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NEW ARRIVALS
June 2009


 

MANDOZA, live in concert at Sun City, 70 minutes, DVD, , 2004.

  R105
  South African kwaito superstar Mandoza filmed live at the Superbowl, Sun City, in 2004. Also includes 5 music videos and an interview.
 

Bell (D.) & Jacobs (J.U.) eds. WAYS OF WRITING, critical essays on Zakes Mda, 408 pp., colour illus., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2009.

  R300
  A collection of essays devoted to a critical appraisal of the award-winning South African novelist and playwright, Zakes Mda.

Contributions include "A Theatre for Democracy" by David Bell,
"Mapping Memory, Healing the Land: 'The Bells of Amersfoort'" by Shane Graham,
"Chronicles of Belief and Unbelief: Zakes Mda and the question of magical realism in South African literature" by Christopher Warnes,
"Of Funeral Rites and Community Memory: ways of living in 'Ways of Dying'" by Rogier Courau and Sally-Anne Murray,
"Love and Wayward Women in 'Ways of Dying'" by Nokuthula Mazibuko,
"Invidious Interpreters: the post-colonial intellectual in 'The Heart of Redness'" by Mike Kissack and Michael Titlestad,
"Nongqawuse, National Time and 'female' Authorship in 'The Heart of Redness'" by Meg Samuelson, and
"Race. Satire and Post-colonial Possibilities: the collective voice in 'The Madonna of Excelsior'" by N.S.Zulu.

David Bell is a former head of Humanities at Mid-Sweden University College, Sweden.
J.U.Jacobs in Senior Professor of English and Fellow of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
 

Bregin (E.) SHIVA'S DANCE, , 168 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R150
  A new novel by Elana Gregin, author of the award-winning novel "Slayer of Shadows". She also co-authored "Kalahari Rain Song", the biography of Belinda Kruiper.
 

Brown (D.) ed. RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA, new perspectives, 294 pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2009.

  R210
  Contributions include "The South African Constitutional Court's Reading of the Right to Freedom of Religion" by Patrick Lenta,
"Islamisation and Muslim Institutions/ Organisations in South Africa" by Suleiman Dangor,
"The Modern Pagan Witch: negotiating a contested religious identity in post-apartheid South Africa" by Dale Wallace,
"Eastern Mosaic: shades of Hindu women in South Africa" by Subeshini Moodley,
"Remembering the Bushmen: nostalgia and postcolonial spiritualities" by Dennis Walder,
"Building a New Society Using the Building Blocks of Ubuntu/ Botho/ Vhuthu" by Mbulelo Vizikhungo Mzamane, and
"The Mediation of Public and Private Selves in the Performance of Sermons and Narratives of Near-Death Experiences in the Nazarite Church" by Nkosinathi Sithole.

Duncan Brown is Dean of the Arts Faculty at the University of the Western Cape. His previous books include "Voicing the Text", "Oral Literature and Performance in Southern Africa" and "To Speak of this Land."
 

Buntman (F.L.) ROBBEN ISLAND AND PRISONER RESISTANCE TO APARTHEID, , 340 pp., paperback, Cambridge, 2003.

  R290
  Fran Buntman reconstructs political prisoners' resistance strategies on Robben Island to show how they created a political and social order behind bars and transformed the prison into a site of resistance.

"Basing her account on extensive interviews with many who had spent considerable parts of their adult lives on 'the Island', Professor Buntman offers valuable insight into prison conditions, collective resistance and responsibility, anti-apartheid struggle, political imprisonment more generally and its connections to political transformation." David Theo Goldberg

"Her study of leaders and rank-and-file activists on Robben Island is splendid, a fscinating depiction of the continuities of the struggle and an inspiring account of how the prisoners strengthened themselves - politically, psychologically and educationally - to challenge the regime. She also deserves special praise for the richness of her many interviews" Thomas Karis

Fran Lisa Buntman is Assistant Professor of Sociology at George Washington University.
 

Cavalieri (P.) THE DEATH OF THE ANIMAL, a dialogue, 149 pp., hardback, d.w., New York, 2009.

  R240
  Foreword by Peter Singer.

Together with Peter Singer, J.M.Coetzee, Harlan B.Miller, Matthew Calarco and Cary Wolfe, Paola Cavalieri "expands our understanding of the nonhuman in such a way that the derogatory category of 'the animal' becomes meaningless. In so doing, she presents a nonhierachical approach to ethics that better respects the value of the conscious self."

