Zebra imprint: 1234 books
Rat Roads
One Man’s Incredible Journey
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
In this extraordinary book, celebrated journalist Jacques Pauw gives a human face to some of the most tumultuous events in recent African history. Rat Roads chronicles the remarkable journey of Kennedy Gihana, a young Tutsi man who fought against the genocidaires in Rwanda, but was part of an army...
Zulu Zulu Golf
Life and Death with Koevoet
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2011
‘There is no dignity in death. Six bodies are piled up in front of me, shot to shit. I can see that their bones are white, their blood is red and their brains are yellow. I’ve done this; I’ve helped to kill them.’ A unit of the South African Police, Koevoet was the most deadly fighting force...
by Cameron Blake
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
For over half a million white South African males conscripted before 1994, National Service was a compulsory, demanding and intense experience that had a powerful impact on them. This book is a compilation of recollections by more than forty former conscripts about their time in the South African...
An Unpopular War
From afkak to bosbefok
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2011
In the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, hundreds of thousands of young men were called up for military service, most of them going through extreme physical training and many being sent to fight the war in northern Namibia and Angola. This book is a collection of reflections and memories of that time,...
Behind the Badge
The Untold Stories of South Africa's Police Service Members
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
Every South African has a strong opinion on crime and policing, but most know very little about the lives and experiences of the average cop in the 185 000-strong South African Police Service. This book is composed of excerpts from interviews with current and former members of the service who, for...
A Part Hate, A Part Love
The Legend of Evita Bezuidenhout
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Evita Bezuidenhout, still regarded as the most famous white woman in South Africa, was born Evangelie Poggenpoel of humble Boer origins in the dusty Orange Free State town of Bethlehem on 28 September 1935. Illegitimate, imaginative, pretty and ambitious, she dreamt of Hollywood fame and fortune,...
The Assault on the Rand
Kevin Wakeford and the Battle to Save a Currency
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
When the rand collapsed from 7.60 to 13.84 to the US dollar in 2001, Kevin Wakeford blew the whistle, accusing three big corporates and one global bank of being party to manipulation in the currency markets. Wakeford predicted that the rand was on its way to 20, 30, 40 and possibly 50 to the dollar,...
The Zuma Years
South Africa’s Changing Face of Power
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
The face of power in South Africa is rapidly changing – for better and for worse. The years since Thabo Mbeki was swept aside by Jacob Zuma’s ‘coalition of the wounded’ have been especially tumultuous, with the rise and fall of populist politicians such as Julius Malema, the terrible events...
Networking
How to Get Your Black Belt in Business Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Networking is THE essential business tool in today’s business world Do you want to build a network of useful contacts in order to kick-start your career but don’t know how? Are you aware of the crucial importance of networking but lack the know-how to get started? Or do you think networking entails...
by Tony Manning
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
Worldwide, business faces daunting challenges. Competition in every industry is increasingly hostile. The operating environment is increasingly complex. And the cost of missteps and lost opportunities is rising. In this new arena, strategic planning is more important than ever and the ability to turn...
A Rumour of Spring
South Africa after 20 Years of Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
Democracy in South Africa turns twenty on 27 April 2014. In A Rumour of Spring, Max du Preez investigates and analyses the progress and lack of progress the country has made during these twenty years. A Rumour of Spring looks at the legacies of Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki in an attempt to understand...
Brothers in War and Peace
Constand and Abraham Viljoen and the Birth of the New South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014
Abraham and Constand Viljoen were identical twins who took starkly different paths in life. One was a deeply religious man, who opposed apartheid; the other was a man of war, who became head of the SADF. But together they would play a crucial role in preventing South Africa from descending into civil...
A Spook’s Progress
From Making War to Making Peace
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
From the 1960s, Maritz Spaarwater was an intelligence agent for the South African government, first for Military Intelligence and later for National Intelligence. In the late 1980s, he was among the first to start official discussions overseas with the exiled leadership of the ANC, and he became involved...
by Erich Rautenbach
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2011
In the winter of 1975, Erich Rautenbach’s life took a serious turn for the worse when he was bust for selling weed by gun-toting undercover cops. He’d been selling the dope to raise money to leave South Africa in a bid to escape his army call-up and resist having to shoot people in the name of...