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NEW ARRIVALS
January 2007


 

Alexander (P.) et. al. (eds.) GLOBALISATION AND NEW IDENTITIES, a view from the middle, 361 pp., map, paperback, Johannesburg, 2006.

  R185
  A collection of essays on South Africa, including "Globalisation and New Social Identities: a jigsaw puzzle from Johannesburg" by Peter Alexander, "Black Workers, Fatherhood and South Africa's Gold Mines" by Marlize Rabe,
"Students, Activism and Identity" by Marcelle Dawson,
"A Self-Employed 'Worker' Identity: women garment makers in Ahmedabad and Durban" by Meera Icharam,
"Countering Stigma: collectively counselling an AIDS identity" by Sandra Jane Roberts
and "The South African Broadcasting Corporation and Dilemmas of National Identity" by Kurai Masenyama.

This book comes out of a project funded by South Africa's National Research Foundation (NRF). Research was undertaken by staff and students associated with the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), now the University of Johannesburg.
 

Baai (S.) OLIVER REGINALD TAMBO, teacher, lawyer & freedom fighter, 312 pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006.

  R196
  Preface by Dr N.C.Dlamini-Zuma. Foreword by Desmond Tutu. Includes an edited selection of Tambo's articles, papers, speeches, statements and other documents compiled by E.S.Reddy.

A biography of Oliver Tambo by Dr Sandi Baai, who is originally from Kwa Ndunge village Bizana, Pondoland, Tambo's birthplace.
 

Baderoon (G.) A HUNDRED SILENCES, poems, 73 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

  R95
  Gabeba Baderoon was born in Port Elizabeth and grew up in Cape Town. This is her third collection of poetry. In 2005 she held the Guest Writer Fellowship at the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden, and received the DaimlerChrysler Award for South African Poetry.
 

Bosman (Herman Charles) THE COMPLETE OOM SCHALK LOURENS STORIES, , 424 pp., illus., hardback , Cape Town, 2006.

  R195
  The entire 60 Oom Schalk stories in one volume edited by Craig MacKenzie and accompanied by original illustrations.
 

Buhlungu (S.) et. al. (eds.) STATE OF THE NATION, South Africa 2007, 586 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007.

  R190
  This is the fourth volume of an annual evaluation of contemporary South Africa.
Contributions include "The State of the African National Congress" by Anthony Butler,
"Taking to the Streets: has developmental local government failed in South Africa?" by Doreen Atkinson,
"Disability and Welfare in South Africa's Era of Unemployment and AIDS" by Nicoli Natrass,
"The ANC, Black Economic Empowerment and State-Owned Enterprises: a recycling of history?" by Roger Southall,
"Old Victories, New Struggles: the state of the National Union of Mineworkers" by Andries Bezuidenhout and Sakhela Buhlungu,
"The Promise and the Practice of Transformation in South Africa's Health System" by Helen Schneider, Peter Barron and Sharon Fonn,
"The State of South Africa's Prisons" by Julia Sloth-Nielsen,
"Violence Against Women in South Africa" by Lisa Vetten,
"Improving Learner Achievement in Schools: applications of national assessments in South Africa" by Anil Kanjee,
"South Africa in Africa: trends and forecasts in a changing African political economy" by John Daniel, Jessica Lutchman and Alex Comninos
and "The Zimbabwean Community in South Africa" by Elinor Sisulu, Bhekinkosi Moyo and Nkosinathi Tshuma.
 

Camay (P.) & Gordon (A.) eds. POVERY REDUCTION THROUGH IMPROVED REGULATION, perspectives on South African and international experience , 509 pp., maps, paperback, Johannesburg, 2005.

  R190
  48 papers presented at "Poverty Reduction through Better Regulation", a conference on water and electricity regulation hosted by CORE, the Co-operative for Research and Education in Johannesburg, 2005. Panelists and participants came from twelve countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and North America.

Contributions include "Regulation of Water Services in South Africa: a practical analysis" by Patience Nyakane-Maluka,
"Water Supply Service Regulation in Mozambique: challenges and lessons learned" by Manuel Carrilho Alvarinho,
"The Role of Regulation as a Means of Ensuring Safe, Sufficient and Affordable Water to Poor Communities: a South African perspective" by Hameda Deedat,
"Examining the Municipal Regulatory Framework: the case of Johannesburg" by Premakanthan Govender,
"Information Challenges and the Process of Revising the Pro-Poor Pricing Policy of the City of Johannesburg" by Roland Hunter,
"Benchmarking as a Tool Towards Regulation of the South African Water Services Sector: a need for improving efficiencies and services delivery" by Jayant N.Bhagwan
and "Regulating the Regulators? civil society and regulation in South Africa" by David Hemson.
 

