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'n Konstante revolusie
Naspers is een van 'n handjievol maatskappye uit Afrika wat binne een eeu gegroei het tot 'n globale mededinger met rekordaandelepryse – en dit boonop op die gebied van tegnologie. Dié versameling essays, geskryf deur groot geeste in die Suid-Afrikaanse mediawêreld, gaan oor die boustene van die grootste mediamaatskappy op die kontinent. Dit is 'n onderneming wat tendense vroeg identifiseer, dit aanpas vir die markte waarin hy bedrywig is en dit benut tot groot voordeel van die maatskappy, sy aandeelhouers en sy werknemers.
Eugene de Kock: Sluipmoordenaar van die staat
Eugene de Kock het die bloed van tientalle mense aan sy hande. Vir die meeste Suid-Afrikaners is hy die «monster» van Vlakplaas. Tog was Anemari Jansen gefassineer toe sy hom in 2011 vir die eerste keer in Pretoria-Sentraal ontmoet. Hoe versoen sy die man «met die sagte stem» met die mens wat Prime Evil gedoop is? Jansen se soeke na antwoorde het haar na alle uithoeke van die land geneem, na De Kock se familie, vriende en oud-Koevoet- en Vlakplaaskollegas, wat talle ontboesemings teenoor haar gemaak het. Sy haal ook groot dele aan uit De Kock se dagboeke en 'n ongepubliseerde tronkmanuskrip. In sy eie woorde is De Kock skreiend eerlik: oor sy wandade, oor sy opdraggewers – en oor sy berou. Dié boek skets 'n prentjie van 'n intelligente, komplekse mens. Dit belig nie net De Kock se keuses nie, maar ook die onlangse Suid-Afrikaanse verlede op 'n openbarende, soms skokkende manier.
Eugene de Kock: Assassin for the State
Eugene de Kock has the blood of dozens of people on his hands. To most South Africans he is the monster from Vlakplaas. Nonetheless, Anemari Jansen was intrigued by him when she met him in 2011 in Pretoria Central Prison. How could the prisoner «with the soft voice» be reconciled with the man dubbed «Prime Evil»? Jansen's search for answers led her across the country, to De Kock's family, friends, and former Koevoet and Vlakplaas colleagues, who revealed much about him. She also quotes extensively from De Kock's diaries and an unpublished manuscript. In his own words, De Kock is scathingly honest: about the atrocities he committed, about the superiors from whom he received his orders – and about his shame. This book paints a picture of a highly intelligent, complex individual. It sheds light not only on De Kock's choices, but also on South Africa's recent past, in a revelatory and often shocking way.
Secret Revolution
In the murky world of espionage few rules apply. Everything is permitted in the name of state security – even talking to the country's Enemy No. 1. This is exactly what Niël Barnard, then head of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), did in the late 1980s. On instruction of PW Botha, he started top-secret talks with Nelson Mandela in prison. Not even Cabinet was informed. In Secret Revolution Barnard reveals, for the first time, the details of these meetings – the precursor to Mandela's release and the first democratic elections. Barnard's disclosures offer fascinating insights into Mandela the man, his convictions and strategic reasoning. The book also sheds light on the daily lives of spies during NIS's heyday in the 1980s and contains several revelations: From the secret communication channel NIS established with the KGB and the British operatives caught spying on South Africa's nuclear capability to ministers' sexual escapades.
Geheime Revolusie
In die duister wêreld van spioene geld die gewone reëls nie. Alles is geoorloof in die naam van landsveiligheid – selfs om met die staat se Vyand No. 1 te praat. Dit is presies wat Niël Barnard in die laat 1980's as hoof van die Nasionale Intelligensiediens (NI) gedoen het. In opdrag van PW Botha het hy hoogs geheime gesprekke met Nelson Mandela begin voer. Nie eens die kabinet het geweet nie. In Geheime Revolusie lig Barnard vir die eerste keer die sluier oor dié tronkgesprekke – wat uiteindelik tot Mandela se vrylating en die eerste demokratiese verkiesing sou lei. Dit bied 'n fassinerende blik op Mandela die mens en op sy politieke oortuigings. Die boek werp ook lig op die alledaagse lewe van spioene en die suksesse van NI in die 1980's. Barnard maak etlike onthullings: Van die gesprekskanaal wat NI met die Russiese KGB geskep het en die Britse spioene wat op ons kernwapenvermoë gespioeneer het (en vasgetrek is) tot ministers se eskapades in die buiteland.
Omvattende Gids vir Gesinsgesondheid
Die Omvattende gids vir gesinsgesondheid is 'n gebruikersvriendelike naslaangids vir Suid-Afrikaners: hoe om siektes te voorkom, die algemeenste siektes, kindergesondheid en kindersiektes, mans se gesondheidsprobleme, vroue se gesondheidsprobleme, simptome en behandelingsopsies, noodhulp en trauma. Maak seker jy het hierdie uitstekende naslaanbron altyd byderhand, sodat jy in belang van jou familie se gesondheid die beste besluite kan maak.
Ultimate Guide to Family Health
The Ultimate Guide to Family Health is a comprehensive, easy-to-use medical guide for South Africans: how to prevent illness, major health threats and what to do about them, common medical conditions, symptoms and treatment options, children's health and childhood illnesses, men's health problems, women's health problems, first aid and trauma. Make sure that you have reliable information at your fingertips to ensure optimal health for your family.
Nuwe Stories 3
Human & Rousseau en LitNet se Nuwe Stories-kortverhaalwedstryd vir skrywers onder dertig word met die sewentien verhale in hierdie bundel afgesluit. Vanjaar se verhale – soos byeengebring deur Suzette Kotzé-Myburgh en Leti Kleyn – belig uiteenlopende temas soos skuld en onskuld, grootword en veroudering, moord en die dood, familieverhoudings, kwesbaarheid en verlies, liefde en seks. Die skrywers is Frederick J. Botha, Luka Dreyer, Susan Gaigher, Carla Kargaard, Corné Koegelenberg, Martin Laubscher, Ilisna Nel, Carien Smith, Tanya van Buuren, Heloïse van der Walt, Christina van Deventer en Elani Venter.
Ndizigwaze ngowam!
Xola’s mother died when he was very young and he is being raised by his loving but poor grandmother. They struggle and there are days when they go to bed without food. Xola’s education is very important to his grandmother and she encourages him to focus on school. Ndoda, on the other hand, has an easier life. His father died in a car accident when he was ten but left Ndoda and his mother with enough money to get by. Ndoda is spoiled by his mother and grows up to become a problem child who is always coming up with schemes to get quick money and cause as much trouble as he can – his excuse being that he can’t get a job. The story plays out in an unnamed township in Cape Town to illustrate the shared struggles of all the townships in the city with poverty, unemployment, alcohol and crime. The story also ventures out to the Bellville and Claremont areas. It is a coming-of-age story that focuses on the clever and outright dastardly scams the boys use to rob people of their money and how it all eventually catches up with them. The story also looks at African belief systems and superstitions that the two boys take advantage of when they scam their victims.