In 1856, a teenage girl led 40000 to their deaths in the Eastern Cape. When Treive Nicholas arrived in the 1980s to teach, he was captivated by the Wild Coast. Researching its history, he explores the Cattle Killing of 1856-1857. Was Nongqawuse a deceiver or a liberation leader? Treive’s quest spans continents, from South Africa to England, ending
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‘n Pakkende hofdrama wat afspeel in die Boland. Julia is die kamerprokureur in Izak Marais se regspraktyk op Worcester. Wanneer hy die oggend voor ’n groot hofsaak ineenstort, moet Julia dringend sake beredder – ten spyte van die feit dat sy gesweer het sy sit haar voete nooit weer in ’n landdroshof nie.
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Kaizer Nyatsumba, renowned journalist and commentator turned senior business executive, tells his remarkable story of transition and integrity. From his birth in poverty on a farm at White River in Mpumalanga, becoming a journalist and newspaper editor, and finally a senior business executive on listed and non-listed companies in South Africa.
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’n Keur van al Marinda se toekatyd-resepte, die goue gunstelinge waarmee sy grootgeword het! Vier die lewe en dek ’n feestafel wat kreun van oorvloed: beesstert, pasteie, kerrieafval, skaapstertjies, varkribbetjie, doeksagte lamstjops. Brode, patees en nostalgiese slaaie sorg vir bykos. Vir weeksaande is daar lipaflek-pastas en vir suikertande outy
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Twyfelbos is ’n meesleurende historiese roman wat tydens die vroeë agtienhonderds in die Overberge afspeel. Dit is ook ’n outydse speurverhaal wat die intriges van
die gereg sowel as die liefde blootlê. Puik nagevors en geskryf deur ’n fyn stilis.
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“Mass incarceration has not just brought us nowhere. It has taken us backwards.” Edwin Cameron takes an unflinching look at what it will take to fix South Africa’s broken prison system and build a safer society. As inspector of prisons, he has intimate insights into what goes on behind prison walls. And it is shocking.
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