I Will Not Be Silenced

As a young journalist covering Jacob Zuma’s 2006 rape trial, Karyn Maughan could not have known that she would be reporting on Zuma’s legal woes for two decades – and would herself become his target, the first journalist privately prosecuted by a former president. Disarmingly honest and deeply personal, but also a razor-sharp analysis of abuse.

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Behind Prison Walls: Unlocking a Safer South Africa

“Mass incarceration has not just brought us nowhere. It has taken us backwards.” Edwin Cameron takes an unflinching look at what it will take to fix South Africa’s broken prison system and build a safer society. As inspector of prisons, he has intimate insights into what goes on behind prison walls. And it is shocking.

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On 23 August 2021, a quiet, hardworking single mom was shot down in a hail of bullets as she drove home. Her name was Babita Deokaran, chief accountant at Tembisa Hospital. The izinkabi paid to kill her were caught, but the question remained: who ordered her murder, and why? Crime reporter Jeff Wicks set out to find the answer.

Malema

This book tells the story of how Julius Malema used his growing political clout to bankroll his party and amass a personal fortune. It reveals astounding new details about Malema’s seemingly forgotten scandals in Limpopo and how loot from the VBS Bank found its way to Malema and Shivambu. All at the expense of the people they claim to fight for.

The Dark Prince

An unflinching portrait of Paul Mashatile’s controversial rise through the ANC ranks to the doorstep of the presidency.

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Being There: Backstories from the Political Front

Backstories from Political Front

In Being There, Leon reflects, too, on the nostalgia we often feel, through pain and pride, of childhood, school and the many ‘what ifs’ which inform a well-lived and varied life on the frontlines of South Africa and its history-in-the-making.  And how a wrong turn, or too few votes, can change the course of one life.

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Die gewilde skrywer en bekroonde joernalis Pieter du Toit het gaan ondersoek instel op Stellenbosch. Du Toit kyk krities na hierdie klub van miljardêrs: Wie is hulle en belangriker nog, hoe is hulle onderling verbind? Hy beskryf ook die opkoms van Markus Jooste en die impak wat die Steinhoff-skandaal gehad het.

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Die wel en wee van Afrikaner-magnate

’n Ongekende opkoms van Afrikaner-magnate het die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie die afgelope drie dekades gekenmerk. Dit is veral merkwaardig in die lig van die regering se omvattende program van swart ekonomiese bemagtiging.

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