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As a young underground cadre in 1980s Durban, Moe Shaik endured detention, following orders for the good of the organisation. Little did he know that this stint in the police cells would lead to his lifelong relationship with The Nightingale, a Special Branch policeman turned enemy secret agent whose files were so accurate, Oliver Tambo named them The Bible. Shaik morphs from being a timid optometrist to leading a critical, high-tech intelligence operation, supplying information to the ANC top brass in exile and in South Africa. He becomes party to the secrets of both the state and ANC operatives. This thrilling first-person account brings into sharp focus the role of Jacob Zuma, Shaik's brother Schabir and other players, and sheds new light on some of South Africa's most turbulent years.
Vergeet my nie
Mardaleen Derks was die wenner van Huisgenoot en kykNET se tweede fliekkompetisie met haar vertelling van hoe haar en haar man, Hugo, se liefdespaadjie geloop het. Dit was voorwaar geen eenvoudige paadjie nie. Hulle ontmoet skrams. Ontmoet weer – en vind mekaar. Maar só maklik gaan dit nie wees nie, want so diep as wat hulle gevoel vir mekaar mag wees, beur die twee in heeltemal verskillende rigtings . . . Kom reis terug in die tyd (1997 tot 2000) vir hierdie twee mense se sonderlinge verhaal. Dis ook ’n reis deur verskillende ruimtes: van Potchefstroom tot Londen tot Kaapstad tot Namibië. Met skerp karakterisering en fyn hantering van emosie het François Bloemhof – wat geen bekendstelling nodig het nie – dié gegewens omskep in die soort liefdesroman wat jy nie dikwels aantref nie. Lees dit. Deel dit.
Trompie Omnibus 8
Die laaste omnibus in hierdie reeks bevat nóg drie gewilde Trompie-stories. Die sproetgesig Grootkaptein en die Boksombende se avonture voortgesit en Trompie en sy maats besluit om in die kloof te gaan swem en dan teen die berg op te klim en die grotte daarbo te verken. Trompie ontmoet ook die mooiste meisie wat hy nog ooit gesien het en ding mee teen sterk kompetisie in die atletiekspan.
Skag
'n Aksiebelaaide wedren teen tyd om 'n katastrofiese kerntoets te stop voor dit die brose onderhandelingsproses na Suid-Afrika se ontluikende demokrasie kan kelder. Dis 1987. Spesmagte se Jos Fourie vergesel 'n skeepsvrag missiele in weerwil van wapensanksies toe hy CIA-oë op hom gewaar en wapengehalte uraan aan boord ontdek – gebeure wat hom sou teister op 'n moordende tog uit die Noordsee na 'n geheimsinnige Weermag-skag in die Kalahari-duine.
Saartjie Omnibus 8
In die laaste omnibus in hierdie reeks, wat nóg drie gewilde Saartjie-stories bevat, word Saartjie Baumann, die langbeenmeisie met die wipneus, kuiltjies in die wange en duisende duiweltjies in haar oë, se avonture voortgesit. Saartjie verdedig haar boetie, Apie, wanneer hy van diefstal beskuldig word, sy moet ook tussen haar boesemvriendin en 'n koshuismeisie kies as kaptein van die netbalspan en sy neem deel aan 'n groot kompetisie wat 'n reis na Amerika as prys aanbied.
Maverick Africans
‘The emotional debate about South Africa’s past of colonialism and apartheid draws heavily on the assumption that our history differs little from that of other Western colonies where the land was forcibly taken from an indigenous population which was decimated or completely marginalised. A comparative study of colonialism, however, reveals several features that have made South Africa exceptional …’ Hermann Giliomee, pre-eminent South African historian, dissects the forces that shaped the Afrikaners into an unusual ‘maverick African’ nation. In part one of this collection, he analyses long-term forces like the powerful legal position of Afrikaner women, the expanding frontier that gave rise to individualism and later to republicanism, and the struggles about race inside the Dutch Reformed Church. The second part examines controversial aspects of more recent Afrikaner political history, including the alleged civil service purges after 1948, Nationalist corruption, the Absa ‘Lifeboat’ and the quality of Afrikaner leadership. Finally there is a chapter on the ‘broken heart’ of the Afrikaner community. Hermann Giliomee is a renowned historian. His bestselling 'The Afrikaners' was published to international acclaim and adapted into a popular television documentary. He was a Fellow at Yale, Cambridge and the Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington DC.