Crawford-Browne (L.) comp. & ed. TUTU AS I KNOW HIM, on a personal note, 224 pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

  R140
  Reminiscences from people who have known Desmond Tutu, including Njabulo Ndebele, Justice Richard Goldstone, Ahmed Kathrada, Allan Boesak, Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan, Nadine Gordimer, Pieter-Dirk Uys, Mamphela Ramphele, HH The Dalai Lama, Jonathan Shapiro, Antjie Krog, Justice Edwin Cameron and Bono.
 

de Kok (I.) SEASONAL FIRES, new and selected poems, 160 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

  R120
  This volume gathers contains poems from Ingrid de Kock's first volume, 'Familiar Ground' (1988), long out of print, and her two later collections, 'Transfer' (1997) and 'Terrestrial Things' (2002), as well as a selection of new poems."
 

Ferguson (G.) DUBIOUS DELIGHTS, of ageing and other follies , 55 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

  R85
  A poetry collection by beloved Cape Town poet and cartoonist Gus Ferguson, the author of "Light Verse at the End of the Tunnel" and "Love Amongst the Middle-Aged".
 

Gordimer (N.) GET A LIFE, , 191 pp., paperback, London, (2005) 2006.

  R120
  Nadine Gordimer's previous novels include 'The Lying Days', 'The Conservationist' (joint winner of the Booker Prize), 'Burgher's Daughter', 'July's People', My Sons' Story', 'None to Accomany Me', 'The House Gun', 'The Pickup, and many more. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991.
 

Human (K.) 'N LEWE MET BOEKE, , 176 pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

  R150
  Koos Human was born in 1931 in Witfield, Transvaal. This memoir tells of the founding of Human & Rousseau publishers, together with Leon Rousseau, in 1959, and of the many great Afrikaans authors they published, such as André P.Brink, Jan Rabie, Etienne Leroux, Antjie Krog, Uys Krige, Breyten Breytenbach, and many others.
 

Joubert (L.) SCORCHED, South Africa's changing climate, 251 pp., maps, illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006.

  R170
  "Leonie Joubert is a freelance science writer with a special interest in climate change, biodiversity, natural history, agriculture, energy issues, and sustainable development...She has a Masters in Science Journalism from Stellenbosch University."
 

Khumalo (F.) BITCHES' BREW, , 287 pp.. paperback, Johannesburg, 2006.

  R135
  Fred Khumalo is a journalist and editor of the Sunday Times Insight & Opinion section. He has also published many short stories and his childhood memoir "Touch My Blood: the early years" was published in early 2006. He was runner-up for the 1991 Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award and the 1996 Betram's VO Literature of Africa Award. In 2005 he won the European Union Literary Award. This is his first novel.
 

Kozain (R.) THIS CARTING LIFE, , 116 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2005.

  R100
  Rustum Kozain was born in Paarl and now lives in Cape Town. In 2006 he received the Ingrid Jonker Prize. This is his first volume of poetry.
 

Krog (A.) VERWEERSKRIF, , 99 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

  R95
  Antjie Krog is the author of eleven other collections of poetry and 'Country of My Skull', a book about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

This collection is also available in English, entitled "Body Bereft". The poems are translated by the poet, Andries Wessels and Gus Ferguson.
 

Lakhan (R.) THE PUPPETEERS, , 232 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

  R115
  Renesh Lakhan was born in KwaZulu-Natal, where he lives. This is his first novel.
 

Marais (C.) & du Toit (J.) SHORELINES, a journey along the South African coast, 243 pp., map, illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

  R130
  The account of the 70-day journey Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit made driving "the entire length of South Africa's shores from Alexander Bay in the west to Kosi Bay in the east'. Chapter 9 deals with life in Long Street, Cape Town.

Marais and du Toit are the authors of "A Drink of Dry Land" and "Namibia Space".
 

Maseko (L.) ed. SOWETAN, celebrating 25 years of "The Soul Truth", 118 pp., oblong 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., (Johannesburg), (1996).

  R200
  Published to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Sowetan newspaper. Foreword by Don Mattera. Includes a message from Nelson Mandela.

"'The Sowetan' is the...off-shoot of 'Post' and 'Sunday Post', which were closed down by the Nationalist Party government in 1981. It follows in the tradition of its predecessors, 'The World' and 'Weekend World', both of which were banned by the same government in October 19, 1977 and saw its Editor Percy Qoboza and the then Assistant Editor Aggrey Klaaste thrown in prison."
 

Moele (K.) ROOM 207, , 238 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

  R140
  "Kgebetli Moele was born in Polokwane and raised on a family farm. He has worked in the entertainment industry for most of his life and is currently studying part-time. 'Room 207' is his first published novel...[and] paints a vivid, engrossing picture of Jo'burg that is the very heart of South Africa".
 

