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16 JUNE 1976

The thirty-year anniversary of the Soweto uprising is marked this year; and the events of 16 June 1976 are being retold and re-examined.
221 Brooks, Alan & Brickhill, Jeremy. WHIRLWIND BEFORE THE STORM: the origins and development of the uprising in Soweto and the rest of South Africa from June to December 1976. London: International Defence and Aid Fund for SA, 1980.

367 p. Paperback with flyleaves, faded on fore-edges. Staining on page edges. R 100

222 Cillie Commission. SOUTH AFRICA IN TRAVAIL: the disturbances of 1976/77: evidence presented by the S.A. Institute of Race Relations to Cillie Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and at other places during June 1976. Johannesburg: S.A. Institute of Race Relations, 1978.

143, viii p. Paperback. R 100

223 Cillie Commission. VERSLAG VAN DIE KOMMISSIE VAN ONDERSOEK OOR DIE OPROER IN SOWETO EN ELDERS VAN 16 JUNIE 1976 TOT 28 FEBRUARIE 1977 [RP 106/1979]. Pretoria: Government Printer, 1979.

2 vols. (640, 347, [126] p.). 4to. Paper wraps. (vol. 2 unevenly faded).

R 1500

The Commission was called into life just eight days after the initial pupil-led rebellion started. The sole member of the Commission was Judge Petrus Malan Cillie, who co-opted various others to serve with him at certain stages of his investigation. Judge Cillie came to the conclusion that "…die toepassing van die voertaalbeleid in sekondere swart skole… die hantering van die verset en die versuim van die onderwysamptenare en die polisie, wat die gevaar nie kon sien nie… die pikkel van oproer was.' p. 640, vol. 1. Vol. 2 contains exhaustive lists of incidents, region by region, and lists of those killed, including Hector Peterson / Swartseun 12 jaar 76:06:16 / Orlando-Wes Hoerskool / Skietwond- ingangs wond regs agter rug; uitgangs wond in nek / aanspreeklikheid kan nie bepaal word nie / die oorledende is deur die polisie doodgeskeid tydens die konfrontasie voor die Orlando-Wes Sekondere Skool. p. 61, vol. 2. Peterson's name has become synonymous with the events of 16 June 1976. With hindsight, what happened that Wednesday in June irrevocably changed South Africa and Southern Africa's direction. One of the most important documents pertaining to South Africa's recent past.
224 Edelstein, Melville Leonard. WHAT DO YOUNG AFRICANS THINK? Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, 1972.

122 p. Paperback. Name on title page. R 100

Edelstein was one of two whites killed on 16 June 1976. He had served for many years as a welfare officer in Soweto.
225 Hermer, Carol & Tholo, Maria. THE DIARY OF MARIA THOLO. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, [1979].

x, 200 p.: ill., ports., map. Paperback. R 125

An account of the life history of a Guguletu family, in particular their experiences during the riots following on from the Soweto Uprising of 1976.
226 Kane-Berman, John. SOWETO: black revolt, white reaction. 3rd impression. Johannesburg: Ravan, 1979.

xi, 268 p.: maps. Paperback. Name on verso of front cover. R 60

NORTH OF THE LIMPOPO and HUNTING

227 Arkwright, Robert & Tabler, Edward C. [ed.]. SPORT AND SERVICE IN SOUTH AFRICA: the diary of Lieutenant Robert Arkwright, 1843-1846; edited by Edward C. Tabler. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1971.

98 p.: port. as frontis. Cloth. R 275

Arkwright was a British army officer. He provides an excellent account of the era when elephants and other game were "thick on the ground" and allows the reader glimpses of Moffat, Livingstone, Oswell and others.
228 Boggie, Jeannie M. FIRST STEPS IN CIVILIZING RHODESIA: being a true account of the experiences of the earliest white settlers, men, women and children, in Southern and Northern Rhodesia. 4th ed. [Bulawayo]: Kingstons, 1966.

xvi, 364 p.: ill., frontis., ports., maps. Skivertex, d.w. with small tears on top edge. Name on half title page. R 200

229 Bulawayo Motor Racing Association. 12TH RHODESIAN GRAND PRIX: Sunday, September 19th, 1971 at the Bulawayo International Motor Racing Circuit. Bulawayo: The Association, 1971.

47 p.: ill., ports., advertisements. 4to. Pict. paper wraps, torn on the spine.

R 150
230 Cocks, Chris. FIREFORCE: one man's war in the Rhodesian Light Infantry. Alberton: Galago, 1988.

