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(This title is available on demand: expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered) South Africa¿s rugby legends celebrates those players who have become truly immortal in the eyes of their fans ¿ the greatest South African rugby players of the amateur years. This beautifully illustrated book covers the immense achievements of those players ¿ not necessarily all of them Springboks ¿ who ran out against the mighty All Blacks, the cunning Aussies and the wily English, among others, and played their way into rugby folklore. These are the best of the best. From Fairy Heatlie, who played for South Africa against the British in 1891, to the genius Danie Craven in the 1930s, the inspirational Hennie Muller of the 1940s and 50s, and the charismatic Morne du Plessis of the 1980s, the author explores in fascinating detail what made these men the unforgettable names they are today. Beautifully illustrated from the author¿s personal collection of archival rugby photos, some of which have never been seen before, this is the book every true rugby fan will want for his or her collection of rugby memorabilia. Format:paperback Pages:256

 1860 hardcover with dustjacket 254 pages, dustjacket has a few marks and small tears, hardcover good, few spots in book, text is clean and the binding good -NO overseas shipping

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours Blacks Do Caravan tells the story of a young South African family's caravan journey, and the everlasting memories created along the way included amazing adventures and wonderful experiences. The book aims to inspire South Africans to take time out of their busy schedules and spend that valuable time with their families to discover the beauty of our country. Fikile's trip began on 15 September 2014 and during the journey she came to the realisation that South Africa is still a divided nation. Over twenty years into democracy, boundaries still divide us. Fikile aims to break those boundaries created by the past regime and contribute to the unity that is needed for all South Africans to move forward and experience this country equally. What better way to do it than caravanning? Fikile and her family visited over 60 caravan parks and extended their travels to the Kingdom of Swaziland, which became an eye opening, mind changing trip of a lifetime. Features Summary Blacks Do Caravan tells the story of a young South African family’s caravan journey, and the everlasting memories created along the way. The book aims to inspire South Africans to take time out of their busy schedules and spend that valuable time with their families to discover the beauty of our country. Author Fikile Hlatshwayo Publisher Jacana Media Release date 20160601 Pages 180 ISBN 1-4314-2377-7 ISBN 13 978-1-4314-2377-4

UNISA, 2005. Soft cover. 58 pages. Good, clean condition. Corners have some wear. Under 1kg. The new Hidden Histories Series, "The Making of an African Communist: Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana and the Communist Party of South Africa 1927 - 1939" by Bob Edgar edited by Raymond Suttner. Phil Bonner, Head: History Department, University of the Witwatersrand had this to say: This work makes a very important contribution to the understanding of opposition politics in the interwar period. It is based almost exclusively on original research by the author, including extensive interviews with Mofutsanyana. It throws new light on the internal politics of the Communist Party, in particular the relationship between blacks and whites in the organisation. It also gives a personal and political portrait of an important African leader about whom very little has been published.  

Did belong to a library before but book and wrapper remained in a very good condition - 1 988 - A very scarce item.  >>> These e leven stories describe the daily injustices of apartheid in South Africa, dealing with the experiences of both Blacks and Whites   *N.B.*   If you buy more books from me you only pay R 6 postage each on the additional books – see what else I have to offer, it might be worth your while.

Paperback. English. Star Book. 1981. In fair/used condition. In a London hotel, on a business trip, Afrikaner mining tycoon Martin Mynhardt is writing down - at great length, with great self-consciousness - his memories of the weekend before the Soweto riots. It was the weekend he and his surly son Louis (recently returned from fighting in Angola, South Africa's Vietnam) went to the family farm to badger Martin's plucky mother into selling the drought-ridden estate, now dominated by "cheeky" blacks. It was the weekend of the murder of a black farm servant by her tradition-obsessed husband. It was the weekend just after Martin's best friend, lawyer Bernard, had been sentenced to life imprisonment for anti-apartheid terrorism. (Martin had refused to help him hide out.) And it was the weekend that Martin's longtime mistress Bea finally became fed up with her compartmentalized role in Martin's life. Martin remembers all this, and earlier memories too - of his historian father, of his doomed attempts at camaraderie with black colleagues, of his mildly corrupt business practices. And running through these memories are Martin's self-examinations and self-justifications: "Without cynicism one had no hope of retaining one's hold on reality." Innocence vs. guilt, romanticism vs. pragmatism, detached perspective vs. violent commitment. Brink has done a masterful job of crafting Martin's repetitious, digressive musings around the tight framework of that single weekend. And the portrait of an intelligent, "decent" Afrikaner clinging to the old ways ("To surrender everything to Black hands is to exchange the wind for the whirlwind") is convincing and especially effective as presented here - without explicit author condemnation. Less admirable, however, is Brink's insistence on investing every aspect of Martin's life with political import, spelling out every theme: "Perhaps there is a similar transition from a state of innocence to a state of guilt in historical processes." Self-deluding, self-dramatizing Martin is certainly a useful figure for Brink's meditation on the Afrikaner paradox; he is not, however, the engaging character needed to lift this worthy, interesting, and talented book (a vast improvement over Brink's previous windy polemics) from an intriguing study to an emotional experience. (Kirkus Reviews)

