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South Africa has a rich literary tradition, and there are numerous talented local authors who have made significant contributions to literature.

  • Kringe in 'n bos (Trade Paperback)

    Dalene Matthee
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    Saul Barnard is 'n houtkapper met 'n rustelose siel - hy wil vreemdes uit die Bos hou en die vernietiging van die Bos probeer keer. Dan is daar 'n ...

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  • Lady Anne: A Chronicle in Verse (Paperback)

    Antjie Krog
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    Lady Anne (1989) is one of Krog's most acclaimed poetry collections. In an attempt to make sense of her own existence, Krog compares her own life i...

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  • Land Matters: South Africa's Failed Land Reforms and the Road Ahead (Paperback)

    Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
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    Why has land reform been such a failure in South Africa? Will expropriation without compensation solve the problem? What can be done to get the lan...

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  • Learn to read (Level 2)10: Tippie plays a trick

    Jose Palmer, Reinette Lombard, Zinelda McDonald
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    The next 10 Tippie adventures are proudly South-African, interesting and builds on the skills acquired in the Level 1 books. The text is supported ...

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    Learning Lessons (Paperback)

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    Jonathan Jansen doesn’t regard the achievements he has made in academia and his contributions to public intellectual life as his own – rather, he s...

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    Legacy of A Rain Queen 1: The Eagles Martial (Paperback)

    Karabo Finger
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    Nolwazi Rahlaga is a survivor of a car crash that killed both of her parents. Set in Nelspruit, South Africa, where she lectures at the local univ...

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  • Lemoenseisoen

    Kristel Loots
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  • Liewe Heksie Se Groot Omnibus (Paperback)

    Verna Vels
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    Hierdie reuse-omnibus bevat al 41 van Verna Vels se oorspronklike Liewe Heksie-stories waarin die bekoorlike klein karaktertjie en haar maats, Blom...

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    Life And Times Of Michael K (Paperback)

    J.M. Coetzee
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    In a South Africa torn by civil war, Michael K sets out to take his mother back to her rural home. On the way there she dies, leaving him alone in ...

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  • Like Family: Domestic workers in South African history and literature

    Ena Jansen
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    More than a million black South African women are domestic workers. These nannies, housekeepers and chars continue to occupy a central place in in ...

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    Lions in Africa: The British & Irish Lions and the Hunt for the Springboks

    Chris Schoeman
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    It was the year 1891, and the first rugby football team from the British Isles was about to embark on a tour of South Africa; any doubts about the ...

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  • Little Suns (Paperback)

    Zakes Mda
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    It is 1903. A lame and frail Malangana – 'Little Suns' – searches for his beloved Mthwakazi after many lonely years spent in Lesotho. Mthwakazi was...

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    Liwa and Noel

    Jackie Phamotse
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    It’s sports season at school. Liwa and Noel are best friends and all they want is to get into the first team of their favourite sport, tennis.   Ch...

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    Liwa and Nomfie, Chasing Sunsets (Picture Books)

    Jackie Phamotse
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    It’s the summer holidays and Liwa Nile and her sister Nomfie are looking forward to having fun without worrying about school work. Although they en...

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  • Long Walk To Freedom (Paperback)

    Nelson Mandela
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    These memoirs from one of the great leaders of our time are 'essential reading for anyone who wants to understand history - and then go out and cha...

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  • Long Walk To Freedom (Hardcover)

    Nelson Mandela
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    2018 is the centenary of Nelson Mandela's birth 'The authentic voice of Mandela shines through this book . . . humane, dignified and magnificently ...

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  • Louis Botha: A Man Apart (Paperback)

    Richard Steyn
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    LOUIS BOTHA, THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER of the Union of South Africa, was a brilliant Boer general who won significant victories over the British in ...

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    Maanlig-meermin

    Troula Goosen
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    Kate se pa kanselleer hulle Durban-vakansie en sleep haar saam na Kaimanskuil, ’n plaas in die Klein-Karoo waar hy grootgeword het. Sommer met die ...

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  • Make Your Own: Biltong and Droewors (Paperback)

    Hannelie van Tonder
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    This guide offers step-by-step instructions on how to make biltong and droewors, a variety of different sausages (including boerewors, salami and...

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    Man in die Maan (Paperback)

    Etienne Fourie
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    Sedert die dag toe die maan deur ’n asteroïed getref is, weet almal dat dit onafwendbaar is: dis die begin van die Einde. Tog gaan die lewe op Denn...

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  • Man Uit Die Dode (Paperback)

    Chris Karsten
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    Nadat Ella Neser as moordspeurder uit die polisie bedank het, het sy op plesierbote in die Karibiese See gaan werk. Toe kom die virus, en sy is ver...

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  • Master Harold And The Boys: Grade 8- 12 (Paperback)

    Athol Fugard
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    A white South African boy becomes aware of the meaning of racialism. Set in a tea-room in Port Elizabeth in the 1950s.

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  • Maya Se Musketier

    Marga Jonker
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    Maya kan nie glo hulle trek Bloemfontein toe nie en dit omdat haar ma 'n langverlore tante se huis en katte geërf het. Simon is gewoond daaraan om ...

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  • Mede-wete (Paperback)

    Antjie Krog
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    In Mede-wete,’n aangrypende nuwe digbundel deur Antjie Krog, word temas soos taal, geheue en gewete met ’n nuwe intensiteit en beleënheid hanteer. ...