255 p.: ill., ports. Paperback. R 650

The first edition of this classic, candid account of the war.
231 Cole, Barbara. SABOTAGE AND TORTURE; as told to Barbara Cole. Standard ed. Amanzimtoti: Three Knights, 1988.

209 p.: ill., ports., maps. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 325

The sabotage of thirteen of Zimbabwe's military aircraft led suspicion to fall on several white airmen, leading to their arrest and imprisonment. All but seven were released. They were acquitted, then re-detained, and finally expelled from the country.
232 Cooper, F.M. ON SAFARI: experiences of a gunner in the East Africa Campaign; by F.C. Cape Town: Juta, 1917.

90 p.: ill., frontis. Pict. paper wraps, slightly frayed along edges, as normally seen. R 350

An account of the East African campaign of WWI.
233 Craven, David. MAPOLISA: some reminiscences of a Rhodesian policeman. Johannesburg: Covos Books, 1998.

xii, 174 p.: ill., ports., map. Paperback. R 150

234 Grundy, Trevor & Miller, Bernard. THE FARMER AT WAR; contributors, Felicity Wood and Barbara Phillips. Salisbury: Modern Farming Publications, 1979.

146 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., advertisements, map. 4to. Skivertex, d.w. with a few small tears along edges. R 850

Rhodesian farmers were in the "frontline" during the war and this book documents their struggle and also lists the names of those who were killed.
235 Hardy, Ronald. THE IRON SNAKE. London: Collins, 1965.

318 p.: [16] p. of ill.: port., map on endpapers. Paper covered boards, d.w. with chips to spine & edges. R 200

Describes the railway from Mombasa to Lake Victoria.
236 Hole, Hugh Marshall. THE MAKING OF RHODESIA. London: Macmillan, 1926.

xi, 415 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), maps. (chiefly col., some folding). Cloth. Slight spotting to page edges. R 400

Hole describes the aura that surrounded those who travelled "up-country" and the rumours that fuelled interest and desire to see that part of the world north of Bulawayo. He describes the hardships encountered although they were later forgotten "or merely recalled with a grin". Hole's account of the early days of Rhodesia and Rhodes makes perceptive reading.
237 Jackson, John Halkett. U.D.I. AND ALL THAT. Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1966.

[88] p.: all cartoons. Oblong 16 mo. Paperback. R 50

The Argus cartoonist's take on Rhodesia's Declaration of Unilateral Independence and the events surrounding the declaration.
238 Ker, Donald I. THROUGH FOREST AND VELDT. London: Robert Hale, 1958.

191 p.: ill. Paper covered boards, d.w. frayed with creases along edges.

R 100

Ker, had been a professional hunter in East Africa since 1926. After WWII, he turned to organizing photographic safaris.
239 Livingstone, David & Boucher, Maurice [ed.]. LIVINGSTONE LETTERS, 1843-1872: David Livingstone correspondence in the Brenthurst Library, Johannesburg; edited by Maurice Boucher. Standard ed. Johannesburg: The Brenthurst Press, 1985.

255 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. (1 as frontis.), col. maps. (Brenthurst Press. Second series; 1). 4to. Cloth, d.w. Edition limited to 850 copies. R 1000

240 Livingstone, David. MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA: including a sketch of sixteen years' residence in the interior of Africa, and a journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the west coast; thence across the continent, down the River Zambesi to the eastern ocean. London: John Murray, 1857.

ix, 687 p.: ill., folding lithograph as frontis., folding plan, folding map in pocket between rear endpaper & cover. Embossed cloth with gilding on spine, worn at corners and with small stain near lower fore-edge. Bears the bookplate of James Livingstone, M.D. Also bears the embossed stamp of William Elgin & Son, Stationers & Booksellers, Edinburgh and the ticket of Edmonds & Remnant, London (book binders). R 3000

241 Long, B.K. DRUMMOND CHAPLIN: his life and times in Africa. London: Oxford University Press, 1941.

373 p.: port. as frontis. Cloth, small stain to lower edge. T.e.g., spotting to preliminary pages & page edges. R 200

Chaplin (1866-1833) was appointed by C.J. Rhodes to directorships within his companies. He was the last president of the Chartered Company and the first administrator of Southern Rhodesia.
242 MacDonald, J.F. THE WAR HISTORY OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA, 1939-45. Bulawayo: Books of Rhodesia, 1976.

