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Mkhuseli ‘Khusta’ Jack was born on a white-owned farm in the Eastern Cape. Evicted from their home, his family was split up, wandering between different relatives, with nowhere to live legally. The young Khusta had a fierce yearning to go to school. Meeting obstacles at every turn, he never gave up. Reaching high school in Port Elizabeth, against all the odds, his drive finds a new focus: freedom for his people. Through fiery years of activism, his resolve never wavered. Khusta Jack became a respected leader in the democratic movement. Today, as a successful businessman, he is as outspoken as always. A true story of sacrifice, courage and triumph.

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'Finally, a book that reveals the inner workings of a murky underworld market we know alarmingly little about … a fascinating first-hand account from an insider.’ – Mandy Wiener. Locked up for poaching abalone, Shuhood Abader began writing his life story. For over fifteen years, he had been a small cog in a criminal industry stretching from the Cape underworld to China’s luxury seafood market. As abalone – 'perlemoen', 'perly' – vanishes from the South African coast, Shuhood’s first-person account takes us right into the heart of the crisis. Kimon de Greef’s postgrad research on poaching led him into journalism, and today he is the pre-eminent local expert on the illicit abalone trade. He contextualises Abader’s raw, immediate tale by showing how the system works: from desperate fishing communities via gang strongholds on the Cape Flats, tik, guns and police complicity to the harbours of Morocco and Hong Kong. Journey with the authors through death-defying dives, blackmail, robbery, shark encounters, near-drownings, and chases by police and rival. 'Poacher' tells the story of a deadly black market; but it is also the story of one man, deeply conflicted, committed to his faith and searching for a better way.

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Ná jare van versoeningswerk tussen eertydse vyande in Ierland keer Wilhelm Verwoerd terug na Suid-Afrika. Hy wil vrede maak met sy eie familie en sy geskiedenis. In die Verwoerd-strandhuis, Blaas 'n Bietjie, waar hy sit en skryf, hang 'n gesinsfoto waarop sy oupa, HF Verwoerd, hom as baba teer vashou. Hoe versoen hy dié menslike oupa met die gehate onderdrukker wat in die stories van sy swart bure en kennisse na vore kom, mense wat as kinders in die strate gedans het toe sy oupa vermoor is? In sy soektog na begrip kom Wilhelm op ouma Betsie Verwoerd se private dagboeke af en voer hy soms ongemaklike gesprekke met mense wat sy van as vloekwoord onthou. So ontvou 'n geskakeerde blik op wat dit beteken om vandag met integriteit in Suid-Afrika te leef.

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To know each other and understand the whole of our reality, we must hear each other's stories. Journalist Ruda Landman, widely known for her compelling interviews, talks to prominent South Africans about their life choices and how change has affected them. A colourful mosaic of experience emerges as people share stories – from changing careers to coming out, losing a partner or following a calling. The book includes insights by the likes of John Kani, Ferial Haffajee, Pieter-Dirk Uys, Katlego Maboe, Gugu Zulu, Zapiro, ProVerb, Arno Carstens, «Mam' Khanyi» (who takes in street children and orphans), Nick Binedell, Patricia de Lille and Marc Lottering. Revealing and wise, their stories will touch your heart. (All royalties from the sale of this book will go to StudyTrust, an organisation which supports university students.)

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Hoe vermoor jy jou eie familie? Dit is elke keer skokkend: Ouers wat hul eie kinders se lewens uitwis – kinders wat hul ouers om die lewe bring – broers en susters wat eens en vir altyd teen mekaar draai. Suid-Afrika het talle sulke tragiese voorvalle. Venolia Siwa: moordenaar van haar vyf kinders. Phoenix Theron wat haar ma vermoor het om haar suster te beskerm. Don Steenkamp: moordenaar van sy ouers en sussie. John Langeveldt wat sy suster en neef met 'n byl doodgekap het. En nog meer… Hoe word familiebande so totaal verbreek? Joernalis Charné Kemp, topverkoperskrywer van Moord op Griekwastad, klop by kenners aan en gaan haal die storie agter die stories.

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Wat beteken dit as ’n jong Afrikanerman jou beskryf as “nogals orraait”? Hoe trek jy die gehoor se aandag as die basaarpoeding hulle gemesmeraais het? En waar o waar in die wêreld is die Pomona Spur – en hoekom sal jy nooit jou vyfjarige se verjaardagpartytjie daar wil hou nie? Sedert hy enkele jare gelede die SA komediewêreld betree het, het Schalk blitsig ’n ikoniese figuur geraak. Hy’t al vir Trevor Noah geopen, hy was die skattige Danny in die kykNET-reeks Hotel, die uiters gewilde aanbieder van Die Kliek op VIA, en in 2018 sal die volk hom geniet in Die Ware Naarheid, ’n satiriese nuusprogram in spitstyd op kykNET. Sy volgelinge op Facebook en Instagram trek ver verby 30 000, en sy kop staan oorsee se kant toe. In dié piepie-jou-nat-van-die-lag memoire verklap Schalk – en sy soortvan-bestuurder, Erns Grundling – die bisarre en hartroerende dinge wat hy oorgekom het op sy reise regoor die land na oral waar ’n mikrofoon en ’n dronk gehoor hom inwag.

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Albert Luthuli's extraordinary story is also that of the African National Congress, which he led for fifteen years. Luthuli's lively first-hand account tells of the repression and resistance that were to shape the South African political landscape forever: the Defiance Campaign – the first mass challenge to apartheid, the drafting of the Freedom Charter, the Treason Trial and the tragedies of Sharpeville and Langa. Albert Luthuli was the first black African man to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This book bears witness to Luthuli's unfailing humility, perseverance, and passionate commitment to the values of non-racialism and non-sexism. His vision, crucial to the shaping of the South Africa we live in today, continues to move and inspire.

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Van laaitie tot politieke kryger, bandiet tot generaal-majoor, ondergrondse operateur tot presidensiële lyfwag… Jeremy Vearey se lewe het talle onvoorspelbare wendings geneem. Sy eiesoortige vertelling sluit die ouere manne van sy jeug in, die ooms by die damstafel, heimlik politieke kerkjeugkampe en die Kommuniste-manifes, skoolhou en ondergrondse werk vir MK, en sy aanhouding op Robbeneiland. As Mandela se lyfwag help hy 'n opstand in die Karoo ontlont, voor hy deel word van die nuwe SAPD, waar hy saam met die gewese vyand terrorisme en Kaapse bendes takel. En onder alles loop 'n donker stroom…

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"At about 5:20 pm on 31 December 2012, a colleague picked a steak knife from a cutlery tray. He yelled, ‘Angi-gay, mina!’ – I’m not gay! – and came at me with it." Siya Khumalo grew up in a Durban township where one sermon could whip up a lynch mob against those considered different. Drawing on personal experience – his childhood, life in the army, attending church, and competing in pageants – Khumalo explores being LGBTQI+ in South Africa today. In 'You Have to Be Gay to Know God', he takes us on a daring journey, exposing the interrelatedness of religion, politics and sex as the expectations of African cultures mingle with greed and colonial religion.

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'There are a lot of good things about getting older. When you’re young you want everyone to like you and to make an impression. When you’re old you don’t give a damn.' Kate Turkington is fearless and fun, even now in her 80s. Actually, more so! From the war-worn East End of London to raising a young family in a remote part of eastern Nigeria and then building a career as one of SA's most loved broadcasters, Kate's story is remarkable and revealing. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You will cheer. And you may well be shocked.

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