Paola Cavalieri lives in Milan and is the editor of the international philosophy journal "Etica & Animali". She is the author of "The Animal Question: why nonhuman animals deserve human rights" and, with Peter Singer, edited the award-winning book, "The Great Ape Project: equality beyond humanity".
 

Coovadia (I.) HIGH LOW IN-BETWEEN, , 268 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R200
  Imraan Coovadia is the author of two other novels, "The Wedding" and "Green-eyed Thieves". He works at the University of Cape Town.

"Imraan Coovadia has a unique and marvellously talented voice. 'High Low In-between' effortlessly extended my capacity to imagine the moral inner world of the kind of character I often wonder about". Antkie Krog

Shortlisted for the 2010 Sunday Times Fiction Prize.
 

Ebersohn (W.) THE OCTOBER KILLINGS, , 253 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R195
  A new crime novel by Wessel Ebersohn, with the eccentric prison psychologist Yudel Gordon. His other novels include "Lonely Place to Die", "Divide the Night", "Store Up the Anger" and "Closed Circle".
 

Freimond (C.) dir. GUMS & NOSES, a black comedy about white powder, 89 minutes, DVD, , 2005.

  R130
  A black comedy about cocaine and the world of advertising. This film won the Best Feature Film Award at the Apollo Film Festival.
 

Gray (S.) ed. REMEMBERING BOSMAN, Herman Charles recollected, tributes, memoirs, sketches, interviews, 189 pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2009.

  R230
  This collection includes tributes written to celebrate the memory of Herman Charles Bosman by colleagues on his death, verses written in his honour during his lifetime and after, articles by other friends and acquaintances, and interviews with witnesses to his life.

Contents include "A Portrait from Memory" by George Howard,
"My Cousin Herman" by Zita Grové,
"Mr Bosman: a protégé's memoir" by Lionel Abrahams,
"Last Chapters" by Bosman's wife Helena Lake,
"Laughing Cavalier" by Edgar Bernstein,
""A Personal Tribute" by Leon Feldberg,
"Schooldays" by Eddie Roux", and
"The Poet Prisoner" by Lago Clifford.
 

Handler (R.J.) TSAMMA SEASON, , 289 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R180
  A historical novel set in the Kalahari Desert. Rosemund Handler is also the author of the novels, "Madlands" and "Katy's Kid".
 

Jansen (J.) KNOWLEDGE IN THE BLOOD, confronting race and the apartheid past, 337 pp., paperback, Stanford & Cape Town, 2009.

  R258
  In 2000 Jonathan Jansen became the first black dean of education at the historically white University of Pretoria. In this book he relates how socio-political change affected the white Afrikaner students he worked with.

"Brave, discerning, and deeply affecting. Bringing realism and rare moral generosity to the most difficult of conflicts, Jonathan Jansen illuminates the stuggles faced by the inheritors of violence, as they move from pride and prejudice to a new and larger knowledge. " Eva Hoffman, author of "After Such Knowledge"

Jonathan Jansen is now Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Free State.
 

Joubert (L.) text & Bosch (R.) photo. INVADED, the biological invasion of South Africa, 265 pp., colour illus., maps, paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R295
  Leonie Joubert documents the consequences of the introduction of alien species into South Africa.

Leonie Joubert is also the author of "Scorched: South Africa's changing climate", which won an honorary 2007 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award, and "Boiling Point: people in a changing climate".
 

Kilgore (J.) WE ARE ALL ZIMBABWEANS NOW, , 271 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R195
  A first novel by James Kilgore, an American who lived as a fugitive in Zimbabwe and South Africa before being extradited to the United States where he served six and a half years in prison for his involvement in the Patty Hearst kidnapping. This novel, a political thriller, was witten during his incarceration.
 

Klaas (E.) GUGULETU SEVEN, , 88 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R195
  An account of the seven young men killed by the police in Guguletu on 3 March 1986.
 

Kraak (A.) ed. SECTORS & SKILLS, the need for policy alignment, 354 pp., paperback, CD-Rom, Cape Town, 2009.

