Based on over 100 hours of interviews with Bulelani Ngcuka, No Fear is unapologetically Bulelani’s story. Marion Sparg has written a biography from Ngcuka’s perspective; it is his story. In No Fear there is a hero and a villain; grand, sweeping historical background of South Africa and its parities; spies; political manoeuvring; murder; intrigue and love.
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By refusing to give up, Emmanuel Taban has risen above extreme poverty, racism and xenophobia to become a South African legend. Taban was the Daily Maverick’s African Person of the Year (2021)
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In Who Do We Become?, John Sanei maps out our strange, new world and lays down a path to reframe our thinking, to recognise our discomfort, to survive AND THRIVE.
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This book aims to provide a full account of the ANC’s years in exile, penetrating the secrecy that the organisation erected around itself and testing the myths that emerged from that period.
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This book, written by Xhosa ambassador and agriculturalist Hombakazi Mercy Nqandeka, aims to capture the essence of Xhosa heritage and culture and explores the many unique characteristics of village life.
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A gripping portrayal of human frailty and courage in the face of mortal danger, A Russian on Commando highlights both the strange attraction and the absurdities of war.
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Jan Smuts’s abilities as a general have been much denigrated by modern historians. David Brock Katz makes use of multiple archival sources and many of the official accounts of the participants to provide a long-overdue reassessment of Smuts’s generalship and his role in furthering the strategic aims of South Africa and the British Empire in Africa during the First World War.
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An extremely sharp, well-written female revenge thriller that looks at trauma and the complicated ways in which it manifests. In a work that is, in turn, introspective and brutal, The Eye of the Beholder interweaves the lives of Cora, her daughter Freya and Angel – three women struggling to gain control of their present even as they unravel the painful truths of a cruel past.
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Business tycoon Patrice Motsepe is never shy to shake up the status quo. He has always followed his instincts to stay ahead of the curve. In this unauthorised biography, best-selling author and journalist Janet Smith mines public archives, academic papers and international media to find what lies behind this hugely successful, intensely private man, and what may lie ahead.
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