The Boy Who Never Gave Up
By refusing to give up, Emmanuel Taban has risen above extreme poverty, racism and xenophobia to become a South African legend. Taban was the Daily Maverick’s African Person of the Year (2021)
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By refusing to give up, Emmanuel Taban has risen above extreme poverty, racism and xenophobia to become a South African legend. Taban was the Daily Maverick’s African Person of the Year (2021)
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In Who Do We Become?, John Sanei maps out our strange, new world and lays down a path to reframe our thinking, to recognise our discomfort, to survive AND THRIVE.
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This book aims to provide a full account of the ANC’s years in exile, penetrating the secrecy that the organisation erected around itself and testing the myths that emerged from that period.
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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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A gripping portrayal of human frailty and courage in the face of mortal danger, A Russian on Commando highlights both the strange attraction and the absurdities of war.
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Jan Smuts’s abilities as a general have been much denigrated by modern historians. David Brock Katz makes use of multiple archival sources and many of the official accounts of the participants to provide a long-overdue reassessment of Smuts’s generalship and his role in furthering the strategic aims of South Africa and the British Empire in Africa during the First World War.
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An extremely sharp, well-written female revenge thriller that looks at trauma and the complicated ways in which it manifests. In a work that is, in turn, introspective and brutal, The Eye of the Beholder interweaves the lives of Cora, her daughter Freya and Angel – three women struggling to gain control of their present even as they unravel the painful truths of a cruel past.
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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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In The ANC Billionaires top-selling author Pieter du Toit investigates whether secret deals were struck between capital and the liberation movement to ensure the status quo remains in terms of economic policy. He also shows how the ANC was completely unprepared to navigate the intersection between business and politics.
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