Tafelberg: 581 books

Toe die son een oggend taaierig loskom uit die greep van Goudveldse mynhope, skop Joe Smit sy slaapkamerdeur oop, stap tot by die dubbelbed waar twee figure vervaard probeer orent kom en trek die sneller van sy 9 mm-Astra twee keer. Hy klim in sy ou Mazda en ry noord. Hy ry uit die bleek Vrystaatse...

Ellie gewaar hulle in die truspieëltjie langs die orrel, die oomblik toe hulle die kerk binnekom. Sy herken hulle sonder dat sy hulle al ooit gesien het. ’n Oomblik lank is dit asof haar lyf ontspan. Onbewustelik het sy dalk tog verwag dat iemand haar in ’n stadium sal kom soek. Sy kyk hoe albei...

Weens populere aanvraag, die heruitgawe van Deon Meyer se heel eerste spanningsroman! By ’n boekeveiling sien Ragel Bergh vir Dirk Buchner raak. Oornag verander haar bestaan, en ná ’n naweek op Houwhoek weet sy sy is nog nooit so volledig bemin nie. Dan gebeur daar iets so ingrypend dat haar...

’n Moordmasjien wat met die grootste presisie en kundigheid te werk gaan, bes moontlik met die hulp van die Polisie self. Dié selfaangestelde laksmanne moet dringend gestop word, ja, maar ewe dringend is die opspoor van die lekplek in eie geledere, en dit word aan Pine Pienaar alleen toevertrou.

Die duime is met ’n soort skêr of tang afgesny, en geoordeel na die merke aan die vingerbeentjies, is dieselfde instrument in elke geval gebruik. Moontlik ’n gewone snoeiskêr, net baie skerp. Langs ’n Johannesburgse mynhoop word een van die lyke gekry, in die veld naby die Mosambiekgrens lê...

Pine Pienaar, Kat Harmse, die kleurryke Freislichs van Virginia . . . Piet Steyn se aanhangers ken die meeste van die hoofkarakters in sy jongste polisieroman. En weer is dit ’n verhaal barstens vol aksie en raaisels en . . . hormone! Propvol dwelms ook, want hierdie keer is dit die landwye toename...

Rugby - is it love or addiction? There’s little doubt that South Africans are mad for rugby. In this book some of the country’s most famous rugby fans, and a Springbok or two, put into plain words what the game means to them. The likes of DA leader Tony Leon, Spud author John van de Ruit and 702...

Shaun de Waal’s movie reviews are masterpieces in the genre of reviews, and have become celebrated for their wit and insight. The collection includes almost 100 reviews – of classics and trash, blockbusters and art films – organised by theme. The defining South African book about close-ups, red carpets and sad endings.

From the serious to the lighthearted, this book presents a snapshot of what smart young South Africans think about living in South Africa today. From black tax, whitesplaining and colourism, all the way to hip hop and kinky sex, it is provocative, fearlessly honest and often very funny. Shaka Sisulu...

What are the real roots of the student protests of 2015 and 2016? Is it actually about fees? Why did the protests turn violent? Where is the government while the buildings burn? Former Free State University vice-chancellor Jonathan Jansen delves into the unprecedented disruption of universities that...

'It is a gruesome tale - how we have moved so rapidly from the era of hope to the bleak landscape ushered in by Zuma's ascent to power ...' Yet Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, acclaimed author and international expert on reconciliation, wants to rekindle our hope. As a clinical psychologist who has worked...

The true story of an ordinary policeman who served in the South African Police Force at the height of apartheid. With graphic scenes of violence and sex, it exposes the realities of being in the police force in the seventies and eighties when brutality was commonplace and men didn’t cry.Johan Marais...

Renowned travel writer Dana Snyman goes in search of his roots as he grapples with his place in South Africa today. He starts this distinctly South African story with the first Snyman, born of a white father and a slave mother. His travels take him off the beaten track, and his encounters with the...

Famous Brands Ltd, as it is known today, started as a single Steers restaurant in the early 1960s, and now comprises more than 2100 restaurants across a portfolio of 20 brands, as well as extremely lucrative logistics, manufacturing and retail components. George Halamandres's family came to South...