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At its heart, it’s the story of a woman in search of happiness for herself and her family – and also of the beginning of Charlene defining her own space amid the royal protocol. 

Koos Bekker has amassed one of the largest fortunes ever by a South African. Just how did he do it?

Now updated with the tale of the remarkable events that followed the judge’s verdict, prize-winning author Antony Altbeker takes you into the heart of the epic courtroom battle.

Known as much for his philanthropy as for his commercial nous, entrepreneurship, and for being a soccer boss and family man, Patrick Motsepe is a near-legendary figure in South African business.

A coach in your pocket, this book offers a practical guide for how to manage your manager.

By interweaving her guide to Xhosa culture with stories from her daily life at the Mqele and Bulungula villages, and lessons taught to her by her mother and her late grandmothers, she hopes to help reconnect Xhosa people to their roots.

This is a personal account of the bond that developed between a guerrilla fighter and a journalist, and the terrifying challenges they faced as they revealed Savimbi’s true colours.

In Junie 2070 skenk die 27-jarige Jenesis Baron geboorte aan ’n tweeling in haar woonstel in Xin Xianggang. Maar swangerskap sonder ’n toestemmingspermit van die owerhede is taboe, en die pasgeborenes word deur generaal Ben Wagner uitgesnuffel en aan die MediBot oorhandig.

Ian Strydom het twee gesinne: Madelein en driejarige Liam, vir wie hy soveel tyd moontlik steel, en Henriette en sy ouer kinders wat hom al minder nodig het.

Black Beach, located on Bioko Island off the mainland of Equatorial Guinea, is one of the world’s most feared prisons, notorious for its brutality and inhumane conditions.

In her most magnificent novel yet, award-winning author Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu showcases the history of a country transitioning from a colonial to a postcolonial state with a deft touch and a compassionate eye for poignant detail.

Markus Gerlach en Domingos Magadzi vlug oor die grens van Suid-Afrika na die noorde van Mosambiek omdat hulle vrees dat hulle van moord aangekla sal word. Die joernalis Phoebe Maritz sit hulle agterna om ’n eksklusiewe onderhoud los te slaan.

In Zeus van Wyngaardt en die skrikgodin word Zeus se buurman, Atif Dinali, se tienerdogter Tahina vermis. Zeus vermoed dat mensehandel en prostitusieringe iets met haar verdwyning te doen het.

Hierdie “biografie” – uit die perspektief van ’n onwaarskynlike vertroueling – is ’n verwerking van gesprekke met Franz (persoonlik en professioneel) deur die bekroonde akteur, skrywer en regisseur Chris Vorster.

Uit skrapse oorblyfsels soos hofverslae, mediese rekeninge, veilings en testamente onthul Joan Kruger ’n ryk en boeiende verhaal, vol humor en patos.

But as with everything else Oscar does, he is determined to emerge victorious. He continues to paddle kayaks, play golf, and with a combination of medical treatment, exercise, iron determination and unconquerable optimism, he has defied every doctor’s prediction to date.

Part adventure, part action, and lots of wheeling and dealing means readers are in for a rollicking ride in this highly entertaining novel that traverses the high seas and low roads of Southern Africa, while opening boardroom and a few bedroom doors along the way.

Moles is nie ongekend op Verlatenfontein nie. Moord ook nie. Inteendeel.

Chris Schoeman neem nog Suid-Afrikaanse rampe oor die eeu heen opnuut onder die loep, maar sluit dié keer ’n hele paar minder bekende voorvalle in en party wat amper heeltemal vergete geraak het.

Die lewegewende moederfiguur staan sentraal in dié bundel. Sý wat onderdruk en misken is, en wie se bydrae, soos dié van die taal, deur die gedigte herstel word.