  R210
  This monograph presents the results of a study of the skill demands of five South African economic clusters: the high-tech sector, the resource-based sector, the labour-intensive sector, the services sector and public infrastructure, and argues the case for greater alignment between industrial and skills development policies. The study was "commissioned by the South African Department of Labour in 2006. It formed part of a wider research project related to the National Skills Development Strategy and the National Industrial Policy Framework of 2007, for which the Human Sciences Research Council led a research consortium comprising the Development Policy Research Unit at the University of Cape Town and the Sociology of Work Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand."

Includes a CD-Rom, "Scarce and Critical Skills, Sector Skills, Research Project, October 2008".
 

Mamdani (M.) SAVIOURS AND SURVIVORS, Darfur, politics, and the war on terror, 398 pp., map, paperback, Cape Town, etc, 2009.

  R210
  Mahmood Mamdani looks at the crisis in Darfur within the context of the history of Sudan, and examines the world's response.

Mahmood Mamdani is Herbert Lehman Professor of Government in the Department of Anthropology and Political Science and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. His previous books include "Good Muslim, Bad Muslim", "Citizen and Subject" and "When Victims Become Killers".
 

Mbeki (M.) ARCHITECTS OF POVERTY, why African capitalism needs changing, 196 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R155
  Moeletsi Mbeki analyses the problem of poverty in Africa and concludes that the fault lies with the political elites who enrich themselves at the expense of their fellow citizens.

Moeletsi Mbeki is a political analyst for Nedcor Bank and the Deputy Chairman of the South African Institute for International Affairs.
 

Meyburgh (C.) dir. VIVA MADIBA, "a hero for all seasons", 95 minutes, DVD, , 2008.

  R130
  A celebration of Nelson Mandela's life, made in the year he turned 90. Includes interviews with Desmond Tutu, Pik Botha, Cyril Ramaphosa, Ahmed Kathrada, Helen Suzman, Mac Maharaj, Sydney Kentridge, George Bizos, Amina Cachalia, Jessie Duarte, and Francois Pienaar.
 

Mgqolozana (T.) A MAN WHO IS NOT A MAN, , 188 pp., paperback, Pietermartizburg, 2009.

  R140
  Thando Mqgqolozana's first novel, which recounts the personal trauma of a young Xhosa initiate after a traditional circumcision goes wrong.
 

Miescher (G.), Rizzo (L.) & Silvester (J.) eds. POSTERS IN ACTION, visuality in the making of an African nation, 256 pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Basel, 2009.

  R795
  "This publication is the result of six years of collaborative work based on the research and documentation of the two large collections of Namibian posters held at the National Archives of Namibia (ANA) and the Basler Afrika Bibliographien (BAB) in Switzerland. In this volume scholars from both countries argue that "these posters form an important part of Namibia's heritage in the field of visual history, and that the historical posters in these collections played a crucial role in shaping the visual representation of Namibia".

Contributions include "Posters, T-shirts and Placards: images and popular mobilisation in Rundu during the liberation struggle" by Kletus Muhena Likuwa and Bertha Nyambe,
"A Picture of Health: posters and HIV-Aids Campaigns in Namibia" by Naitsi Iizyenda and Sonia Ndimbira,
"Images of the Cassinga Massacre - contested visualities" by Nadja Borer,
'"Strictly Members Only' - the circulation of SWAPO posters in northern Namibia during the liberation struggle" by Martha Akawa, and
"'The Struggle is Futile' - a short overview of anti-SWAPO visual propaganda" by Jeremy Silvester.
 

Mistry (J.) dir. I MIKE WHAT I LIKE, let loose the word, 50 minutes, DVD, , 2006.

  R215
  Director Jyoti Mistry's film of poet Kgafela oa Magogodi's stage play of the same title. She combines footage of Magogodi performing his poems, Musawenkosi Xokelelo painting his canvases and Ernst Mothle playing the double bass with footage of Johannesburg.

"The film aimed to capture the viseral connection of the sound of words, its social and political commentary, with complimentary and contradictory images inspired by the city of Johannesburg and the paintings from the live performance." Jyoti Mistry
 

Mngxitama (A.) FROM MBEKI TO ZUMA, what's the difference? New Frank Talk, no.2, 16 pp., stapled, (Johannesburg), (2009).

  R20
  Andile Mngxitama rejects the idea that a Zuma presidency signifies a fundamental break with the Mbeki era and the beginning of a new phase in South Africa's democracy more in tune with the needs of the poor.

