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Digging Deep explores South Africa’s great mineral revolution – the
lucky strikes and the struggles of prospecting in the late 1800s, the
rushes to boom-and-bust towns in the Eastern Transvaal Goldfield,
the dubious beginnings of the Witwatersrand, and the stories of the
visionary men like Cecil Rhodes, Alfred Beit, Barney Barnato, Sir
Ernest Oppenheimer, Sammy Marks and Hans Merensky who
pioneered and shaped the industry on which modern South Africa
was built.
“I was 19 years old when I came face to face with Nelson Mandela. He was 60. Until that day I had never heard of him, or his African National Congress. I was his prison warder on Robben Island and he changed my life forever.” – Christo Brand
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This book, written by Xhosa ambassador and agriculturalist Hombakazi Mercy Nqandeka, aims to capture the essence of Xhosa heritage and culture and explores the many unique characteristics of village life.
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1991. Israel is in die kruisvuur van nuwe langafstand-missiele uit Lebanon. Mossad moet dringend ’n antwoord vind. Die oplossing: diefstal van radartegnologie wat in Suid-Afrika ontwikkel word. Die kandidaat: Ruth Heyns, doktorsgraadstudent in Tel Aviv. Maar sy trek die aandag van Teenspioenasie se ervare Gunther Eckhardt . . .
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Draaie, swaaie en afdwaalpaaie:: reisstories is an Afrikaans collection of travel stories featuring adventures, detours, and memorable journeys.
In December 2016, Mike Horn crossed the South Pole unassisted, journeying across this immense, white desert by kite-ski and sled alone. He was determined to follow an unexplored path, the longest and most challenging route imaginable: 5 100 kilometres straight ahead. A daredevil’s first hand account of realising a crazy dream, this book shows what is possible when one is fuelled by the love and support of family and friends.
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Speurder Adriaan Kruger en sy nuwe vrou vind nog hul voete in hul nuwe tuisdorp toe Adriaan met ’n raaiselagtige verdwyning en ’n vergiftiging gekonfronteer word. Verder lyk dit asof ’n onopgeloste saak daarmee verband hou. Drie misdade met oënskynlik geen raakpunte, maar los jy één op, vermoed Adriaan, word die ander los drade ook vasgeknoop.