When a thoughtless tweet by Zelda la Grange unleashed a storm, she was asked: ‘Have you learnt nothing from Nelson Mandela?’ This book is her answer. Here she draws out his lessons on humility, respect, honesty, how to truly listen and what to do if you realise you have made a grave mistake, a lesson she herself had to learn the hard way.
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Min het Zirk van den Berg, toe hy met sy gesin na Nieu-Seeland verhuis, geweet wat dit sou verg vir ʼn huis vol Kapenaars om Kiwi’s te word. Hy vind homself werkloos, in ʼn piepklein huisie van karton, in die land van kettingsae en grassnyers. Tog slaag Zirk uiteindelik daarin om ʼn betekenisvolle bestaan in Auckland vir hom en sy mense te bou.
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Julian Jansen, author of bestselling true crime books, has as Rapport’s crime reporter, written about the Deveney Nel case from the start. He draws on his extensive contacts in the police and interviews with friends and family to reconstruct the events leading to the tragedy, and to honour the murdered young girl.
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My Year of Fear and Freedom is a travel memoir about the leap year in Marita van der Vyver’s life. In this journey, which spans three continents, a lifetime of memories from one of Afrikaans’ greatest writers is explored. Sometimes, one has to lose a great deal — and also be willing to lose oneself — before true freedom can be found.
My jaar van vrees en vryheid is ’n reisverhaal oor die sprongjaar in Marita van der Vyver se lewe. In hierdie reis, wat oor drie vastelande strek, word ’n hele leeftyd se herinneringe van een van Afrikaans se heel grootste skrywers ontgin. Soms moet mens baie verloor, en ook bereid wees om self verlore te raak, voor mens regtig vryheid kan verkry.
In hierdie eerlike en onderhoudende vertelling beskryf Eben van die vernaamste faktore van sy sukses, en hoe hy gefokus bly – op en van die veld af.
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This is an inspiring story of a man who has led from the front, and played against the best in the world.
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The memoir also touches on her familial journey, the emotional and physical challenges of infertility, and how she learned to surrender control.
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This authoritative biography focuses on the relationship between Rhodes’ well-known activities in business and politics and the development of Southern Africa’s infrastructure, most famously his plan for a Cape-to-Cairo railway.
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