"Once the residual forces of Mbeki are defeated, the media and intellectual classes dealt with, the sword of the victorious Populist Politician will land on the restless and impatient masses. They still want land, food, jobs, and houses. They don't understand why there are still delays when the enemies of progress have been defeated. Patience would be demanded and brutally enforced. The truth of just how similar Mbeki and Zuma actually are will become apparent"

Andile Mngitama is a doctoral student at the University of the Witwatersrand, an activist in the South African Landless Peoples Movement and a columnist for City Press. He was National President of the Azanian Students Movement. He co-edited the book "Biko Lives! Contesting the legacy of Steve Biko".
 

Mogoba (M.S.) STONE, STEEL, SJAMBOK, faith born on Robben Island, 87 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, (2003).

  R125
  Foreword by Judge Dikgang Moseneke. Preface by Njonggonkulu Ndungane. Introduction by Theo Coggin.

Stanley Mogoba tells the story of his incarceration on Robben Island.

Stanley Mogoba was born in 1933. He was involved in student politics in the 1970s and detained on Robben Island in the 1980s. After his release he served as President of the South African Institute of Race Relations (1987-1989) and later as Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of South Africa (1988-1994). He was elected President of the Pan Africanist Congress in 1997.
 

Ojang (O.), O'Donoghue (K.) & Redelinghuys (M.) dir. CONGO MY FOOT, the story of Tinolamusica, a Congolese band in Cape Town, 30 minutes, DVD, , 2009.

  R95
  A documentary about Mohamed Myamakala, a Congolese immigrant and manager of a Congolese Kwasa Kwasa band, Tinolamusica, in Cape Town. The film focuses on the effects of the 2008 xenophobic attacks on the lives of the band members.
 

Pauw (J.) LITTLE ICE CREAM BOY, a novel, 387 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R190
  Award-winning journalist and television producer Jacques Pauw is the author of "In the Heart of the Whore: the story of apartheid's death squads", "Into the Heart of Darkness: confessions of apartheid's assassins" and "Dances with Devils, a journalist's search for truth". This is his first novel.
 

Peberdy (S.) SELECTING IMMIGRANTS, national identity and South African's immigration policies, 1910-2008, 329 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R220
  Sally Peberdy relates the history of the immigration policies of the South African state and "explores the synergy between periods of significant change in state discourses and policies of migration, and those historical moments when South Africa was reinvented politically or was in the process of active nation building."

"Through careful archival study, Peberdy has written a path-breaking account of what it is to be a South African. This is the first analysis and periodisation of South Africa's immigration laws, and without it one cannot claim to understand the vexed issue of South African identity." Peter Alexander, Director, Centre for Sociological Research, University of Johannesburg

Sally Peberdy is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of the Western Cape. She is the 2007 winner of the University of the Witwatersrand Research Committee Publication Award.
 

Pillay (U.), Tomlinson (R.) & Bass (O.) eds. DEVELOPMENT AND DREAMS, the urban legacy of the 2010 Football World Cup, 316 pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R190
  Academics and development practitioners provide perspectives "on the probable consequences of the 2010 Football World Cup for the economy of South Africa and its cities, on infrastructure development, and on the projection of African culture and identity."

Contributions include "South Africa 2010: initial dreams and sobering economic perspectives" by Stan du Plessis and Wolfgang Maenning,
"Anticipating 2011" by Richard Tomlinson,
"Venue Selection and the 2010 World Cup: a case study of Cape Town" by Kamilla Swart and Urmilla Bob,
"The 2010 World Cup and the Rural Hinterland: maximising advantage from mega-events" by Doreen Atkinson,
"Urban Dreams: the 2010 Football World Cup and expectations of benefit in Johannesburg" by André Czeglédy,
"Aiming for Africa: Durban, 2010 and notions of African urban identity" by Orli Bass, and
"The Offside Rule: women's bodies in masculinised spaces" by Margot Rubin.

 

Prinsloo (A.) ANNERLIKE AFRIKAANS, woordeboek van Afrikaanse kontreitaal, 536 pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2009.

  R250
  A dictionary of more than 700 Afrikaans words and expressions that are only used in specific regions of the country.
 

Ramgobin (M.) PRISMS OF LIGHT, "within my memory", 204 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, East London, 2009.

  R115
  The autobiography of struggle activist and politician Mewa Ramgobin, born in 1932 in Natal. In 1970 he founded the South African Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners and revived the Natal Indian Congress, becoming its president. In the 1980s he was treasurer of the United Democratic Front and has been an ANC Member of Parliament since 1994.

