Zebra Press Random House Struik imprint: 85 books
Street Blues
The Experiences of a Reluctant Policeman
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2011
In 1999 Andrew Brown donned the uniform of the new South African Police Service as a rookie reservist, after years of viewing the police as the enemy. This book documents his experiences over nearly a decade, offering a glimpse into the day-to-day life of a police officer on the beat in one of the...
by Andrew Brown
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
When a criminal lawyer meets a beautiful Nigerian immigrant, his life starts to spiral out of control. Disillusioned with his marriage and the path his life has taken, Richard finds respite in Abayomi’s exotic and sensual world. But, as his involvement in Cape Town’s refugee community deepens,...
by Compilation Compilation
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Koos is sitting in a bar. Each time he orders a drink he takes out his wallet, removes a photograph and stares at it. ‘Who’s the photo of?’ asks the barman, serving Koos his eighth Klippies and Coke. ‘My wife. When she starts to look pretty I’ll know I’ve had enough.’ What’s the difference...
The Million-Rand Teaspoon
A True Story of Addiction and Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2011
‘When I saw Lee cook up the paregoric, strap the tourniquet around her arm and put the needle into her vein, I was instantly captivated by a ritual that would eventually come to dominate my existence. But of course I didn’t know that then. I just wanted to try it.’ - Paul Bateman ‘I will never...
Ronnie Apteker's Funny Business
The Secrets of an Accidental Entrepreneur
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
Why does an entrepreneur, like a comedian, need to close a deal every 15 seconds? It is said that inside every successful entrepreneur there is a stand-up comic struggling to get out. Well, meet one who managed to escape. His name is Ronnie Apteker, and no, he’s not an apteker. He’s the high-energy,...
by Rajend Mesthrie
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
"What makes South African English different? Have you ever wondered where the words ‘gogga’, ‘tsotsi’ and ‘larney’ come from? Did you know that the first sentence uttered by a South African in English may have been spoken by a Khoikhoi man in 1613? South African English is unique...
The Hidden Epidemic
My Journey to Thyroid Health
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2011
In 2005, a popular South African magazine published an article on Mariëtte Chippindall’s journey from a depressed, overweight woman with an undiagnosed thyroid problem, to being a Mrs South Africa 2005 finalist (a title she won two weeks later). The reaction was astonishing: more than 6?000 people...
Boer Boy
Memoirs of an Anglo-Boer War Youth
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
Boer Boy is the touching true story of a ten-year- old farm boy’s traumatic but fascinating experiences during the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. When Charles du Preez and his father were discovered hiding in the mountains of their eastern Free State farm, they were taken prisoner by the English and...
The Number 10s
South Africa's Finest Flyhalves 1891-21
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
Throughout the history of rugby, it has been the flyhalves who have gripped the imagination of rugby supporters the most. Arguably the most crucial position on the rugby field, a flyhalf can almost single-handedly win a game for his team (remember Naas Botha’s 1987 Currie Cup final, and Joel Stransky’s...
Brothers in Arms
Hollanders in the Anglo-Boer War
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
At the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1899, a large number of Hollanders and Dutch expatriates joined the Boers, their reasons ranging from loyalty to their common ancestry to strong anti-British sentiments and a search for adventure. Brothers in Arms documents the trials and tribulations...
Steeped in Blood
The Life and Times of a Forensic Scientist
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
Bloody crimes of passion, political assassinations, sinister poisonings, investment fraud and mass mining disasters … Dr David Klatzow has seen it all. During his extraordinary twenty-six-year career as South Africa’s foremost independent forensic scientist, he has investigated countless high-profile...
From Soldier to Civvy
Reflections on National Service
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
National Service had a powerful immediate effect on the men who served in the SADF, immersing them in an unfamiliar military world. But its impact reached beyond them - to the families and loved ones at home - and it has left its mark decades after the conscripts re-entered civvy street. From Soldier...
Secrets & Lies
Wouter Basson and South Africa’s Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
This is a tale of military machination and scientific subterfuge, of combatants who disappeared without trace, and bizarre experiments carried out behind locked doors. In waging ‘total war’ during the 1970s and 1980s, South African securocrats demanded a ‘total strategy’, including secret...
Red in the Rainbow
The Life and Times of Fred and Sarah Carneson
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2011
Red in the Rainbow is a story of humanity in the face of political turmoil. Fred and Sarah Carneson were fiercely committed members of the Communist Party from the 1930s onwards. Dedicated activists in brutal times, theirs is a story of political persecution, prolonged separation and enduring love....