2 vols. (xiv, 673, [14], xxx p.]: ill. (some col), frontis. (vol. 1), ports., maps (1 col folding). (Rhodesiana Reprint Library. Silver series; vols. 10 & 11). Paper covered boards, d.w.s. (vol. 2 with creases & tears to top edge). R 675

243 Mallows, Wilfrid. THE MYSTERY OF GREAT ZIMBABWE: the key to a major archaeological enigma. London: Robert Hale, 1984.

217 p.: ill., maps. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 125

244 Moorcraft, Paul L. & McLaughlin, Peter. CHIMURENGA!: the war in Rhodesia, 1965-1980: a military history. Johannesburg: Sygma Books, 1982.

262 p.: ill., ports., maps. Paperback. Tight binding (normally seen with loose pages). R 450

245 Powdermaker, Hortense. COPPER TOWN: changing Africa: the human situation on the Rhodesian copperbelt. New York: Harper & Row, [1962].

xxiii, 391 p.: ill., ports., tables. Cloth, d.w. rubbed & price clipped. Names on endpapers. R 150

Powdermaker's study describes the changes in a primitive society where European mining interests are absorbing tribal peoples into a new pattern of organization.
246 Ransford, Oliver. THE RULERS OF RHODESIA: from earliest times to the Referendum. London: John Murray, 1968.

345 p.: ill., ports., maps. Cloth, R 150

247 Reid-Daly, Ron & Stiff, Peter. SELOUS SCOUTS: a pictorial account; as told to Peter Stiff. Alberton: Galago, 1984.

176 p.: ill. (some col.), frontis., ports., maps. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. frayed at top and bottom of spine. R 1100

248 Renwick Robin. UNCONVENTIONAL DIPLOMACY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: [an insider's account of the end of white rule in Rhodesia and South Africa]. London: Macmillan Press, 1997.

vi, 163 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 200

Renwick was British Ambassador to South Africa during the period leading up to the release of Nelson Mandela. He had previously been an adviser to Lord Carrington during the Lancaster House negotiations which ended the Rhodesian conflict; and to Lord Soames, the last Governor of Rhodesia. He was therefore uniquely placed to observe events.
249 Rhodesian Government. REPORT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION, 1968: presented to His Excellency, the Officer Administering the Government, on the 5th April 1968. Salisbury: Government Printer, 1968.

180 p.: col. folding map. Stiff paper covers, frayed along edges. Stain to lower edge of upper cover. R 150

The Commission was appointed to examine the "provisions of the Constitution of Rhodesia" and "to advise upon the Constitutional framework which is best suited to the sovereign independent status of Rhodesia"
250 Sables Motor Club, Salisbury. DES WOLFF MEMORIAL RACE MEETING: this official programme is a souvenir of the last ever motor race to be held at the Marlborough circuit, October 29, 1972. Salisbury: Sables Motor Club, 1972.

64 p.: ill., ports., advertisements. 4to. Pict. stiff paper wraps. R 100

251 Sables Motor Club, Salisbury. MOTOR SPORT RHODESIA: number 57, July '72. Salisbury: Sables Motor Club, 1972.

24 p.: ill., ports., advertisements. 4to. Pict. paper wraps, rubbed. R 100

252 Tabler, Edward C. THE FAR INTERIOR: chronicles of pioneering in the Matabele and Mashona countries, 1847-1879. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1955.

443 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), maps (1 folding). Cloth. R 450

In this scholarly work, Tabler follows in chronological order the stories of the early hunters, explorers, missionaries and traders who opened up the area that became known as Southern Rhodesia. Tabler felt that the stories of the period before the concession hunters, imperialistic wars and occupation had to be chronicled.
253 Taylor, John [Pondoro]. MANEATERS AND MARAUDERS. London: Frederick Muller, 1959.

200 p.: ill., port. as frontis. Paper covered boards, d.w. slightly frayed along edges. Spotting on preliminary pages & page edges. Name on half title page.

R 750

Taylor was a professional hunter with thirty years of experience.
254 Tredgold, Sir Robert. THE RHODESIA THAT WAS MY LIFE. 2nd impression. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1969.

271 p.: ports. Cloth, d.w. Inscription on front free endpaper. R 165

Tredgold was Minister of Defence during WWII; Federal Chief Justice; and Acting Governor General of Rhodesia at various stages.
255 Wilmot, E. Cronje. OKAVANGO ADVENTURE: memoirs of a game ranger; illustrated and edited by C.T. Astley Maberly. Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1971.

254 p.: ill., maps on endpapers. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 200