The Plot to Save South Africa

Johannesburg. Easter weekend. 1993. Chris Hani, the charismatic ANC leader, is shot and killed outside his home by white supremacist Janusz Waluś. Twenty-two-year-old rookie journalist Justice Malala was one of the first people at the crime scene and he covered the growing chaos of the next nine days. On the 30th anniversary of Hani’s death, Malala revisits the unforgettable events of these nine days.

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The Rise and Fall of Apartheid

From Racial Domination to Majority Rule

Did white South Africa crack, or did its leadership yield sufficiently and just in time to avert a revolution? The transformation has been called a miracle, belying gloomy predictions of race war in which the white minority went into a laager and fought to the last drop of blood. Why did it happen? Professor Welsh views the topic against the backdrop of a long history of conflict spanning apartheid’s rise and demise, and the liberation movement’s suppression and subsequent resurrection.

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The SADF and Cuito Cuanavale

The SADF and Cuito Cuanavale by Leopold Scholtz is an incisive analysis that untangles what happens when war, politics and propaganda become entwined.

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The Seed is Mine

Reprinted here with a fresh, new cover, The Seed is Mine was the winner of the Sunday Times Alan Paton Award in 1997 and was voted as one Africa’s 100 Best Books of the 20th Century by the Zimbabwe International Book Fair, in collaboration with the African Publishers Network (APNET) and the Pan-African Booksellers Association (PABA).

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The Shortest History of China

Journey across epic China – through millennia of early innovation to modern dominance in one riveting, fast-paced read.

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The Shortest History of England

How the most powerful country in the UK was forged by invasion and conquest, and is fractured by its north-south divide.

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The Shortest History of Germany

An acclaimed international bestseller which tells the story of Europe’s most admired and feared country, from the Roman age to Charlemagne to von Bismarck to Merkel.

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The State of Africa

Now revised and fully updated to tell the complete history of the African continent, The State of Africa is a magisterial piece of narrative history with a powerful political message.

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The Super-Afrikaners

Inside the Afrikaner Broederbond

The Super-Afrikaners, originally published in 1978, scandalised a nation as it exposed the secret workings of the Broederbond. Out of print for over three decades, this edition with an introduction by Max du Preez is available for a new generation.

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