Nkosi (L.) MANDELA'S EGO, , 182 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006.

  R125
  Lewis Nkosi was born in Durban in 1936. In the 1950s he worked as a journalist on "Drum" magazine. After being awarded a Nieman fellowship in journalism at Harvard University he left South Africa in 1960 to study in New York and therafter to live and work abroad. He first returned to South Africa in 1991 and currently lives in Basle, Switzerland. His previous publications include a collection of essays, "Home and Exile" (1965), which won an award at the Dakar World Festival of Negro Arts in 1966, his first novel, "Mating Birds" (1986), which won the 1987 MacMillan Silver Pen Prize and his most famous play, "The Black Psychiatrist" (1983). His second novel, "Underground People", was published in 2002. "Mandela's Ego" is his third novel.
 

Pepetela JAIME BUNDA, SECRET AGENT, story of various mysteries, 294 pp., paperback, Wiltshire, (2001) 2006.

  R110
  Artur Pestana (Pepetela) was born in Benguela, Angola, in 1941. Pepetela was his guerrilla code-name as an operative for the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) during the 1960s. From 1976 to 1982 he was deputy minister of ecucation in an independent Angola. His first novel was published in the 1970s. In 1997 he won the Camões Prize, the highest literary award in the Lusophone world. His novels, "Mayombe", "Yaka" and "The Return of the Water Spirit" have been published in English. He lives in Luanda where he lectures in sociology at the Agostinho Neto University.
 

Pillay (U.) et. al. (eds.) SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIAL ATTITUDES, changing times, diverse voices, 391 pp., map, paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

  R190
  The first volume in a new series which aims to provide an analysis of attitudes and values towards various social and political issues in contemporary South Africa. This volume presents the public's responses during nation-wide interviews conducted by the HSRC in l2003. The findings are analysed in three sections: an examination of race, class and politics, a critical assessment of perceptions of poverty, inequality and service delivery, and an exploration of various societal values.

Contributions include "Issues of Democracy and Governance" by John Daniel, Roger Southall and Sarah Dippenaar, "The Happy Transition? attitudes to poverty and inequality after a decade of democracy" by Benjamin Roberts, "What Do South Africans Think About Education?" by Mbithi wa Kivilu and Seán Morrow, "Partner Violence" by Andrew Dawes, Zosa de Sas Kropiwnicki, Zuhayr Kafaar and Linda Richter and "Ten Years into Democracy: how South Africans view their world and themselves" by Mark Orkin and Roger Jowell.
 

Richings (G.) THE LIFE AND WORK OF CHARLES MICHELL, , 224 pp., oblong 4to., maps, b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2006.

  R350
  Charles Michell (1793 - 1851) came to the Cape in 1828 to take up his appointment as the first surveyor-general and civil engineer and spent the next 25 years building roads, bridges and mountain passes, including Sir Lowry's Michell's and Montagu Passes. He also designed lighthouses at Mouille Point, Cape Agulhas and Cape Recife. Included in the book are the majority of Michell's watercolours, sketches and drawings, published for the first time.
 

Sanders (J.) APARTHEID'S FRIENDS, the rise and fall of South Africa's Secret Service, 539 pp., map, illus., paperback, London, 2006.

  R190
  The history of the South African secret service from the 1940s to the present, including the involvement of the USA and Britain and the role played by MI5 and MI6.

James Sanders is also the author of "South Africa and the International Media, 1972-1979: a struggle for representation", published in 1999.
 

Schoeman (K.) KINDERS VAN DIE KOMPANJIE, Kaapse lewens uit die sewentiende eeu, 592 pp., colour illus., hardback., d.w., Pretoria, 2006.

  R207
  The history of more than 30 individuals and groups involved in the VOC's settlement at the Cape in the 17th century, including slaves, the Khoikhoi, Company officials, free burghers, visitors & exiles.

Karel Schoeman has published numerous books on South African history.

Text in Afrikaans.
 

Westra (P.) & Armstrong (J.) eds. SLAVE TRADE WITH MADAGASCAR/ SLAWEHANDEL MET MADAGASKAR, the journals of the Cape slaver "Leijdsman", 1715/ die joernale van die Kaapse laweskip "Leijdsman", 1715, 165 pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

  R195
  "In 1715 the [Dutch East India] Company sent the inexperienced traders Hendrik Frappé and Willem van der Lint to Madagascar to secure more slaves [for the Cape]...This book gives the verbatim Dutch text and English translations of the actual journals kept by the two slave traders on the Company's slaver, 'Leijdsman'.

Piet Westra retired some years ago as Director of the South African Library. He has published and edited a number of books on the history of South Africa and the Cape. James Armstrong recently retired as overseas Field Director of the Library of Congress.

Text in English and Dutch.