Zebra Press imprint: 153 books
Politically Incorrect
The Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2012
Throughout his tenure as the first black Springbok coach, Peter de Villiers was in the news, and not always for the right reasons. His battle to be accepted and respected by the rugby fraternity started from the moment his appointment was announced, when his new boss admitted that De Villiers had...
Days of the Generals
The untold story of South Africa’s apartheid-era military generals
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
What really happened during South Africa’s military involvement in Angola? Did the military leaders always see eye to eye with the politicians – and with each other? Was South Africa responsible for the death of Mozambican President Samora Machel? What was the extent of South Africa’s nuclear...
Killing for Profit
Exposing the Illegal Rhino Horn Trade
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
A terrifying true story of greed, corruption, depravity and ruthless criminal enterprise … On the black markets of Southeast Asia, rhino horn is worth more than gold, cocaine and heroin. This is the chilling story of a more than two-year-long investigation into a dangerous criminal underworld where...
Zulu Zulu Foxtrot
To Hell and Back with Koevoet
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
‘Both my guns are jammed. I’m dead meat, a sitting duck. All the insurgent has to do is pull the trigger of his RPG-7 rocket launcher. My heart surges, pumping pure adrenalin through my body and my mind.’ Arn Durand was a member of Koevoet, the most deadly fighting force involved in the Border...
by Brian Pottinger
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
In September 2008, Thabo Mbeki was ‘recalled’ as president of South Africa, seven months before his term was due to end. This book takes stock of Mbeki’s presidency, by focusing on a simple question: how has South Africa prospered or weakened under his stewardship? The Mbeki Legacy considers...
Total Onslaught
Apartheid’s dirty tricks exposed
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
For much of its time in power, the National Party government was shored up by the direct involvement of its security forces. Ordinary citizens had no idea that their taxes were being used to fund unorthodox and even illegal operations, ranging from international propaganda campaigns to local death...
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...