Colored Hill By Verenia Keet Soft cover, 196pp. While the bulk of writings on the apartheid years in South Africa surround the struggle between White and Black poulations, not much has been recorded about the races caught in between. Colored Hill essentially focuses the lives of the Colored community caught in the middle, proverbially sitting on the fence and in large part denied allegiance or political affiliation to either the Whites or the Blacks. The story is set in the sixties through the eighties, and focuses on the Hunt family living in a newly created colored township. The young family grapples with their new environment. HIV-AIDS further divides an already divided population.

Paperback. English. Jonathan Ball. 2000. In good condition. No man has led the Springbok rugby team onto the field as many times as Gary Teichmann, and no man has inspired the Springboks to more successive Test victories. The record stands. Now Teichmann, the tall eighthman whose dignity and decency have earned him the respect and admiration across the rugby world, writes for the record. Here he records the 17 successive Test victories achieved by his Springboks in 1997 and 1998, equalling the All Blacks feat of the 1960s. He outlines all the circumstances of his controversial omission from the Springbok squad for the 1999 Rugby World Cup. He writes of his tenure at the helm of South Africa

(This title is available on demand: expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered) South Africa's history of colonialism and apartheid has created deep patterns of inequality and poverty. One of the ways in which the government has tried to address the high levels of inequality that characterise the South African labour market, is through an extensive process of legislative reform, which includes the Employment Equity Act (EEA) of 1998. The EEA was enacted to achieve equity in the workplace by prohibiting unfair discrimination and by requiring the implementation of affirmative action measures to ensure the equitable representation of designated groups (blacks, women and disabled persons) in all occupational categories and levels in the workforce. The Act gives effect to the constitutional imperative for substantive equality in respect of the workplace. One decade after the enactment of the EEA, this collection of essays evaluates its efficacy in achieving its stated goals. This is done against the background of comparative experiences elsewhere, in particular India, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and the European Union. Format:paperback Pages:336

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 13 working days This title comes with a new introduction by the author. In 70s South Africa, Rian Malan - descendant of the architects of apartheid, middle-class white boy, friend to blacks - went to work as a crime reporter for a local Johannesburg rag. There he encountered first-hand the horrors wrought by apartheid: the poverty, injustice and violence. After an eight-year exile, he returned to write this book. With gripping stories and in mesmerising prose, this is Malan's attempt to understand his country, its racial hatred, and his own tortured conscience. Features Summary In 70s South Africa, the author - descendant of the architects of apartheid, middle-class white boy - went to work as a crime reporter for a local Johannesburg rag... Author Rian Malan Publisher Vintage Classics Release date 20150429 Pages 519 ISBN 0-09-958346-1 ISBN 13 978-0-09-958346-2

Book in great condition   ****   Last Days in Cloud Cuckooland is Boynton's account of the final gasps of white culture on the continent, from the flight of the Belgian refugees from the Congo in 1960 through the first years of Nelson Mandela's presidency in South Africa. In a series of graphic accounts of the human dramas marking this disorderly retreat, he illuminates the complexity and ambiguity of the role of the whites in Africa. They "were never a unified gang of coldhearted supremacists," he writes, "any more than the blacks in Africa have been a saintly group of idealists and altruists." It is an evocative story, and as it unfolds the author is drawn toward a controversial conclusion. If the white colonials did a rather poor job of making Africa work, he argues, then their African successors have done considerably worse. "It was in Africa that my identity was forged," Boynton writes. "Somewhere amid the rapid dismemberment of colonial rule, the wars, and the triumph of black nationalism, I became a white African, and will remain so for the rest of my life, wherever I live." But he will probably not live in Africa, which has been changed forever. *N.B.*  If you buy more than one book from me on the same day you only pay R 6 extra postage for each of the additional books - See what else I have to offer, it might just be worth your while.             

