"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 leadmany to conclude that it is too difficult to understand how it all began,a...

"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...

*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...

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...

Mac Maharaj played a pivotal role in the liberation movement for nearly four decades, suffering brutal tortures and twelve years’ imprisonment on R...

Deur die sterre gelei is die trilogie van Deneys Reitz se drie gewilde boeke wat die gebeure van sy merk-waardige, aksiebelaaide lewe saamvat. Komm...

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...

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

An updated edition of the Sunday Times Bestseller Britain's best-known classicist Mary Beard, is also a committed and vocal feminist. With wry wit...

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...