"This collected book of the experience of an extraordinary man of courage and principle supplants conventional ways of historical evidence in the phenomenon of personal growth in testing times. A reference work in the deep sense of the word; a vivid testimony of the spirit committed to justice." Nadine Gordimer
 

Robins (S.L.) FROM REVOLUTION TO RIGHTS IN SOUTH AFRICA, social movements, NGOs & popular politics after apartheid, 192 pp., illus., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, etc, 2009.

  R220
  "Steven L. Robins argues for the continued importance of NGOs, social movements and other 'civil society' actors in creating new forms of citizenship and democracy, producing a complex, hybrid and ambiguous relationship between civil society and the state, where new negotiations around citizenship emerge."

"What becomes of popular politics in post-revolutionary times, when liberation meets liberalization, and struggles against colonial inequality give way to a rhetoric of rights? In this provocative, richly-illustrated book, one of South Africa's most thoughtful scholars probes the everyday meaning of 'rights talk', 'citizenship' and cultural identity...His enlightening ethnographic examples make it plain that post-apartheid politics continues a long tradition of creative improvisation: that it manages to combine the language of rights with an enduring investment in communal forms of belonging." Jean Comaroff, University of Chicago

Steven Robins is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Stellenbosch. He edited the book "Limits to Liberation after Apartheid" and co-edited "New South African Keywords".
 

Russell (M.) & (M.) AFRIKANERS OF THE KALAHARI, white minority in a Black state, 167 pp., map, illus., paperback, Cambridge, (1979) 2008.

  R290
  Margo and Martin Russell explore ethnic relations in the Ghanzi district in Botswana, between the white Afrikaans-speaking cattle pastoralists , the hunting and gathering Bushmen, the Kgalagari, the Batawana, and various other groups.

"Most studies of blacks and white have been of rich whites and poor blacks, or powerful whites and powerless blacks. This is the colonial hertiage. Even where white have been deprived of political power they have generally retained sufficient economic influence to make formal loss of political power unimportant, at least in the short run. The Afrikaans settlement in the western Kalahari represents a white group who have been neither a colonial nor an economic power. Politically, socially and economically unimportant, they have also been isolated from fellow Afrikaners and the events which have given Afrikanerdom much of its distinctive cast." from chapter 1
 

Scott (R.) TWENTY CHICKENS FOR A SADDLE, the story of an African childhood, 253 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, (2008) 2009.

  R145
  Robyn Scott spent her childhood in Botswana. She now lives in London but works regularly in Africa.

"Both a wonderful memoir of an exotic childhood and a striking portrait of one of the world's most beguiling countries. A gem of a book." Alexander McCall Smith

"The nearest thing you will get to Gerald Durrell's 'My Family and Other Animals' in Africa and it is just as enchanting" Giles Foden
 

South African Centre for International Pen NEW WRITING FROM AFRICA 2009, original short stories by African writers, 403 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R195
  This collection contains the 34 short stories by African writers selected for the 2009 PEN/ Studzinski Literary Award. The prize winners were selected by J.M.Coetzee. First prize went to Karen Jayes. Second prize went to Andrew Salomon. Third prize was shared by Nadia Davids and Ceridwen Dovey.

"The overall standard of the 34 stories I read - selected from over eight hundred entries received by PEN, and presented to me anonymously - was very respectable without being excellent. " J.M.Coetzee, from his 2 page final comment.
 

Southall (R.) & Melber (H.) eds. A NEW SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA?, Imperialism, investment and development, 440 pp., maps, paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2009.

  R245
  An examination of the new scramble for Africa's resources.

Contributions include "Scramble for Africa? Continuities and discontinuities with former imperialism" by Roger Southall,
"Global Trade Regimes and Multi-Polarity: the US and Chinese scramble for African resources and markets" by Henning Melber,
"India's Engagements in Africa: self-interest or mutual partnership?" by Sanusha Naidu,
"South Africa in Africa: still a formidable player" by John Daniel and Nompumelelo Bhengu,
"The Mining Boom in Sub-Saharan Africa: continuity, change and policy implications" by Wilson Prichard, and
"The Eurpean Union and the International Scramble for African Fish" by André Standing.

Roger Southall is Professor of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Henning Melber is Executive Director of the Dag Hammarsköld Foundation in Uppsala, Sweden.
 

