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Author: Philip Harrison  Publisher: Spearhead () ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good Binding: Softcover Pages: 104 Dimensions: 20.9 x 14.7 x 0.7 +++ by Philip Harrison +++ This book takes you to sites related to the remarkable story of the opposition to South Africa's apartheid system, that culminated in the country's transition to non-racial democracy in the early s. Over the past decade there have been many efforts to commemorate the history of the liberation movement. Among these have been, most importantly, the development of Cape Town's Robben Island Museum, an icon of the Struggle, and a of vibrant tourist industry in Soweto, Johannesburg. Other much-visited sites include the District Six Museum in Cape Town, Constitution Hill in Johannesburg, Freedom Park in Pretoria, and the Nelson Mandela Museum in the Eastern Cape.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

Author: Mike Procter with Patrick Murphy Publisher: Queen Anne Press () ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good. DJ edges a little worn. Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket Pages: 239 Dimensions: 24 x 16 x 3 cm +++ by Mike Procter with Patrick Murphy +++ South Africa: The Years of Isolation and the Return to International Cricket tells the story of cricket in South Africa from the exile in to the return to the world stage in and on through the next three crowded years of international competition.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

Hardback with unclipped DJ. Queen Anne Press pages. In very good condition with no inscriptions. (see pics below)   "South Africa; The Years of Isolation tells the story of cricket in South Africa from the exile in to the retun to the world stage in and on through the next three years of international competition. Mike Procter records twenty years of cricket behind closed doors, as well as the occasional contact with the outside world provided by 'rebel' tourists. He profiles the star players during those years, many of whom were little known outside South Africa but who would have been internationally acclaimed had they played Test Cricket......."   Please look at my other book listings as I am happy to combine postage should you wish to purchase more than one item. 10% discount will be given for orders of 5 or more books packaged and posted together. Click the link below to see what other books I have for sale  

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The Story of South Africa, by RSA (?), small soft cover, lots of photo and illustrations, 67 pages, good condition. P&P in SA R.    

THE STORY OF SOUTH AFRICA AUTHOR LEO MARQUARD PUBLISHER FABER AND FABER BOOK CONDITION HARDCOVER 251 PAGES IMPRINT FROM D/J TO FIRST AND LAST PAGES OTHERWISE THE BOOK IS CLEAN AND IN GOOD CONDITION DUST JACKET HAS WEAR AND TEARS FORMAT

GALAGO, 2002. Hard cover with dust cover, 304 pages. Very good condition. Under 1kg This is the story of the ruthless intelligence war conducted by South Africa’s National Intelligence Service during the 1980s and 1990s. The author, Riaan Labuschagne, was a senior intelligence officer who operated widely as an undercover field officer. He tells a story of lies and half truths, secrecy and stealth, evasion and denials, deceits and manipulations. It had little to do with the Calvinistic ethics of Christian nationalism that had provided the guidelines for his upbringing as a young Afrikaner. 

32 Battalion: The Inside Story Of South Africa's Elite Fighting Unit - Piet Nortje 2003. Soft cover, 315 pages. Very good condition; like new. Under 1kg.  

32 BATTALION The Inside Story of South Africa's Elite Fighting Unit  by Piet Nortje; Softback; Published by Zebra 2004  ISBN 1 868729 141 No; of Pages; 315 Condition - Good, tightly bound, no tears Note; Some creases onfronf and back cardboard cover. Note; Previous owners name and address deleted with a koki pen (see photograph below) For postage within S A  and via S A Post Office please add R55.00   alternatively Postnet to Postnet (up to 5 kg) at R105.00. Buyers from outside of S A to contact me for a postal quote. Where more than one book is bought " combined " postage / shipping can be agreed and arranged.

32 Battalion: The Inside Story Of South Africa's Elite Fighting Unit - Piet Nortje 2003. Hard cover with dust cover, 315 pages. Very good condition. Under 1kg.  

32 BATTALION The Inside Story of South Africa's Elite Fighting Unit  by Piet Nortje; Softback; Published by Zebra 2004  ISBN 1 86872 670 3 No; of Pages; 315 Condition - Good, tightly bound, no tears and no inscriptions added (see photograph below) For postage within S A  and via S A Post Office please add R55.00   alternatively Postnet to Postnet (up to 5 kg) at R105.00 (this option can include additional books bought from me) . Buyers from outside of S A to contact me for a postal quote.            

