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  • Capitalist Nigger

    R220

    Capitalist Nigger excels as an explosive and jarring indictment of the Black Race.

    The book asserts that the Negroid Race, as naturally endowed as any other, is culpably a non-productive race. The Black Race is a consumer race and depends on other communities for its culture, its language, its feeding, and its clothing.

  • Cyril Ramaphosa : The Road To Presidential Power

    R330

    This fully revised and extended edition charts Ramaphosas early life and education, and his career in trade unionism, politics and constitution-building. Extensive new chapters explore his contribution to the National Planning Commission, the effects of the Marikana massacre on his political prospects and the real story behind his rise to the deputy presidency of the country in 2014. They set out the constraints Ramaphosa faced as Jacob Zumas deputy, and explain how he ultimately triumphed in the election of the ANCs new president in 2017. The book concludes with an analysis of the challenges Ramaphosa faces as the countrys fifth post-apartheid president. This commanding biography tells the full story of this enigmatic leaders life and political career for the first time. It is based on numerous personal conversations with Ramaphosa over the past decade, and on rich interviews with many of the subjects friends and contemporaries.

  • EB Koybie – A memoir of shenanigans between Durban & Bombay

    R160

    “I had five paternal uncles, four in South Africa and one in India. For some reason, each uncle had a son named Ebrahim. What a stupid idea. It made me feel like a sausage from a boerewors factory.”

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    Ernest Cole – Photographer

    R3000

    These extremely rare prints, most of them made by Cole himself and most never previously exhibited, form the core of this exhibion and book. This book tells the story of Ernest Cole’s life, both in his own words and through the reminiscences and writings of those people who knew him personally and professionally.

  • Fiber Futures: Japan’s Textile Pioneers

    R190

    This book documents and exhibition of contemporary Japanese artists who are active at the cutting edge of the global fiber-art movement, transforming fabrics into sculptures, pictures, emulations of nature, or even abstract meditations on memory and identity.

  • Gang Town

    R300

    Why is Cape Town one of the most violent cities on earth? What is it that makes gangs so attractive to young people? Why are drugs so easy to find and so widespread? Why are the police seemingly losing control of the crime situation? Why is it getting worse? Top-selling investigative author Don Pinnock answers…

  • His Master’s Voice

    R230

    In this eargerly awaited novel, Memela gives an intimate portrait of power dynamics in the corporate media. He narrates the story of a rookie journalist who is not afraid to challenge authority in the hierarchical corporate media world. Memela illuminates the historical events before the release of Nelson Mandela and the unbanning of the liberation…

  • Imbali Artbooks: Adventuring into Art

    R1500

    Through these books, young people will discover this world of art by looking, thinking and discussing, by making and doing, by exploring different materials, and by expressing visual ideas of their own. The Imbali Artbooks consist of a box set of eight books. The series is structured around a number of themes and each chapter raises interwoven topics, issues and ideas that are engaging and relevant to young people in the 21st century.

  • In the Middle of Nowhere :J.M. Coetzee in South Africa

    R300

    Relying on the author’s personal recollections as well as on J.M. Coetzee’s autobiographical and fictional works, this book deals with Coetzee’s formation as a writer of international prominence, whose life and writing career began in South Africa.

  • Killing Karoline

    R100

    Killing Karoline follows the journey of the baby girl (categorised as ‘white’ under South Africa’s race classification system) who is raised in a leafy, middle-class corner of the South of England by a white couple. It takes the reader through the formative years, a difficult adolescence and into adulthood, as Sara-Jayne (Karoline) seeks to discover who she is and where she came from.

  • Miracle Men: How Rassie’s Springboks Won the World Cup

    R290

    Sportswriter Lloyd Burnard takes the reader on the thrilling journey of a team that went from no-hopers to world champions. He examines how exactly this turnaround was achieved. Interviews with players, coaches and support staff reveal how the principles of inclusion, openness and focus, as well as careful planning and superb physical conditioning, became the basis for a winning formula. The key roles played by Rassie Erasmus and Siya Kolisi shine through.

  • Rebels and Rage

    R250

    Adam Habib, the most prominent and outspoken university official through the recent student protests, takes a characteristically frank view of the past three years on South Africa’s campuses in this new book. This book is both an attempt at a historical account and a thoughtful reflection on the issues the protests kicked up, from the perspective not only of a high-ranking member of university management, but also Habib as political scientist with a background as an activist during the struggle against apartheid.

  • Sanctuary: How an Inner-City Church Spilled Onto a Sidewalk

    R250

    This striking account tells the story of how the Central Methodist Church in downtown Johannesburg and its controversial Bishop Paul Verryn came to offer refuge to people who had nowhere else to turn.

  • Siya Kolisi: Against All Odds

    R270

    Siya Kolisi kept his emotions under wraps as he walked out into the roar of the stadium. It was the 26-year-old’s first game as Springbok captain. He let out a slow, controlled breath and clasped the hand of the young fan accompanying him onto the field.

  • Stellenberg Gardens

    R650

    Stellenberg, the story of a garden This superbly elegant book tells the story of one of South Africa’s most loved and admired gardens. It’s also the story of a historic and beautiful house, a uniquely preserved example of Cape Dutch architecture.

  • TAXI Art Book Educational Supplement: Sandile Zulu

    R50

    This Educational Supplement is published with TAXI-012 Sandile Zulu by Colin Richards. Sandile Zulu’s work incorporates and gives expression to a many layered mythology in which fire, transformation, planetary cycles, and natural rhythms are key elements. Zulu uses found objects that he scavenges from industrial sites and from nature, but the distinctive scorch-marks and burnt edges of his work testify to the centrality of fire in his method and his aesthetic philosophy.