Over the past 20 years the global political economy has experienced its most profound shifts since the onset of the industrial revolution. In South...

To mark the tenth anniversary of the smash-hit 50 People Who Stuffed Up South Africa, the original 50 People team brings you an all-new sequel: 50 ...

For nearly three decades, the ANC has held South Africa’s politics in an iron grip. With the party seemingly at war with itself and President Ramap...

‘Narrative history at its best. With prodigious detail and eloquent prose Simpson places Black South Africans at the centre of the country’s histor...

"There will be a black Springbok over my dead body."- Dr Danie Craven, President of the South African Rugby Board, 1969Just a year after the contro...

In August 2016, well-known South African businessman Herman Mashaba became mayor of Johannesburg, heading a razor-thin DA-led coalition in the city...

This is the go-to guide for confused South Africans and all those seeking an informed, balanced and up-to-date analysis of South African politics a...

Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012. Why are some nations more prosperous than others? Why ...

The Sunday Times bestselling edge-of-your-seat exploration of what would happen in the event of nuclear war, perfect for readers of American Promet...

This book tells the story of how White Rhodesians, three-quarters of whom were ill-prepared for revolutionary change, reacted to the "terrorist" wa...

In this groundbreaking book, the outspoken and radical Israeli historian Ilan Pappe examines the most contested ideas concerning the origins and id...

'It is easier to tell you I used to be in a religious cult. My declaration is most likely to surprise you, even leave you confused. You might ask f...

Acclaimed historian Michael Burleigh examines assassination as a special category of political violence and asks whether, like a contagious disease...

Faced with numerous challenges resultant from intelligence inertia, information overload, agenda-driven intelligence, and so forth, African militar...

Every day more than three women in South Africa, on average, are murdered by their male intimate partners. This book looks at the stories of South ...

Space: the biggest geopolitical story of the coming century - new from the multi-million-copy international bestselling author of Prisoners of Geog...

In order to look to the future, we must first understand the past. On 2 November 2016, then Public Protector Thuli Madonsela ordered a Commission o...

Stellenbosch is world renowned for its wine, gorgeous scenery, and beautiful people. It’s the home of students working towards their future, succes...

Are farm killings political? Criminal? Is there really a white genocide under a black majority government? Farm murders have occupied a central ...

The deep differences between the Palestinian and Israeli narratives lead many to conclude that it is too difficult to understand how it all bega...

Breaking a Rainbow, Building a Nation covers the university protests that took place in 2015-2016, better known as the #FeesMustFall protests. Rekg...

"It is no accident that the places in the world where we see the most instability are those in which the rights of women and girls are denied. Isha...

An exquisite and inspiring memoir about one mother's unimaginable choice in the face of oppression and abuse in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. ...

Author: Sylvia Walker / Supplier: Penguin Random House

*THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER*'HELL YES. This is one of those books that has the potential to change things - a monumental piece of resea...

A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point. When Mi...

The killing of thirty-four miners by police at Marikana in August 2012 was the largest massacre of civilians in South Africa since Sharpeville. The...

'Without free speech there is no true thought.' -Jordan Peterson 'If you're white, this country is one giant safe space.' -Michael Eric Dyson ...

Corruption cost taxpayers around R1.5 trillion during Jacob Zuma's spell as president of South Africa. Despite attempts by the police, the courts a...

This is the untold story of South Africa’s technological state corporations, Eskom and Iscor. From the development of the Matimba and Medupi power ...

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE WINNER OF IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'The most important work of contemporary repo...

It's time to fight back. Each day, more South Africans are targeted, labelled, and hounded out of society for expressing their opinions - ordinary ...

The book that sparked a national conversation. Exploring everything from eradicated black history to the inextricable link between class and race, ...

Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy "[Robe...

Meet 50 women, from queens and politicians to explorers and sports figures, who changed the world. These 50 women pursued their ambitions and achie...

'The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time' - John Le CarreMichael Herr went to Vietnam as a war correspondent for Esquire. He retu...

The incredible story of Elzbieta Zawacka, or Agent Zo, a WW2 Polish resistance fighter who was secretly trained by the special forces in the Britis...

Following the celebrations of the Millennium and our entry into the 21st century, it was to be hoped that the days when a brutal dictator could bri...

Moederland is a courageous and modern appraisal of what it means to be descended from the people who created the ultraracist apartheid system in So...

Walter Sisulu usually does not feature extensively in index entries in any serious book about the ANC’s post-Second World War history. Look those e...

To write about Hell, it helps if you have been there.In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to traverse the Antarctic was cut short when his ship...