Jacana: 156 books

An edited collection of new research and analysis by a selection of authors—both from Sudan and abroad—this narrative outlines the experiences and contributions of the remarkable women who guided South Sudan in its path to freedom. By telling the stories of many brave women through firsthand accounts,...

Kelly Khumalo is an award-winning kwaito star who rose to national fame at the age of 21: the shining star who, after a string of bad decisions and relationships, soon lost her shine. The book tracks the life and times of the fallen township pop princess, her plummet from grace, disastrous relationships...

Several strips of South Africa’s most popular comic, Madam & Eve, are collected in this satirical compendium. It follows the motley crew of Madam, Eve, Thandi, and Mother Anderson-who are like old friends to most South Africans-as they dash about in their dysfunctional, chaotic, and totally...

One Friday evening Daniel de Luc, an elusive crime writer with a deep love of poetry, disappears from a Camps Bay apartment while cooking pasta. His wife Paola, desperately worried after days of hearing nothing, is contacted by an eccentric stranger who claims to have known her missing husband under...

Z Pallo Jordan has long been the unapologetic moral guardian of the liberation struggle. His writings spanning decades are testament to the power of putting pen to paper and speaking the truth with forceful and eminently readable moral conviction.Letters to my Comrades is the ultimate collection of...

Torn between his adoration for his wife and young son and the irresistible draw of the criminal underworld, Shatterproof Bhekuzulu is headstrong, smart, cunning, and strangely endearing. The Lazarus of the tsotsi world, Shatterproof dithers between his need for redemption and his love for illicit...

‘‘They will use the flashing patrol light to force the sky-blue Honda to pull over – an old trick, but it often worked. They will manacle their captives and switch license plates. They will drive the four men back toward the dunes. In the first instance, there will be knives and bludgeons. Then...

For readers who describe their relationships, moods, or careers as “okay,” “fine,” “not bad,” and “all right,” this book inspires people to upgrade their lives by instilling pleasure, passion, and purpose. Many women settle for something other than their heart’s true desires,...

Two years after her father’s death, 11-year-old Redi Thlaby meets Mabegzo; handsome, charming, and smooth, Mabegzo is a rumoured gangster, murderer, rapist. Against her family’s wishes, she develops a strong and sometimes uncomfortable attraction to him. Redi herself doesn’t understand why...

We are facing a global personal and collective energy crisis. Being busy and exhausted is becoming a shared narrative of modern living. Energy is not just an expression of our physical health, but also of our mental and emotional functioning. The nature of digitally based modern lives means that our...

The life and times of Jabu Ndlovu, a strong woman – wife, mother, worker, union activist – who fought for the rights of her fellow workers and community members.Flashes in Her Soul is the second book in the Hidden Voices series and is the story of Jabu Ndlovu, a shop steward of the National Union...

Structured around a visit to a wildlife reserve, this book follows a father and his two enthusiastic teenagers as they interact with nature. Chronicling the father's internal thoughts about the experience and its meaning in the grander scheme of things, this story of discovery challenges old leadership...

Set against the backdrop of a current South African black township, Hamba Sugar Daddy unfolds the tortuous journey of Rolivhuwa, an 18-year-old ‘born-free' whose financial difficulties are exploited and influenced by her group of chomis into being a sugar baby. Rolivhowa's whole lifestyle changes...

With miles of newspaper headlines and a growing body count, the insatiably curious public is still no closer to the truth regarding the assassinations of powerful South African businessman Lolly Jackson and several others linked to him. Amidst the confusing reports, money laundering on a grand scale,...