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R140“Your hair is so short you look just like a boy. And you play soccer with them,” said one girl.
“Girls don’t do that.” Thembi smiled.
“Didn’t you hear what we said? You play soccer. Girls don’t do that.”
“Yes, I heard you.”
She smiled again and walked past the girls. She went straight to the sports field to play soccer.In this courageous and inspiring book, Thembi Kgatlana tells the story of her beginnings in the tough streets of Mohlakeng. She always had the talent and a dream to play soccer for South Africa but she was told that ‘Girls Don’t Do That’. This is the story of her hard work, her determination and of her bravery. Read her story to find out how she came to play for Banyana Banyana and was named the greatest player on the African continent.
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R150Incwadi yabantwana abafunda isiZulu emabangeni ayisisekelo. Kukhona ikhasi lomuhumushi elenzelwe ukusiza abakhuluma lounye ulimi ngaphandle kwesiZulu.
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R130Gregory isn’t keen on soccer, but he loves to dance and jive and feel the energy and rhythm in the music that is all around him.
Dancing brings him joy – and an adventure more dazzling than he could ever have dreamed.
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R100Another brilliantly written book from Niki and Jude Daly. This warm-hearted story, with spectacular illustrations by world-renowned artist Jude Daly shows the importance of courtesy and kindness.
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R270John Laband’s magisterial account of the dramatic emergence and tragic decline of the Zulu kingdom in the nineteenth century is the culmination of fifteen years of research and fieldwork.
Professor John Laband teaches European and Zulu history in the Department of Historical Studies, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg.
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R110International best-selling children’s classic reprinted after 53 years.
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R130Mr Hare Meets Mr Mandela is one of the last stories Chris van Wyk wrote before he died and it originally appeared in the Sunday Times Storytime: 10 South African Stories for Children.