This deeply personal and revelatory account describes the challenges faced by a civil servant who refused to be ‘captured’ and his disillusionment at how the principles of the struggle were undermined during the Zuma era.
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Charlie Squadron – the iron fist of 61 Mechanised Battalion Group (61 Mech) – led the way on 3 October 1987 during the climactic battle between the South African Defence Force and the Angolan forces on the Lomba River in southern Angola. Ratels on the Lomba places the reader in the midst of the squadron of young conscripts who were taken off to the Border War to fight in this battle.
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Acknowledging that every baby is unique, this book helps new parents navigate the first year of their baby’s life with their sanity – and sense of humour – intact.
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The Blackridge House by Julia Martin is a daughter’s exquisitely written and moving portrait of her mother’s dementia, and her quest to discover the past. The Blackridge House is a meditation on belonging, of the stories we tell of home and family, of the precarious footprint of life.
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Enemy of the People is the first definitive account of Zuma’s catastrophic misrule, offering eyewitness descriptions and cogent analysis of how South Africa was brought to its knees – and how a people fought back.
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Johann van Loggerenberg describes how, as a young policeman, he worked closely with the investigative team of the Goldstone Commission to uncover the ‘third force’ – apartheid security forces that supplied weapons to the Inkatha Freedom Party to destabilise the country.
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Almost French is the highly entertaining account of Louis Jansen van Vuuren’s induction over the past 21 years into all things French: snooty waiters, high-brow countesses, numerous faux pas with the French language and of course, several encounters with the infamous French bureaucracy.
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The ANC has ruled South Africa for three decades during which time the country has gone from the promise of the Rainbow Nation to dysfunction and despair. In The Super Cadres, bestselling author Pieter du Toit examines this legacy from the early halcyon days through to the disappointment of the Ramaphosa presidency.
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Nomad Heart by actor and musician Ian Robert offers a highly entertaining glimpse of how actors make the magic happen, whether on a theatre stage or before the TV cameras.
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