Op die Spoorweg: Die storie van ons treine

Suid-Afrika het die grootste spoorweginfrastruktuur in Afrika. Op die Spoorweg verken hierdie ryk spoorwegerfenis. Ingenieursvernuf oorwin terreine en spoorwegdorpe bloei. Williams bespreek ook rasseskeiding en bied ‘n eerlike blik op die geskiedenis en toekoms van die spoorweë.

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People’s War

For this new edition of her seminal work, Anthea Jeffery has revised and abridged her book. She has also included a brief overview of the ANC’s National Democratic Revolution, for which the people’s war was intended to prepare the way

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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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Ratels on the Lomba

The Story of Charlie Squadron

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.

Also available in Afrikaans as Ratels aan die Lomba

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Ratels on the Lomba (Audiobook)

The Story of Charlie Squadron

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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Rhodes and his Banker

Empire, Wealth and the Coming of Union

Rhodes and his Banker is an account of the remarkable friendship between a larger-than-life historical figure and a modest, unassuming banker, both of whom were personally involved in all the major political and financial developments in Southern Africa during the closing decades of the 19th century.

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Robert Mangoliso Sobukwe: New Reflections

A collection of thought-provoking and moving essays on Robert Sobukwe, commissioned and edited by his biographer and friend Benjamin Pogrund. Sobukwe was a lecturer, lawyer, founding member and first president of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), and Robben Island prisoner.

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Robert Sobukwe: How Can Man Die Better

This book is the story of a South African hero – Robert Sobukwe – the lonely prisoner on Robben Island. It is also the story of the friendship between Robert Sobukwe and Benjamin Pogrund whose joint experiences and debates chart the course of a tyrannous regime and the growth of black resistance.

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