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Who Rules South Africa?
Jonathan Ball Publishers 2012; US$ 21.88In this timely work, WHO RULES SOUTH AFRICA?, highly regarded authors Paul Holden and Martin Plaut analyse the political elites that battle daily for power in South Africa. They argue that power does not reside in traditional institutions such as Parliament or even the Cabinet. Rather, power lies within the ANC-led Alliance which, with no founding... more...
Status and Respectability in the Cape Colony, 1750-1870
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 29.00This compelling example of the new cultural history of South Africa argues that cultural factors were related to high political developments in the colonial Cape. It describes changes in social identity accompanying the transition from Dutch to British overrule, and the development of white racism and of ideologies of resistance. more...
Building a New South Africa, Volume 1 Economic Policy
International Development Research Centre 1995; US$ 20.00Beginning with a discussion between Nelson Mandela and former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, the 1991 economic policy mission looked at the requirements of the South African democratic movement to conduct economic research and develop economic policy. more...
Building a New South Africa, Volume 2 Urban Policy
International Development Research Centre 1995; US$ 20.00The urban policy mission was born out of IDRC's experience in supporting urban and local government in South Africa. At the request of the democratic movement, the Mission was charged with identifying the building blocks for a new national urban policy. more...
Building a New South Africa, Volume 3 Science and Technology Policy
International Development Research Centre 1995; US$ 20.00Out of the discussions surrounding a 1992 symposium on the role of research in transforming South Africa, the democratic movement requested that IDRC support a mission on science and technology (S&T) policy. The Mission was seen as a first step in promoting a national debate on this long-neglected issue. more...
South African Special Forces
Osprey Publishing 2013; US$ 14.95This book provides a highly detailed account of the history, organisation, uniforms and insignia of South African Special Forces from their origins up to the early 90s ? units such as the 44 Parachute Brigade, the Hunter Group and the infamous SWA Police COIN Unit 'Koevoet'. These elite units of the South African Defence Force and the special anti-terrorist... more...
No Future Without Forgiveness
The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group 2009; US$ 15.95The establishment of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission was a pioneering international event. Never had any country sought to move forward from despotism to democracy both by exposing the atrocities committed in the past and achieving reconciliation with its former oppressors. At the center of this unprecedented attempt at healing a... more...
General Smuts, South Africa
Haus Publishing 2010; US$ 25.00Jan Smuts was one of the most independent and influential personalities at the Paris Peace Conference. more...
Sanctuary
Jacana Media 2013; US$ 29.99Christa Kuljian?s Sanctuary: How an Inner-city Church Spilled onto a Sidewalk is based on how the Central Methodist Church in downtown Johannesburg and its controversial Bishop Paul Verryn came to offer refuge to people who had nowhere else to turn. Many ask, how did a place of worship turn into a shelter for thousands of refugees? Where did they come... more...