Author: Ann Harries With Author's Inscription Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (2005) ISBN-10: 0747578710 ISBN-13: 9780747578710 Condition: Very Good. The cover has some creasing as do the corners and a number of the pages. Reading creases along the spine. Scuffing along cover edges. Some marks on the outside edges of the pages. Binding: Softcover Pages: 376 Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.5 x 3 cm +++ by Ann Harries (With Author's Inscription) +++ An Epic and Spellbinding Historical Novel. It Is the Turn Of The Twentieth Century And War Is Razing The Boer Republics of South Africa to the Ground. This Is  No Place For A  Lady, But In The Midst of These Horrors Is a Group of Women, Each Fighting Her Own Battle. Sarah, an Angelically Nurse From England, Louise, Her Madcap Friend, And The Dynamic Campaigner Emily Hobhouse. As Their Dramas Unfold, So Too Does The History Of The Bloody War - The Events That Turned What Was Intended To Be A Quick Annexation of the Boer Republics Into A Protracted, Savage Conflict; The Involvement of the South African Blacks Promised The Vote If They Joined The British Side; And the Injustices And Deep Inequalities in South Africa Which Lie at the Heart of the Story.

Native Nostalgia In this, his first book, Jacob Dlamini writes about growing up in Katlehong in Gauteng, in the tradition of Orhan Pamuk's and Walter Benjamin's accounts of their childhoods in Istanbul and Berlin respectively. Using fragments from his own childhood, he examines the nostalgia that many black people feel for the past their lives under apartheid. In arguing that people do not stop being moral agents just because they are politically oppressed or discriminated against, the author seeks to recover the moral content of black life under apartheid. This book is about nostalgia, an affliction of the heart that began life as a passing ailment but became an incurable modern condition. The book uses the life of a young black South African who spent his childhood under apartheid to ask the following question: What does it mean to remember a (black) life lived under apartheid with fondness and longing? The nostalgia examined here should not be understood the same way that the archetypal black pensioner trotted out by newspapers at each general election in South Africa says: "Things were better under apartheid." No, apartheid had no virtue. But the author insists that we confront facile accounts of black life under apartheid that paint the 46 years in which the system existed as one vast moral desert, as if blacks produced no art, literature, music, bore no morally upstanding children or, at the very least, children who knew the difference between right and wrong even if those children did not grow up to make the "right" moral choices in their lives. This is not to say there was no poverty, crime or moral degradation. There was, of course. But none of this determined the shape of black life in its totality. This is not to suggest that all black families were happy the same way. Each family was, of course, unhappy in its own way. The differences between black families extended beyond questions of domestic bliss or strife. There were class, ethnic and gender differences aplenty. It behoves any history worthy of the name to take these differences seriously, which could be as small as the type of lawn one had in one's yard, the type of furniture in each bedroom, or the type of fencing one had around the yard whether the concrete slabs colloquially called "stop nonsense" or a wire mesh fence. The author is interested also in the role of the senses in a person's experience of nostalgia. He uses fragments drawn randomly from the past to look at his childhood in Katlehong as a lived experience of the senses. He tries to imagine how one might relay the history of Katlehong in terms of the senses of smell, hearing, taste, touch and sight. He uses his sensory experience of Katlehong, for example, to examine the place of radio in the life of an urban black family in apartheid South Africa. Here he does not simply wish to relay the auditory experience of listening to the radio but to look, rather, at how the very instrument that was supposed to be the government's propaganda tool actually had the opposite effect, awakening in him a political consciousness that saw him adopt a politics at odds with the political gradualism and religious conservatism of his mother. Again, he looks at how black schools, intended by government to be a great downward leveller of black ambition, inadvertently served to heighten class consciousness within black society, often pitting the local elite against the mass of the great black unwashed. Finally, he studies how local political identities were formed in relation to both a national black identity and a much broader black diasporic identity. About the Author Jacob Dlamini is one of South Africa's bright young intellectuals. A PhD student at Yale, he has written for a number of magazines and newspapers such as the Sunday Times. Author Jacob Dlamini ISBN 9781770097551 Format Paperback Pages 169p. _