Sriram (C.L.) & Pillay (S.) eds. PEACE VS JUSTICE?, The dilemma of transitional justice in Africa, 373 pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2009.

  R245
  This book examines the challenges and prospects of promoting both peace and accountability, especially in African countries affected by conflict or political violence.

Contributions include "The Politics of Transitional Justice" by Yasmin Louise Sooka,
"Inclusive Justice: the limitations of trial justice and truth commissions" by Charles Villa-Vicencio,
"Gender and Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: comparative reflections" by Sheila Meintjes,
"South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission from a Global Perspective" by Alex Boraine, and
"The Politics of Peace, Justice and Healing in Post-war Mozambique: 'practices of rupture' by Magamba spirits and healers in Gorongosa" by Victor Igreja.

Chandra Lekha Sriram is Professor of Human Rights at the School of Law, University of East London, and Chair of the International Studies Association Human Rights Section.
Suren Pillay is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Studies at the University of the Western Cape and a Senior Research Specialist in the Democracy and Governance programme of the Human Sciences Research Council.
 

Szczurek (K.M.) ed. TOUCH, stories of contact by South African writers, 226 pp., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2009.

  R190
  Twenty-two South African writers interpret the theme of touch.

Includes work by Damon Galgut, Henrietta Rose-Innes, André Brink, Imraan Coovadia, Zoë Wicomb, Jonny Steinberg, Ivan Vladislavic, Elleke Boehmer, Maureen Isaacson, Nadine Gordimer and Anne Landsman.
 

Tabane (R.) & Ludman (B.) eds. THE MAIL & GUARDIAN A-Z OF SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS, the essential handbook, 290 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R180
  Foreword by Nic Dawes.

The fifth edition of this guide includes profiles of 120 politicians, judges, religious leaders and academics, and a guide to the major political parties and their policies.
 

The South African Archaeological Society, W.Cape Branch TOMBSTONES & TRANSCRIPTS, ST. PAUL'S, RONDERBOSCH, 19th century churchyard, 172 pp., illus., paperback, CD, Cape Town, 2007.

  R110
  Records all the existing tombstone inscriptions in the churchyard at St. Pauls Anglican Church in Ronderbosch, Cape Town, with black and white photographs of the monuments. The photographs in the book, together with many additional photographs, are recorded in colour on the accompanying CD.
 

Uys (P-D.) MACBEKI, a farce to be reckoned with, 88 pp., paperback, Darling, 2009.

  R88
  In his new comedy satirist Pieter Dirk-Uys has taken his inspiration from William Shakespeare's tragedy "Macbeth", replacing the Macbeths with MacBeki and Lady Manta. Other characters include MacZum and MacTrev.

"'MacBeki' uses Shakepearean references, urban legends, rumour and poetic licence in a sweeping Machiavellian ('MacBekivellian' to Uys) narrative about the lust for power and the ruin it brings to the protagonist." Percy Zvomuya, Mail & Guardian"
 

van den Bergh (R.) dir. HANSIE, a true story, 122 + 240 minutes, 2 x DVD, , 2008.

  R185
  A feature film based on the life of former South African cricket captain Hansie Cronjé, banned for life from any involvement in cricket after being accused of match-fixing and other irregularities. He died in a plane crash in 2002. Frank Rautenbach plays Hansie.

Includes a second 240 minute film, "Our Hansie", in which Frans Cronjé, Hansie Cronjé's brother, interviews more than 65 people who knew Hansie. People interviewed include family members, Ali Bacher and South African cricketers Jonty Rhodes, Clive Rice, Peter Pollock, Allan Donald and Gary Kristen, former minister of sport Ngconde Balfour, and Judge Edwin King, who led the match-fixing inquiry in South Africa.
 

von Hirschberg (M.W.) TREVOR LLOYD WADLEY, genius of the tellurometer, 112 pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R180
  A biography of Trevor Lloyd Wadley, the South African electronics engineer who invented the tellurometer, an instrument for measuring land, in 1954.
 

Ziman (R.) dir. JERUSALEMA, after every revolution comes a new order, 118 minutes, DVD, , 2008.

  R170
  A feature film, inspired by true events, which "tracks the rise of a once-petty criminal to the heights of the criminal underworld".

This film won the Best Actor Award and the Audience Award at the Durban International Film Festival. Stars Raspulana Seiphemo.