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After Mandela
Random House 2011; US$ 12.00When Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress declared victory over the bitter injustice of apartheid, some thought South Africa's future was assured. But despite Mandela's mission of reconciliation, rampant inequality remains; race relations are uneasy, violence is endemic and many in the ANC appear to have lost sight of the liberation ideals.... more...
Women, Politics and Performances in South African Theatre Today Vol 4
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 35.95First published in 1999, 'Women, Politics and Performance in South African Theatre Today' is an important contribution to Performance. more...
Invictus
Penguin Group US 2009; US$ 16.00Soon to be a major motion picture from Academy Award(r)--winning director Clint Eastwood, starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman. After being released from prison and winning South Africa's first free election, Nelson Mandela presided over a country still deeply divided by fifty years of apartheid. His plan was ambitious if not far-fetched: Use... more...
The Words of Desmond Tutu
Newmarket Press 2011; US$ 11.95?Fundamentally, I believe history teaches us a categorical lesson: that once people are determined to become free, then nothing can stop them from reaching their goal.? ?Desmond Tutu When Desmond Tutu received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 in recognition of his tireless work on behalf of blacks under apartheid, he joined Mahatma Gandhi, Martin... more...
Building a New South Africa, Volume 4 Environment, Reconstruction, and Development
International Development Research Centre 1995; US$ 35.00Backed by South Africa's democratic movement, and with the support of IDRC, the International Mission on Environmental Policy focuses on the critical role that environmental sustainability must play in nation buildingand economic development. It proposes policy directions that move away from the unbridled squandering of resources. more...
Globalization, Negotiation, and the Failure of Transformation in South Africa
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 95.00The book explains the social forces, forms of consciousness and structural constraints that undermined Apartheid, preserved national unity and yet, later constrained democratic sovereignty, as the imperatives of global markets clashed with the prior aspirations of the democratic revolution. more...
Playing the Enemy
Penguin Group Inc. 2008; US$ 16.00Beginning in a jail cell and ending in a rugby tournament- the true story of how the most inspiring charm offensive in history brought South Africa together After being released from prison and winning South Africa's first free election, Nelson Mandela presided over a country still deeply divided by fifty years of apartheid. His plan was ambitious... more...
Mandela's Way
Crown Publishing Group 2010; US$ 24.00A compact, profoundly inspiring book that captures the spirit of Nelson Mandela, distilling the South African leader?s wisdom into 15 vital life lessons We long for heroes and have too few. Nelson Mandela, who recently celebrated his ninety-fourth birthday, is the closest thing the world has to a secular saint. He liberated a country from a system... more...
Language Policy and Nation-Building in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Springer 2008; US$ 129.99The need to forge an inclusive, multi-racial, multicultural South African national identity has been one of the dominant themes in post-Apartheid politics and society. This book adopts a theoretical approach to the study of language policy and national identity, in a general sense and with application to sociolinguistic situation in South Africa. more...
32 Battalion
Random House Struik 2010; US$ 18.00Every war has at least one - a unit so different, so daring, that it becomes the stuff of which legends are made and heroes are born. Among the South African forces fighting in Angola from 1975 to 1989, that unit was 32 Battalion. Founded in utmost secrecy from the vanquished remnants of a foreign rebel movement, undefeated in 12 years of front-line... more...









