• The Promise of Justice : Book One History

    The Promise of Justice : Book One History

    R340

    King Justice Mpondombini Sigcau’s Struggle to Save the Kingdom of the Mpondo from Unjust Developments.

  • The Rand at War 1899-1902:The Witwatersrand and the Anglo -Boer WarOut of stock

    The Rand at War 1899-1902:The Witwatersrand and the Anglo -Boer War

    R150

    The wealth and power of Johannesburg and the Witwatersrand were a focal point of the tension which led to the Anglo-Boer war. This is a social history of the community; here are the ‘randlords’, the British rulers and the Boer generals,

  • Sale! The Real Meal Revolution

    The Real Meal Revolution

    Original price was: R300.Current price is: R150.

    We’ve been told for years that eating fat is bad for us, that it is a primary cause of high blood pressure, heart disease and obesity. The Real Meal Revolution debunks this lie and shows us the way back to restored health through eating what human beings are meant to eat.

    This book will radically transform your life by showing you clearly, and easily, how to take control of not just your weight, but your overall health, too – through what you eat. And you can eat meat, seafood, eggs, cheese, butter, nuts . . . often the first things to be prohibited or severely restricted on most diets. This is Banting, or Low-Carb, High-Fat (LCHF) eating, for a new generation, solidly underpinned by years of scientific research and by now incontrovertible evidence.

  • The Road to Democracy in South Africa, Volume 2 [1970-1980]

    The Road to Democracy in South Africa, Volume 2 [1970-1980]

    R760

    This is a history that, quite simply, had to be written. Those who actively participated in the struggle for liberation are growing ever older; here they have related their experiences to trained historians, sociologists and political scientists, many of whom were themselves involved in the resistance movement. SADET has compiled and coordinated this remarkable book that weaves together the complex history of The Road to Democracy in South Africa.

  • The SADF in the Border War 1966-1989Out of stock

    The SADF in the Border War 1966-1989

    R350

    What led to the Border War, how did it develop – and who won?

    Scholtz offers a fresh take on long-standing and contentious questions, such as what really happened at Cuito Cuanavale. By exploring the objectives of each of the parties and the extent to which it was achieved, he offers a unique answer to the question: Who won the war?

  • The Singing Stone (English)

    The Singing Stone (English)

    R120

    When Storm holds her stone and sings, everyone in the village stops to listen.

  • The Singing Stone (Xhosa)

    The Singing Stone (Xhosa)

    R120

    When Storm holds her stone and sings, everyone in the village stops to listen.

  • The Singing Stone (Zulu)Out of stock

    The Singing Stone (Zulu)

    R120

    When Storm holds her stone and sings, everyone in the village stops to listen.

  • The Soho Chronicles: William KentridgeOut of stock

    The Soho Chronicles: William Kentridge

    R1500

    In The Soho Chronicles, Kentridge’s brother, Matthew, who has witnessed the evolution of William’s technique, themes, and ideas, shares a never before seen perspective on both William and Soho that sheds new light on the creator and his alter ego.

  • The Stellenbosch Mafia: Inside the Billionaire's Club

    The Stellenbosch Mafia: Inside the Billionaire’s Club

    R280

    About 50km outside of Cape Town lies the beautiful town of Stellenbosch, nestled against vineyards and blue mountains that stretch to the sky. Here reside some of South Africa’s wealthiest individuals: all male, all Afrikaans – and all stinking rich. Johann Rupert, Jannie Mouton, Markus Jooste and Christo Weise, to name a few.

  • The Unknown Child: Poems of War, Love and LongingOut of stock

    The Unknown Child: Poems of War, Love and Longing

    R195

    Children who are stripped of their innocence and forced to participate in civil and regional war are the true victims of human conflict. These child-soldiers, whose spirits are hobbled by combat, are cheated of their youth,

  • The world according to Roger Ballen

    The world according to Roger Ballen

    R940

    The World According to Roger Ballen, coauthored with Colin Rhodes, looks at Ballen’s career in the wider cultural context beyond photography, including his connections with and interest in art brut. It features photographs selected from across Ballen’s career, along with installations created exclusively for an exhibition at the Halle Saint Pierre, Paris, and examples of objects and works from Ballen’s own collection of art brut.

  • Three Plays

    Three Plays

    R250

    Craig Higginson’s first three plays for adult audiences – collected here in one volume – represent one of the strongest debuts in contemporary South African theatre.

  • Through the Darkness: A Life in ZimbabweOut of stock

    Through the Darkness: A Life in Zimbabwe

    R150

    Through the Darkness: A Life In Zimbabwe is a book long anticipated. Judith Todd’s chronicle of Mugabe’s crimes against his people appals, yet the life of the subtitle has been a high-spirited crusade for justice, democracy and freedom of the press.

    Firmly attached to the progressive values of her parents Grace and Garfield Todd erstwhile prime minister of colonial Southern Rhodesia benevolent paternalists engaged in ranching, healing, teaching and politicking in south-west Zimbabwe since 1934, their daughter has proven to be cut from the same cloth.

    She was exiled in 1972 by the late Ian Smith, Zimbabwe’s last white prime minister, and stripped of her citizenship by the Mugabe government in 2003. Todd now holds New Zealand citizenship and lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

    When Todd returned to Zimbabwe from exile in Britain shortly before independence in 1980, and soon realised that, far from being the solution to Zimbabwe’s ills, Robert Mugabe and his ruling Zanu (PF) party were increasingly becoming the problem. She says when asked what she thinks went wrong in the country that “it’s almost as if Mugabe is angry he is mortal and wants everyone else to die before he does.”

    As the country slid into economic and social decline, Todd had a front-row view from her position as director of a local development agency. Over the first 25 years of Mugabe’s rule, she kept journals, notes and copies of letters and documents from which she has compiled an intensely personal account of life in Zimbabwe. These make up Through the Darkness: A Life in Zimbabwe.

    Todd’s narrative allows her to record slowly, becoming aware of how ruthlessly the party will enforce its authority and how totally it will contain and then eliminate everything that it regards as dissidence. Only by using the narrative method that she has used is Todd able to convey not only her slow disillusionment but to speak with authority about what is happening. Her authority derives from her presence, from the fact that she records nothing that she has not directly experienced.

  • Through the Looking Glass

    Through the Looking Glass

    R300

    This book accompanied an exhibition that opened at the National Arts Festival in 2004. It considers work by a range of women artists who have represented themselves and their bodies in their work. The book is accompanied by an education supplement written by Philippa Hobbs. The educational supplement has been designed as a guide for…

  • Tongues of Their MothersOut of stock

    Tongues of Their Mothers

    R100

    Makhosazana Xaba’s second poetry collection is an arresting combination of challenging social commentary and intensely personal reflection.

    This poetry of everyday life, flavoured with the spice of fresh and witty observation, written with the sure hand of one who delights in the power and possibilities of words.