ON SOUTH AFRICA'S SECRET SERVICE; An Undercover Agent's Story; RIAAN LABUSCAGNE Hardcover (no DJ) Galago Books 2002 ; ISBN; 1 919854 08 8 ; No. of Pages 304  (a few colour photographs) Condition; Fair, tightly bound, NB  no Dust Jacket , no inscriptions added. some light browning of the paper throughout and first few pages do have a  crease (see the photographs) POSTAGE  / Shipping (within S A) For postage via SA PO (please add under  option 1)   please add R60.00 or  PREFERABLY via Postnet to Postnet for a total weight not exceeding 5kg then add R100.00. (Note with the P/Net option addit books may be included up to 5kg) or via PAXI  which is via the PEP Store branch network  - delivery around 9 days  Please add R55.00  under Option 1 and also add "  via Pep " in the Notes.   Buyers from outside of SA   can request a Postal quotation.

This is a soldier's story about South African soldiers in southern Angola and Namibia and the enemies they fought. It tells of insurgency and counter-insurgency, guerrilla warfare and counter-guerrilla warfare, almost conventional warfare and conventional warfare. It tells of a conflict which the world saw as unpopular and unjust, in which South Africa was perceived as the aggressor. The South African soldiers who fought in it, however, saw it as a conflict fought to stop what is now Namibia falling into the hands of the Soviet and Cuban-backed SWAPO black nationalist political organisation. After Namibia South Africa would be next. They saw the whole conflict as an extension of the Cold War, but while it was on the frontiers in Europe, in Angola they were fighting a very hot war in Angola. Eventually, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the war was resolved by the democratic solution of UN supervised free and fair elections in Namibia. Since then, regrettably, there has been interference by the ruling party with the democratic constitution put in place in Namibia which has eroded much of that hard won democracy. 32 Battalion, of which Colonel Jan Breytenbach was the founding commander, became the most controversial unit in the South African Army because of the secrecy surrounding it. Its story is virtually the story of the Angolan/Namibian war, because its involvement in it was greater than any other South African unit. The regiment primarily consisted of black troops and NCOs originating from virtually every tribe in Angola. They were led by white South African officers and NCOs. Neither apartheid nor any form of racial discrimination was ever practiced in the unit. There was always a sprinkling of whites originating from countries like Great Britain, the old Rhodesia, Portugal and the USA amongst its leadership cadre, although in the latter stages of its existence this shrank to only a few. Such a presence undoubtedly led to stories circulating that the unit was a led by foreign white mercenaries. While it was true that the black Angolan element could have fallen with the mercenary definition, the whites involved were attested soldiers in the South African Army. In any case, they formed a minority and the vast majority of white officers and NCOs were born South Africans. The unit's aggressiveness and the successes it achieved in the field of battle, often against incredible odds, lay in its spirit and its  espirit de corps. In this respect and in many other ways it compared favourably with the French Foreign Legion. Its story parallels with and reminds one of the British and British Commonwealth Chindits of World War-2, operating behind the Japanese lines in Burma in large formations, out-guerrillaing those who only three years earlier had been regarded in awe as the unbeatable jungle warfare experts. Likewise, 32-Battalion consistently outfought both FAPLA, SWAPO and the Cubans in the Angola bush throughout the war years. It created a problem to which neither they nor their Soviet and East German mentors ever found a solution to. After the 1989 Namibian settlement the unit was with withdrawn to South Africa where they were deployed to effectively deal with MK infiltrations into the north of South Africa. From there, after the unbanning of the ANC in 1990, they were redeployed to deal with political troubles, principally between armed ANC self defense units and armed units of the IFP. The intrusion of black foreigners into the townships who were prepared to deal with troubles robustly and without fear or favour, did not suit either the ANC or the IFP, as they could not be subverted to support local causes because they held no local tribal allegiances. In the end it seems they became something of a bargaining chip at the CODESA negotiations, designed to find a new political dispensation for South Africa. Despite it having borne the brunt of South Africa' war in Angola with the blood of its troops, the National Party Government disgracefully ordered its arbitrary disbandment in March 1993 and the unit ceased to exist. Paperback, 360 pages with photos & maps  

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