«Merge Sequence #»

Recent publications relating to South Africa

194 Bailey, Adrian & Keene-Young, Robyn. OKAVANGO: a journey. Cape Town: Struik, 2006.

141 p.: col. ill., col. map on endflap. Small 4to. Paperback with endflaps.

R 150

The Okavango Delta ecosystem in Botswana is famed for its beauty and wide variety of wildlife.
195 Blundell, Geoffrey [ed.]. ORIGINS: the story of the emergence of humans and humanity in Africa. Cape Town: Double Storey, 2006.

168 p.; ill. (chiefly col.)., ports. Paperback. R 150

An official publication of the new Origins Centre, situated on the Witwatersrand University campus, under the curatorship of Geoffrey Blundell.
196 Bond, Patrick. LOOTING AFRICA: the economics of exploitation. Scottsville: University of KwaZulu Natal Press, 2006.

xix, 172 p.: tables. Paperback. R 160

"Africa's central problems remain exploitative debt and financial relationships with the North, phantom aid, unfair trade, distorted investment, capital flight and the continent's brain / skills drain." Rear cover.
197 Claire, Hilary. THE SONG REMEMBERS WHEN. Cape Town: Double Storey, 2006.

272 p.: ill., ports. Paperback. R 140

Hilary Claire, from a middle class Jewish family, and her husband were freedom fighters during the apartheid struggle. They were forced to flee into exile in 1964. This memoir records not only her own story, but that of her family through generations of rebellion and persecutions, each forced into exile by the political forces of the day.
198 Du Plessis, Karena & Cowling, Vanessa. WEST COAST: [Cedarberg to sea]: landscape, people, food, texture. Cape Town: Struik, 2006.

208 p.: col. ill., col. maps. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards. R 210

Explores fishing villages and farms from Melkbosstrand to Lambert's Bay; from Malmesbury to Citrusdal.
199 Du Randt, Os. OS: the autobiography; with Chris Schoeman; foreword by Mark Andrews. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2006.

202 p.: col. ill. (chiefly ports.). Paperback. R 180

Loosehead prop "Os" [Ox] du Randt has played for the Springboks 63 times. He is the last active Springbok rugby player from the 1995 World Cup winning team.
200 Du Randt, Os. OS: die ouitobiografie; met 'n voorwoord deur Mark Andrews. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2006.

201 p.: col. ill. (chiefly ports.). Paperback. R 180

201 Fraser, Craig & Magona, Sindiwe. MUD CHIC: lifestyle and inspiration from the Xhosa people of the old Transkei; photography by Craig Foster and text by Sindiwe Magona. Cape Town: Quivertree, 2006.

189 p.: chiefly col. ill., ports. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 300

Despite the realities of daily life without running water and electricity, and using materials found in the natural environment, each homeowner expresses his or her personality in the decoration and adornment of his or her home.
202 Gill, Peter. BODY COUNT: how they turned AIDS into a catastrophe. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2006.

217 p. Paperback. R 130

AIDS has killed twenty-five million people in twenty-five years. Gill argues that many of these deaths and infections could have been averted if certain institutions and individuals had acted faster, sooner.
203 Holland, Heidi. THE COLOUR OF MURDER: one man's horror exposes a nation's anguish. London: Penguin, 2006.

x, 270 p.: ill., ports. Paperback. R 110

Sabrina van Schoor, daughter of one of apartheid's killers, arranged the murder of her mother because her mother objected to her black friends and lovers. Both father and daughter were motivated by racism, but from opposite sides of the spectrum.
204 Honeyborne, Alan & De Agrela, Ricky. FREEDOM FLIGHT: [the longest flight by the smallest aircraft]; with Laurianne Claase. Cape Town: Struik, 2006.

189 p.: col. ill., ports., map (inside flaps). Paperback with endflaps. R 170

The diary of two South African microlight pilots who set off in the 10th year of South Africa's democratic freedom, in an adventure celebrating one hundred years of powered flight. Unfortunately only one was to return home safely.
205 Krige, Corne & Bills, Peter. REGTE PLEK, VERKEERDE TYD: die outobiografie van Corne Krige; voorwoord deur Morne du Plessis. 1st Afrikaans ed. Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2006.

235 p.: ill. (chiefly col. ports.). Paperback. R 180

Krige lifts the lid on various incidents during his rugby playing career, including the infamous "Camp Staaldraad".
206 MacDonald, Michael. WHY RACE MATTERS IN SOUTH AFRICA. Scottsville: University of KwaZulu Natal Press, 2006.

