Black Lion
Both memoir and philosophical reflection, Black Lion – co-written with environmentalist Bridget Pitt – is Sicelo Mbatha’s brilliant and profound account of life as a wilderness spiritual guide.
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Joining the Dots
Seasoned journalists Jonathan Ancer and Chris Whitfield take a magnifying glass to Pravin Gordhan, someone who has been at the centre of South Africa’s most tumultuous period and try to understand the man behind the public image.
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Fruit of a Poisoned Tree
In 2005, Fred van der Vyver, a young actuary and the son of a wealthy Eastern Cape farming family, was charged with murdering his girlfriend, Inge Lotz, allegedly bludgeoning her to death with a hammer as she lay on a couch in her lounge. The case against Van der Vyver seemed overwhelming. His behaviour at the time of the murder appeared suspicious and the forensic evidence seemed to prove his guilt. Now updated with the tale of the remarkable events that followed the judge’s verdict, prize-winning author Antony Altbeker takes you into the heart of the epic courtroom battle.
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Three Wise Monkeys Box Set
Three Wise Monkeys explores some of the contradictions, silences and oversights, and working misunderstandings that arise when an emerging Anglophone, Protestant, industrial and urbanising state – South Africa – develops side by side with a Lusophone, Catholic, commercial, rural colony – Mozambique.
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Prisoners of Jan Smuts
Equally skilled in different trades than in the art of love, the Italian prisoners-of-war (POWs) who were incarcerated in South Africa during the Second World War are a source of great fascination to this day. Prisoners of Jan Smuts recounts the stories of survival and shenanigans of the Italian POWs in the Union through the eyes of five prisoners who had documented their experiences in memoirs and letters.
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Crash and Burn
Crash and Burn is an insider’s tale of the South African airline industry over the past thirty years, as told by Glenn Orsmond, and particularly the story of the dramatic collapse of Comair in 2022.
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Bullsh!t
An outrageous miscellany of lies, myths, untruths, fibs and fabrications that tell the woeful history of South Africa. Aimed at offending and entertaining everyone in equal measure, this will have South Africans sniggering and spluttering into their porridge. It will also pique their curiosity.
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Moving to the UK
Thinking of moving to the UK but don’t know where to start? Fear not! Written by a seasoned mover who’s been there, done that and even brought back the tea towel, Sam Beckbessinger will hold your hand in this end-to-end guide to moving from South Africa to the land of tabloids, tweed and terrible weather.
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How to Fight a War
How to Fight a War explains the unavoidable, yet seemingly elusive, art of using violence to force your enemies to do what you want. It should be read by everyone seeking to understand today’s wars, as well as those wishing to lead us through the coming decades of conflict.
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