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They're back, and better than ever! This year sees the release of the twenty-second Madam & Eve, and it is another winner from this sharp and witty creative team.

South Africa was the hope of the leftist world when it emerged from apartheid in 1994. It had an impressive and rich tradition of left politics.

Embark on a riveting journey through the life of Lydia Komape, an unsung hero in South African history.

Liberation Diaries is a powerful and spirited collection of essays from some of South Africa's most distinctive thinkers on the country's 30 years of democracy.

This is the first book about a significant South African figure, Joe Modise, who worked in the shadows for much of his life. His journey took him from an impoverished childhood to being chief of a guerrilla army and then Minister of Defence in a liberated country.

From the bestselling author of The Search for the Rarest Bird in the World comes On That Wave of Gulls. An audacious novel, the tale is told by three characters - an architect, a Khoisan vagrant and a seagull, all of whom recount their lives in Cape Town.

Sol Plaatje's Mafeking Diary, written (in English) during the famous siege of 1899-1900, is one of South Africa's finest pieces of writing, inspired by the events he witnessed and his own part in the siege.

Hugh Masekela is a prodigiously talented giant of jazz and world music, and a pioneer in sharing the voice and spirit of South Africa with the rest of the world, but his globetrotting tale transcends music.

Find yourself in paradise! Immerse yourself in the calming blues of the ocean and escape with father and daughter, Neil and Jordan Roake to the paradise of nature, the joy of people meeting and the reawakening of your inner yogi.

Kwa Mai Mai is the embodiment of everything Johannesburg is meant to be - the City of Gold, a place where dreams deferred come true. It is a constellation of people's cultures, imbued with beautiful memories of life in villages left behind but cherished by those who refuse to forget.

This completely revised field guide to one of Africa's finest birding spots, the Kruger National Park and adjacent Lowveld, is packed with new information on all of the more than 550 species that have been recorded to date.

Morafe is a luminous exploration of two generations of the Molema family. Beginning in the 1880s and ending in the 1950s in Mafikeng, the capital town of the North West province, this is a landmark publication of South African history and biography.

An instant classic, the lies and betrayals of love and party politics are told in gorgeous prose with an ear for our time's intimate and public language. The Comrade's Wife follows a turbulent marriage between a rising politician and an academic, told through her life and lens.

This is the 11th edition of the South African classic textbook, Primary Clinical Care Manual, which has been updated in every respect to meet the educational requirements of current nursing students.

Since independence, African countries have been confronted with the relics of colonial powers and, in southern Africa, white minority regimes.

Do you see that big tree on our right?" asked Isaac, as soon as we had crossed the river. "Wellington used to have lunch and rest there when he was ploughing the fields. It was him, Jambren, and Monyebere.

2024 - thirty years since democracy and a year of a critical election.

By the early evening, the irresolute and weakened Ramaphosa slate left no one unscathed - not Mabuyane, not Lamola, not the Mkhize camp. The Ramaphosa caucus was tarnished by infighting.

Storyteller-in-chief, Nthikeng Mohlele, spins another glorious tale: a former high-flying politician who now sleeps under a bridge in Johannesburg's city centre and washes dishes to survive.

This is an easily accessible book written in simple and concise language that tackles one of the most topical issues in Africa today.

Daniel Dumile Qeqe (1929-2005), 'Baas Dan', 'DDQ'. He was the Port Elizabeth leader whose struggles and triumphs crisscrossed the entire gamut of political, civic, entrepreneurial, sports and recreational liberation activism in the Eastern Cape.

My parents named me Vuyani, which simply means be happy and let us rejoice!âEUR(TM) The Joy Dancer, by multi-award-winning dancer and choreographer, Gregory Vuyani Maqoma, co-written with the legendary Gcina Mhlophe.

Afrikaans developed when slaves in the Cape adapted Dutch âEUR" the language of the rulers âEUR" for their own use. Many years later Afrikaans was hijacked by some white Afrikaners as âEUR¿their languageâEUR(TM), but Davids proved beyond doubt that it was the descendants of the slaves, not their masters, who first wrote Afrikaans.

My parents named me Vuyani, which simply means be happy and let us rejoice!âEUR(TM) The Joy Dancer, by multi-award-winning dancer and choreographer, Gregory Vuyani Maqoma, co-written with the legendary Gcina Mhlophe.

My parents named me Vuyani, which simply means be happy and let us rejoice!âEUR(TM) The Joy Dancer, by multi-award-winning dancer and choreographer, Gregory Vuyani Maqoma, co-written with the legendary Gcina Mhlophe.

My parents named me Vuyani, which simply means be happy and let us rejoice!âEUR(TM) The Joy Dancer, by multi-award-winning dancer and choreographer, Gregory Vuyani Maqoma, co-written with the legendary Gcina Mhlophe.

A powerhouse of South African and international scholars and activists reflect on the writings and theories of the late Jabulani Nobleman âEURœMzalaâEUR? Nxumalo in this exciting new volume of essays.

Leon and his twin Norman were born in August 1929, the youngest of four children born to Mary and Mark Levy, immigrants from Lithuania.

I am Shudu, Finding my Voice, Knowing my Strength tells Shudu's story of her as a happy, laughing child, dancing across the village and her relationship with both her grandmothers who helped raise her.

Dancer, choreographer and a legendary South African artist, Gregory MaqomaâEUR(TM)s childhood was marked by a deep connection to movement, rhythm and the assorted sounds of Soweto.