245 p. Paperback. R 180

207 Maharaj, Zarina. DANCING TO A DIFFERENT RHYTHM. Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2006.

201 p.: ports. (some col.). Paperback with endflaps. R 140

Mac Maharaj's wife tells their tale of politics and life in exile. "An alternative inside history…eloquent… brave… controversial" Nadine Gordimer.
208 Marais, Chris & Du Toit, Julienne. NAMIBIA SPACE. Cape Town: Struik, 2006.

192 p.: col. ill., col. map on front endflap. Small 4to. Paperback with endflaps. R 200

A beautifully and profusely illustrated account of Nambia.
209 Mills, Greg & Williams, David. 7 BATTLES THAT SHAPED SOUTH AFRICA: [Blood River, Isandlwana, Majuba, Colenso, Delville Wood, El Alamein; and with new information on Cuito Cuanavale]. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2006.

196 p.: ill., ports. Trade paperback. R 150

210 Muirhead, David. THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE IMAGINARY TOURIST: and other unlikely tales from a South African traveller. Cape Town: Struik, 2006.

176 p. Paperback. R 130

211 Newdigate, James & Barrington, H.F.F.A. THE PORTLAND PEOPLE: the story of a Settler family, incorporating the diary of the Honourable Henry Frederic Francis Adair Barrington of Portland, Knysna, 1862-1882. Knysna: J. Newdigate, 2006.

xiii, 320 p.: ill., ports., maps. Paperback. R 205

The young Henry Barrington, son of Viscount Barrington, came to the Cape Colony in 1842, and settled at Knysna, where he purchased the farm Portland.
212 Norman, Nick & Whitfield, Gavin. GEOLOGICAL JOURNEYS: a traveller's guide to South Africa's rocks and landforms. Cape Town: Struik, 2006.

320 p.: col. ill., col. maps. Paperback with rear endflap showing key to maps. R 190

213 Seekings, Jeremy & Nattrass, Nicoli. CLASS, RACE AND INEQUALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA. Scottsville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2006.

x, 446 p.: tables. Paperback. R 190

214 Sergeant, Barry. BRETT KEBBLE: the inside story. Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2006.

xiii, 357 p.: tables. Paperback with endflaps. R 180

Was Brett Kebble's murder a random act of violence or deliberately planned? Kebble was known as a billionaire patron of the arts, a philanthropist and a champion of black economic empowerment. But six months after his death he was exposed as the architect of an alleged fraud involving hundreds of millions of rand.
215 Slabbert, Frederik van Zyl. THE OTHER SIDE OF HISTORY: an anecdotal reflection on political transition in South Africa. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2006.

174 p.: ports. Paperback. R 130

216 Thompson, J.H. [comp.]. AN UNPOPULAR WAR: from afkak to bosbefok: voices of South African National Servicemen. Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2006.

238 p. Paperback. R 140

In the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s young South Africans were called up for military service and endured extreme physical training before deployment, mainly in northern Namibia and Angola, in an area referred to as "The Border".
217 Tuck, Richard. WALK ON THE WILD SIDE: some memorable hiking trails in South Africa. Jeffreys Bay: El Shaddai, 2006.

[40] p.: col. ill., col. ports. 4to. Paperback. R 100

Walking trails along the Transkei Wild Coast, the Tsitsikamma coast and the Baviaanskloof and Amatola.
218 Van Dyk, Rita. THE 4 x 4 SAFARI COOKBOOK. Cape Town: Struik, 2006.

160 p.: col. ill. Paperback. R 130

219 Van Schoor, M.C.E. GENERAAL J.C.G. KEMP EN DIE EPIESE WOESTYNTOG. Pretoria: Protea Boekhuis, 2006.

676 p.: col. folding map. Pict. paper covered boards. R 180

Generaal Jan Kemp and his commando of 600 rebellious boers trekked across the Kalahari Desert, covering over 700 km in 27 days in order to reach the German South West African border. They were eventually forced to surrender at Upington a few months later, having failed in their attempt to overthrow Smuts during the 1914-1915 Rebellion.
220 Williams, Susan. COLOUR BAR: the triumph of Seretse Khama and his nation. London: Allen Lane, 2006.

xxiii, 407 p.: ill. (chiefly ports.), map. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 240

When Botswana became independent in 1966, Seretse Khama, heir to the Ngwato chieftainship, became its first president. His marriage to an English woman had precipitated crises in political authority both in England and Botswana.