Books from Jacana Media

  • The Blue Book
    By Andrew Samson, André Odendaal, Krish Reddy

    ... 11 October 2003, Cape Town WP 153/9 (CS Cowan 69*) Bol 154/5 (J Barnard 54; SD van Zyl 3/19) Eastern Province beat ... Port Elizabeth EP 174/6 (E Webber 53*, S Pillay 31, R Claasen 49; SD van Zyl 3/25) WP 97 (E Webber 3/9) Free ...

  • Selling Apartheid: South Africa's Global Propaganda War
    By Ron, Nixon

    The top lobbyist for the group was the firm of Black, Manafort, Stone & Kelly. In 1987 Unita paid it $600,000 to represent the group in Washington DC, although it is likely that the money actually came from Pretoria.

  • Ah Big Yaws?: A Guard to Sow Theffricun Innglissh
    By Robin Malan

    In 1997 in an ' Agony Uncle ' column he wrote for the Cape Times , Robert Kirby referred to a projected book as likely to be : ... as funny and successful as that wonderful book of the seventies celebrating South African English ...

  • The Hairdresser of Harare
    By Tendai Huchu

    Maybe robbers perhaps, but to do this to someone is just plain evil.” If only she had known of my involvement, she would have been disgusted by me. Dumi's limp hand lay in mine. “What did the doctors say?” “It's not looking too good.

  • Seven Steps to Heaven
    By Fred Khumalo

    This multilayered family saga is a riveting tale of love, betrayal, and a search for identity—sexual and otherwise.

  • Native Nostalgia
    By Jacob Dlamini

    Challenging the stereotype that black people who lived under South African apartheid have no happy memories of the past, this examination into nostalgia carves out a path away from the archetypical musings.

  • Lolly Jackson: When Fantasy Becomes Reality
    By Sean Newman, Peter Piegl, Karyn Maughan

    With miles of newspaper headlines and a growing body count, the insatiably curious public is still no closer to the truth regarding the assassination of powerful South African businessman Lolly Jackson and several others linked to him.

  • Spilt Milk
    By Kopano Matlwa

    A story of two passionate people who share a shameful past and a tenuous present, this remarkable narrative follows headmistress Mohumagadi--of the elite Sekolo sa Ditlhora school for talented black children--and Father Bill, a disgraced ...

  • Boerejood
    By Julian Roup

    Leon says that on President Mbeki's watch , the country has moved from the politics of the Rainbow Nation and reconciliation ... “ We need to get out of the cul - de - sac of racism and return to the inspiring vision of a Rainbow Nation ...

  • Claim to the Country: The Archive of Lucy Lloyd and Wilhelm Bleek
    By Pippa Skotnes, Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek

    And I have gladly given my time an for an object which appeared to me of sufficient importance to render to delay on ils account the ... J Wmi i—I m fhi'a inrmirv nn tn rh« 4 A Glimpse into the Mythology of the Maluti Bushmen.

  • There's a Tsotsi in the Boardroom: Winning in a Hostile World
    By Muzi Kuzwayo

    The message of this marketing guide is simple: the correct interpretation of cultural signals is the most important part of opening new territories and entering niche markets.

  • Africa Remix: Contemporary Art of a Continent
    By Simon Njami

    The South Africans David Koloane , Pat Mautloa , Sam Nhlengethwa and Kay Hassan are some of the permanent resident artists who regularly exhibit their works here . The Bag Factory also displays works by non - resident South African ...

  • The Unspoken Alliance: Israel's Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa
    By Sasha Polakow-Suransky

    Based on extensive archival research and interviews with former generals and high-level government officials in both countries, this book tells a troubling story of Cold War paranoia, moral compromises, and Israel's estrangement from the ...

  • Zimbabwe in Transition: A View from Within
    By Timothy Murithi, Aquilina Mawadza

    To understand the complexities of the challenges to Zimbabwe's transition to democracy as well as prospects for political change and democracy in the country, Zimbabwe in Transition critically examines both the historical and contemporary ...

  • HIV/AIDS Action Now, Lusweti (Swaziland)

    AIDS ... action now ! We are all living with HIV and AIDS . Some of us are HIV positive . Many people know someone who is infected with HIV . Some have lost a friend or a relative because of HIV and AIDS . HIV and AIDS This is how you ...

  • HIV and AIDS Action Now, Desert Soul (Namibia)

    nbc radio and TV Desert Soul It's about us HIV and AIDS ... action now ! This Community Development Poject is brought to you in the interests of a healthy nation by : bp SOUL Development DFID CITY Cooperation INSTITUTE EUROPEAN UNION ...

  • Running to Stand Still
    By Bearnárd O'Riain

    We sit out on deck and Patrick is on one side of him and Dermot on the other . I don't mind little Patrick ... Have you been up at the front yet ? I ask him . ... Then Dermot says he can't see the sea because I'm standing in the way .

  • The Cool Nguni

    A Nguni calf wishes he were cooler, like Longhorn cattle who ride in rodeos, shaggy Highland cattle, or sacred Brahman cattle, until his mother shows him how the individual patterns of Nguni cattle make them "designer."

  • Garden Route Guide: 2006 Edition: From Still Bay to Storms River
    By Jacana Education

    ... ( Off N2 Natures Valley - Road to Platbank No 3 ) Nature's Valley Town Tsitsikamma Lodge N2 Tollgate ( Stormsriver ) Garden of Eden Aventura Eco Plettenberg Holiday Resort Forest Hall Goosemarsh SELF - GUIDED . NAME / LOCATION TEL .

  • Counter-currents: Experiments in Sustainability in the Cape Town Region
    By Edgar A. Pieterse

    about the author Karen Press lives in Cape Town and works as a freelance editor and writer. ... Carcanet); The Little Museum of Working Life (2004, UKZN Press); The Canary's Songbook (2005, Carcanet); Closer than this (forthcoming, ...