Zebra Press imprint: 153 books
The Springboks and the Holy Grail
Behind the scenes at the Rugby World Cup, 1995-227
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
This is the epic story of South Africa’s amazing quests for the Rugby World Cup, which resulted in triumph at Ellis Park in 1995 and in Paris in 2007, while there was heartbreak in 1999 and shame in 2003. The Springboks and the Holy Grail is no mere narration of matches and scores. The author was...
Back to Angola
A Journey from War to Peace
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
In 1987, Paul Morris went to Angola as a reluctant conscript soldier, where he experienced the fear and filth of war. Twenty-five years later, in 2012, Paul returned to Angola, and embarked on a 1500-kilometre cycle trip, solo and unsupported, across the country. His purpose was to see Angola in peacetime,...
SuperVan & I
The memoir of SA’s greatest driver and his alter ego
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
THE CARS, THE RACES, THE RIVALRIES, THE WOMEN … WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SAREL VAN DER MERWE, SOUTH AFRICA’S GREATEST RACING DRIVER. IT’S TIME TO FASTEN YOUR SEATBELT FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE … Sarel van der Merwe is a certified, card-carrying legend – the Clint Eastwood of South African...
Empire, War & Cricket in South Africa
Logan of Matjiesfontein
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
Cecil John Rhodes once said he had only met two creators in South Africa: himself and James Douglas Logan, the Scottish-born founder of Matjiesfontein. Logan immigrated to South Africa in 1877 at the age of nineteen and almost immediately began amassing a fortune through business, politics and his...
A Memoir of Love and Madness
Living with bipolar disorder
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
In 1992, Rahla Xenopoulos was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Despite the devastating diagnosis, she sought education on her affliction. Although she found an abundance of literature on various mental illnesses, none of it seemed applicable to her. This situation inspired her to write a book chronicling...
Of Warriors, Lovers and Prophets
Unusual Stories from South Africa's Past
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
South African history will never be the same again … Shunning the predictable, Max du Preez has put on his investigative journalist’s cap and examined our past from a fresh perspective. The result is a collection of extraordinary and mostly unknown stories, all meticulously researched and written...
by Ms Antjie Krog
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2012
In 1992, a gang leader was shot dead by an ANC member in Kroonstad. The murder weapon was then hidden on Antjie Krog’s stoep. In Begging to Be Black, Krog begins by exploring her position in this controversial case. From there the book ranges widely in scope, both in time - reaching back to the...
Make or Break
How the next three years will shape South Africa’s next three decades
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
The next three years will determine whether South Africa succeeds or fails in the long term. • Jacob Zuma’s term as president is due to end in 2019, though he could go earlier. Who will succeed him and what will be the impact on policy? • The ANC’s dominance has been significantly dented after...
by Alan Morris
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2011
What can human bones tell us of a person’s life, or even death? How can information from bones solve mysteries both modern and ancient? And what makes the study of skeletonised human remains so imperative in southern Africa? The answers to these and other questions are contained in Missing &...
To the Point
The No-Holds-Barred Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
There’s something about Herschelle Gibbs - a certain quality that has endeared him to cricket fans in South Africa and around the world. Despite the frustrating on-field inconsistencies of this towering talent, and the messy and very public personal troubles that have tracked him through the years,...
An Affair to Forget
A True Story
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
An Affair to Forget is the true story of how the author found out about her husband’s affair, her reaction to it, and how she eventually managed to find peace and acceptance. Although it is an account of her personal journey, many can identify with her experience: the disbelief and anger felt at...
by Simon Rademan
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
The guide no woman can do without … ‘Whereas fashion comes and goes, style is forever.’ So says Simon Rademan, one of South Africa’s foremost couturiers and author of The Style Bible, every woman’s guide to achieving effortless style. Having dressed some of South Africa’s richest and most...
The Man Who Founded the ANC
A Biography of Pixley ka Isaka Seme
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
In 1912, just over a year after returning from his studies at Columbia and Oxford, the thirty-year-old Pixley ka Isaka Seme succeeded where others had failed in forming a political organisation that represented all black South Africans. Seme also established a national newspaper, became one of the...
Of Tricksters, Tyrants and Turncoats
More Unusual Stories from South Africa's Past
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
The sequel to the bestselling Of Warriors, Lovers and Prophets, this is a collection of more fascinating, colourful - and mostly unknown - historical tales, all meticulously researched and written in a lively and engaging style. There are stories of Khoikhoi who tried - with mixed fortunes - to integrate...