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    Melk & Vleis // Bloed & Bodem (Paperback)

    Marina Albertyn
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    Twee plaasdramas oor grense, tradisies, grond en bloed. Melk & Vleis Dis 1996. Suid-Afrika het verander, maar sekere huishoudings nog nie. ’n ...

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  • Memory Against Forgetting (Hardcover)

    Ranjith Kally
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    Renowned South African photographer Ranjith Kally captured iconic scenes throughout his career, such as his portrait Umkumbane, which has come to s...

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    Met die Oog Op More: 'n Versdrama (Paperback)

    Antjie Krog
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    Die versdrama met die oog op môre gebruik verbeelding om die dinamiese verhouding tussen twee briljante mense te ondersoek: 'n swart koning en sy w...

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  • Mhudi (Paperback)

    Sol T Plaatjie
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    Mhudi, is a romantic epic set in the first half of the nineteenth century, the main action is unleashed by King Mzilikazi's extermination campaign ...

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  • Middernag (Paperback)

    Sidney Gilroy
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    Bloemfonteinse speurder Sollie Mthembu en sy vrou, Nyandi, verwag hul tweede baba. Nes baba Naledi in haar buik, groei Nyandi se inkopielys van dag...

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  • Midlands (Paperback)

    Jonny Steinberg
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    WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES ALAN PATON AWARD In the spring of 1999, in the beautiful and seemingly tranquil hills of the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, a y...

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  • Minki in die Middel (Paperback)

    Jaco Jacobs
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    Minki het twee beste maats - Natalie en Lara. Natalie is mal oor ponies en gaan aan 'n perdrykompetisie deelneem waar die ruiters en hul ponies soo...

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  • Ministry of Crime: An Underworld Explored

    Mandy Wiener
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    As a follow up to the bestselling Killing Kebble: An Underworld Exposed (2010), the new book from Mandy Wiener, Ministry of Crime: An Underworld Ex...

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  • Moord in Die Beloofde Land

    Francois Bloemhof
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  • Mpho's Search (Paperback)

    Sandra Braude
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    This is a novel of a boy who goes to Johannesburg to look for his father who works on the gold mines. He gets involved with other street children u...

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  • Mr Hare meets Mr Mandela (Paperback)

    Chris Van Wyk
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    Mr Hare meets Mr Mandela is one of the last stories Chris van Wyk wrote before he died and it originally appeared in Sunday Times Storytime: 10 Sou...

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  • Muise en gespuise: Boek 12

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    My favourite story Bible

    Ewald van Rensburg
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    My Favourite Story Bible contains 50 Bible stories from the Old and New Testament. This book is full of lively and fun illustrations that introduce...

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  • My gunsteling Storie-Bybel aktiwiteits-& inkleurboek

    Ewald van Rensburg
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    My Ouma Is 'n Rock-ster

    Jaco Jacobs
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    ikus se ouma is die hoofsanger van die gewilde rockgroep, OUMA! Sy is op die voorblaaie van koerante en tydskrifte, en gaan na partytjies toe saam ...

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  • My Stryd Met ADHD: Die Onsigbare Oorlog (Paperback)

    Hykie Berg
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    Hykie vertel in rou eerlikheid van sy stryd met ADHD. Van 'n weerlose seuntjie wat nie kon stilsit nie tot 'n jong man wat in Weskoppies opgeneem w...

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    Nicole En Appelliefie: Heel Beste Geskenk 1

    Wendy Maartens
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    Nicole en Pappa trek in 'n nuwe huis in Kaapstad in na die dood van haar ma. Die nuwe huis voel vreemd en leeg, en Nicole mis vir Mamma vreeslik. W...

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  • Geen Uitspan (Paperback)

    Deneys Reitz
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    Geen Uitspan is 'n fassinerende weergawe van die lewe in Suid-Afrika vanaf die vroeë 1920's tot die vroeë 1940's, toe die skrywer adjunk-premier va...

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  • Nova: Sterreloper

    Fanie Viljoen
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  • History Of South Africa: 1902 To The Present (Trade Paperback)

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

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    Wayfarers' Hymns (Paperback)

    Zakes Mda
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    ‘This book reads like a song.’ – Annicia Manyaapelo Infused with rhythm and melody, Zakes Mda’s new novel invites you to travel from Lesotho’s M...

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  • Nuwe Kinderverseboek (Hardcover)

    Riana Scheepers, Suzette Kotze-Myburgh
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    Hierdie bundel bevat, soos die titel aandui, ’n versameling heeltemal nuwe en oorspronklike gedigte. Dit bou voort op die wonderlike tradisie van D...

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  • Oe la la, Lulu (Paperback)

    Fanie Viljoen
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    Vergeet van wiskunde en skoolwerk! Lulu wil ’n modeontwerper word. Nes haar pa en ma. Niks maak haar gelukkiger as om fantastiese ontwerpe in haar ...

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    Onderwêreld (Paperback)

    Fanie Viljoen
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    Sanlamprys vir jeuglektuur 2008: silwer ’n Spannende jeugspeurverhaal wat in die onderwêreld van kuberkrakers afspeel, deur ’n veelbekroonde skrywe...

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