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Countdown to Socialism

The National Democratic Revolution (NDR) is the policy blueprint of the governing ANC/SACP alliance, who have been implementing it in different spheres for more than two decades. It is intended to provide ‘the most direct route’ to a socialist South Africa and is the key to understanding events in the country since the 1994 transition. Written in clear and simple language, this book provides an indispensable primer on the NDR and its crucial role in the countdown to socialism in South Africa.

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Crash and Burn

Crash and Burn is an insider’s tale of the South African airline industry over the past thirty years, as told by Glenn Orsmond, and particularly the story of the dramatic collapse of Comair in 2022.

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Crash and Burn (Audiobook)

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Crimson Sands: The Story of Dirk Aruseb and the Bondelswarts

Dirk Aruseb was seventeen years old when Abraham Morris fetched him from the Pella orphanage to join the Bondelswarts. Dirk couldn’t wait to conquer the accursed Schutztruppe alongside legendary Kaptein Jakob Marengo, successor to Hendrik Witbooi and Jonker Afrikaner. But when he arrived at Schansvlakte deep in Namaland, Dirk was warned that he fir

Cuito Cuanavale

It is September 1987. The Angolan Army – with the support of Cuban troops and Soviet advisors – has built up a massive force on the Lomba River near Cuito Cuanavale in southern Angola. Their goal? To capture Jamba, the headquarters of the rebel group Unita, supported by the South African Defence Force (SADF) in the so-called Border War. Thousands of soldiers died in the vicious fighting that is described in vivid detail in this book. Bridgland pieced together this account through scores of interviews with SADF men who were on the front line. This dramatic retelling takes the reader to the heart of the action.

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Curro: The Art of Creating True Wealth

Curro: The Art of Creating True Wealth is part memoir, part play book. As it outlines the group’s early challenges and bold solutions, it also shares the habits, decisions, and frameworks that turned a teacher with a daring idea into the founder of two multi-billion-rand companies. No trust fund. No shortcuts.

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Daddy’s Girl

First published in 2009, this 2022 reissue of Daddy’s Girl by master thriller writer Margie Orford is the third book in the bestselling Clare Hart thriller series.

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Daisy de Melker

A true crime classic about Daily de Melker in ragtime Joburg – a city of murder, mayhem and gold. Ted Botha takes the reader into the underbelly of Johannesburg in the 1920s and 1930s as he traces the fascinating story of the mysterious Daisy de Melker who was hanged for poisoning her son.