
FICTION
“Hard-hitting, authentic—with an essential core of humanity lifting it far above the ordinary” —James Mitchell, The Star “A full-blooded,..
BIOGRAPHIES / MEMOIRS
“Irreverent, self-deprecating, hilarious and poignant, Stu’s story will make you alternately laugh and cry” —Chris Cocks, author of Fireforce ‘Lost...
BUSINESS
Leading from the Front is an autobiographical account of John Barry’s business career—a career that started in a tearoom on the Durban beach front, clerical bank work and to being ...
CURRENT AFFAIRS
South African insults on everything—from apartheid to Zuma—by everyone from J. M. Coetzee to Daily Sun readers. Michael Herzfeld has argued in his...
HISTORY
“Their hands are shaking ever so slightly. They will be flying again in the morning”
Vlamgat, literally ‘flaming hole’ in Afrikaans, was the nickname the South African Air Force (SAAF) gave to the Mirage F1, its formidable frontline jet fighter during South Africa’s long ‘border wars’ in South West Africa
HUMOUR
The Girlfriend’s Guide to Rugby explains the basic rules of the game of rugby in a humorous and entertaining way, ensuring that an audience—ranging from the fanatic to the don’t-understand-what-all-the-hype-is-about person—would enjoy the read. Without the feel of a rule book, it provides the reader with a basic understanding of the game, in a laugh-out-loud manner.
REFERENCE
Given the headlong rush of the Macmillan government in Britain in 1959 to be rid of its colonies, Rhodesia should have been the first African colony in line for independence.