South Africa category: 561 books
From my Hilltop
A living history of South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
From my Hilltop – a living history of South Africa Narrated by Professor A. Marula By Stan Daneman Professor Marula’s story…
From my hill top I have looked down on the living history of South Africa. From my early days understanding the Rules of the Southern African plains I realized...
Mapping My Way Home
Activism, Nostalgia, and the Downfall of Apartheid South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Stephanie Urdang was born in Cape Town, South Africa, into a white, Jewish family staunchly opposed to the apartheid regime. In 1967, at the age of twenty-three, no longer able to tolerate the grotesque iniquities and oppression of apartheid, she chose exile and emigrated to the United States. There...
The New Rainbow
A tale of the many people in the rainbow nation of New South Africans
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2019
A tale of the many people in the rainbow nation of New South Africans.
written in 1993
REVIEW
Like Alan Paton, Craig Lock reaches to the heart of the troubled Beloved Country. In his new novel Lock perceptively and with an understanding of the historical elements, writes of the situation...
The New Rainbow (including audio-link/option)
A tale of the many people in the rainbow nation of New South Africans
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2019
A tale of the many people in the rainbow nation of New South Africans.
written in 1993
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TU4Jr2ckajgootdApEYr5nweJR6RYpMs
REVIEW
Like Alan Paton, Craig Lock reaches to the heart of the troubled Beloved Country. In his new novel Lock perceptively...
by John Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
This incisive, deeply informed book introduces post-apartheid South Africa to an international audience. South Africa has a history of racism and white supremacy. This crushing historical burden continues to resonate today. Under President Jacob Zuma, South Africa is treading water. Nevertheless,...
South Africa - The Present as History
From Mrs Ples to Mandela and Marikana
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2014
In 1994, the first non-racial elections in South Africa brought Nelson Mandela and his African National Congress to office; elections since have confirmed the ANC's hold, both popular and legitimate, on power. Yet, at the same time, South Africa has one of the highest rates of protest and dissent...
A Traitors Heart
The journey of my “political awakening”
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2019
“It might be hard for you to understand this being an outsider; but South Africa holds the souls of its sons and daughters in an almost inescapable gasp. History cast all of us in a strange and gripping drama, but I had deserted the stage. I had no idea what my role was, and felt I would never be...
A Long Walk to Peace (inner)
"Life is God's novel; so let Ultimate Source write it, as it unfolds."
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2019
LONG WALK TO PEACE
(inner)
How a “South African “Moegoe” (="drongo") became “politically aware”...
Thanks, once again, Madiba for all you have done for the “always beloved country” (as well as for the licence with my title)
This little e-book of memories...
Substance Dependency, PTSD and Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR) in South Africa
A Social Work Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
This article briefly reflects the extent to which substance dependency and traumatic events, which may lead to a diagnosis of a post-traumatic stress disorder, are becoming a feature of life all over South Africa. Many social workers are familiar with current evidence-based approaches and are skilled...
Africa's Lost Leader
South Africa's continental role since apartheid
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2019
When Nelson Mandela was sworn in as president on 10 May 1994, South Africa enjoyed an unprecedented global standing. Much of the international community, particularly Western states, saw the new South Africa as well equipped to play a dynamic and dominant role on the continent; promoting conflict...
A Traitors Heart (including audiolink/option)
The journey of my “political awakening”
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
“It might be hard for you to understand this being an outsider; but South Africa holds the souls of its sons and daughters in an almost inescapable gasp. History cast all of us in a strange and gripping drama, but I had deserted the stage. I had no idea what my role was, and felt I would never be...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2015
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this unique book analyzes the origins and development of the South African chemical and biological warfare (CBW) program, as well as its rollback. It concludes with a profile of South Africa as a state that produced weapons...
What's Gone Wrong?
South Africa on the Brink of Failed Statehood
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
This is the book that Alex Boraine never wanted to write. As a native South African and a witness to the worst years of apartheid, he has known many of the leaders of the African National Congress in exile. He shared the jubilation of millions of South Africans when the ANC won the first democratic...
by Alexander Johnston
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
At the heart of South Africa's 'miracle' transition from intractable ethno-racial conflict to democracy was an improvised nation born out of war weariness, hope, idealism and calculated pragmatism on the part of the elites who negotiated the compromise settlement. In the absence of any of the conventional...