Kinders wat moor
Die een moordenaar suig sy duim. Die ander een klim op sy ma se skoot en begin huil. Hulle speel met hul speelgoed en lees hul strokiesprente op die vloer van die polisiekantoor. Hulle is albei 10 jaar oud. Wat dryf 'n kind om moord te pleeg? 'n Skynbaar normale kind uit 'n «goeie» huis … Henri van Breda, die Welkom-begraafplaasmoord, Marcel Steyn van die Krugersdorpse afspraakmoorde en soveel ander, dalk al vergete: die Waterkloof-4, Marlene Lehnberg, Charmaine Phillips, Phoenix Racing Cloud Theron … André le Roux kyk na die kínd agter dié opspraakwekkende moorde en soek na 'n antwoord aan die hand van gevallestudies en die jongste navorsing. Wat gaan aan in 'n kind se kop van geboorte tot adolessensie? Wat is die rol van gene, ouers (die ma, altyd die ma), sosiale media, die internet, videogeweld, boelies, portuurdruk, stres en dagga? Die groter vraag is hoe om 'n suksesvolle kind groot te maak, een wat nie die spoor byster raak of moor nie … Deur die skrywer van Narsiste, psigopate, stalkers en sadiste.
Die antie met die pienk rok en ander stories
Daar is min mense wat ’n storie soos Jan Spies kan vertel. Die antie met die pienk rok en ander stories is ’n keur uit sy humoristiese vertellings in Pilatus tot molshoop, Poort deur die koue, Profeet met kondensmelk en Pille vir servette. Maak opnuut kennis met onvergeetlike karakters soos Maans Maanse, sersant Jônie Louw en pater Hoeflies wat ietsie neem vir die koue in ’n poort naby Kenhardt, Orrelkosie wat ’n halwe dag neem om te verduidelik hoe om ’n pil in ’n hoender se keel af te kry, Hábakuk en sy blik kondensmelk en die leerlingverpleegstertjie wat ’n plan bedink om die oumense se valstande skoon te maak. Die antie met die pienk rok en ander stories sluit onder meer die volgende ou gunstelinge in:’n Poort deur die koue, Die dinges is ’n watsem, Waaksaam op die vlug, Maans Maanse en die muil, ’n Emmer tanne vir ’n hospitaal holbekke, Hábakuk met ’n blik kondensmelk, ’n Bek vol tanne, Van Duiwel Pontius na Dominee Pilatus, Moeilike medisyne en ’n Deeglike probleem.
Paper Tiger
‘Johannesburg – Late on Friday night, Iqbal Survé phoned Mandla Mandela, the ailing statesman’s grandson: “Tell Madiba, Independent’s coming home,” he said. “If there’s one thing that will make him get better faster, it’s this,” the younger Mandela responded.’ This is how one of Independent Newspapers’ titles told its readers in April 2013 that it had been bought by Iqbal Survé’s Sekunjalo Independent Media Consortium for R2 billion. The journalists of South Africa’s biggest newspaper firm, which counted 'The Star', 'Cape Times' and 'The Mercury' among its titles, were optimistic that new, local ownership would mark an end to the callous management of its Irish overlords of the previous two decades. But the day after Nelson Mandela died, a storm engulfed the group when Survé fired 'Cape Times' editor Alide Dasnois amid accusations of disrespect towards Mandela although many pointed to a 'Cape Times' story about one of his companies as the real reason for his ire. In the dramatic days that followed, Independent’s newsrooms across the country were torn apart by suspicion, recriminations and what many of the journalists believed was a witch hunt to expel those not prepared to toady to Survé. Now Dasnois and Chris Whitfield, who was head of the Cape papers at the time of the ownership change, tell the inside story of the Survé reign.
Will South Africa Be Okay?
In South Africa, they say, the best – and the worst – never happens. But how do we know the country is not going to tumble down the precipice this time? South Africans who are fed up with corruption – but love the country – have been waiting hopefully for nearly a decade for the Zuma era to come to an end. Now Cyril Ramaphosa is in charge, yet the future still seems uncertain. Since Ramaphosa moved into the Union Buildings, the unemployment rate has skyrocketed. The economy is stagnant. With Eskom barely being able to keep the lights on, populism on the rise and controversial schemes like a national health insurance being proposed, more and more South Africans are unsure about what the future holds. There are undoubtedly major challenges facing the country. Are we plummeting into the abyss this time, or is there hope? Will we be okay? The seasoned political journalist JAN-JAN JOUBERT looks at the burning issues of the day that can determine our fate. Will South Africa Be Okay? is essential reading for every South African who cares about the country's future and wants to be better informed.