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  • The End of Normal

    A Witness to the Unravelling of White Power in South Africa

    by Max Du Preez ...
    It was the beginning of 1976 and life was good.White South Africans danced along to Queen and ABBA. There was huge anticipation of the pending All Black rugby tour in July – and at last South Africa had TV!And then came the Soweto student uprising in June. It was the end of normal, setting in motion a series of events that culminated in the negotiated settlement of 1994.MAX DU PREEZ, born and ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Pale Native

    Memories of a Renegade Reporter

    by Max du Preez ...
    Max du Preez has one hell of a story to tell. In his career as a renegade reporter, he’s survived three dismissals, seven libel suits, thirteen criminal cases, four aeroplane crashes, a bombing, two assassination attempts and was a regular on right-wing hit lists. He was in Soweto on 16 June 1976, witnessed the debauched parties of apartheid cabinet ministers, and stepped over dead bodies in a ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Of Warriors, Lovers and Prophets

    Unusual Stories from South Africa's Past

    by Max du Preez ...
    South African history will never be the same again … Shunning the predictable, Max du Preez has put on his investigative journalist’s cap and examined our past from a fresh perspective. The result is a collection of extraordinary and mostly unknown stories, all meticulously researched and written in an engaging and lively style. Instead of regurgitating the story of Jan van Riebeeck’s arrival at ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • A Rumour of Spring

    South Africa after 20 Years of Democracy

    by Max du Preez ...
    Democracy in South Africa turns twenty on 27 April 2014. In A Rumour of Spring, Max du Preez investigates and analyses the progress and lack of progress the country has made during these twenty years. A Rumour of Spring looks at the legacies of Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki in an attempt to understand how we got here, and examines Jacob Zuma’s presidency to better understand where we are.In the ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The World According to Julius Malema

    by Max du Preez ...
    In late 2009, well-known journalists Max du Preez and Mandy Rossouw compiled a range of around 80 famous and infamous sayings by Julius Malema, then-leader of the ANC Youth League. What did he have to say back then about Zille, Zuma, women (all three still some of his favourite subjects), not to mention Nando’s? And what did his words then reveal about the new generation of the ANC and where the ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Opinion Pieces by South African Thought Leaders

    by Max du Preez ...
    This timely collection, compiled and edited by veteran journalist and political commentator Max du Preez, contains critical reflections on various aspects of contemporary South Africa. Each contributor is a significant voice in their area of commentary and is well positioned to explore the complexities of the topic under analysis. The resulting pieces offer insights that will engage all readers ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Of Tricksters, Tyrants and Turncoats

    More Unusual Stories from South Africa's Past

    by Max du Preez ...
    The sequel to the bestselling Of Warriors, Lovers and Prophets, this is a collection of more fascinating, colourful - and mostly unknown - historical tales, all meticulously researched and written in a lively and engaging style. There are stories of Khoikhoi who tried - with mixed fortunes - to integrate into early Cape colonial society, and eccentric Europeans who ventured to the turbulent ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Tafelberg Short: A chief is a chief by the grace of his people

    Once we had leaders

    by Max du Preez ...
    Series series Tafelberg Kort/Tafelberg Short
    South Africa suffers a crisis of leadership. Yet history offers many an example of spectacular, authentically African leaders, untouched by white influence. Max du Preez has unearthed new data on visionary leaders Maqoma, Mohlomi and especially Moshoeshoe, who founded a peaceful nation through persuasion and prosperity. Moshoeshoe, embracing diversity and new technologies, knew that nothing ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

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    The Crisis Continues

    by Johnson RW ...
    In 1977 R W Johnson's best-selling How Long Will South Africa Survive? provided a controversial analysis of the survival prospects of the apartheid regime. Now, after more than twenty years of ANC rule, he believes the situation has become so critical that the question must be posed again. He moves from an analysis of Jacob Zuma's rule to the increasingly dire state of the South African economy, ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Days of the Generals

    The untold story of South Africa’s apartheid-era military generals

    by Hilton Hamann ...
    What really happened during South Africa’s military involvement in Angola? Did the military leaders always see eye to eye with the politicians – and with each other? Was South Africa responsible for the death of Mozambican President Samora Machel? What was the extent of South Africa’s nuclear programme? How did South Africa’s military machine deal with the end of apartheid? Based on interviews ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Rat Roads

    One Man’s Incredible Journey

    by Jacques Pauw ...
    In this extraordinary book, celebrated journalist Jacques Pauw gives a human face to some of the most tumultuous events in recent African history. Rat Roads chronicles the remarkable journey of Kennedy Gihana, a young Tutsi man who fought against the genocidaires in Rwanda, but was part of an army that committed horrifying atrocities in Africa’s bloodiest conflict. Seeking education instead of war ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • A Game Ranger Remembers

    by Bruce Bryden ...
    Bruce Bryden's true stories about the life of a bushveld conservationist draws on 27 years in the service of the Kruger National Park. It makes for a gripping read, abounding with encounters with elephant, lion, buffalo, leopard and rhino, whether darting for research, managing culling operations by helicopter or stalking on foot. In the best tradition of bushveld stories, there is a great deal of ... Read more

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