CATALOGUE 117
Issued 2007

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Out of Print Books

Recent Books on Southern Africa

 

ARCHAEOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY & ETHNOGRAPHY (including Khoisan studies)

  1. __________ CAVE ARTISTS OF SOUTH AFRICA, 48 unpublished reproductions of rock paintings collected by the late Dorothea Bleek with a biographical introduction on Miss Bleek by Eric Rosenthal and an archeological introduction by A.J.H. Goodwin, 80pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 1953. R200

  2. Bennun (N.) THE BROKEN STRING, the last words of an extinct people, 420pp., illus., hardback, d.w., London, 2004. R350

A study of the work of Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd.


  1. Bleek (D.F.) MORE ROCK-PAINTINGS IN SOUTH AFRICA, from the coastal belt between Albany and Piquetberg, mainly copied by Joyce and Mollie van der Riet, with notes by the same and an introduction and explanatory remarks by Dorothea F. Bleek, 60pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., map, light foxing throughout, hardback, d.w. a little worn on spine and back, London, 1940. R2,500

  2. __________ THE NARON, a Bushman tribe of the central Kalahari, 67pp., illus., hardback, London, 1928. R1,250

  3. Breuil (H.) & Janmart (J.) LES LIMONS ET GRAVIERS DE L'ANGOLA DU NORD-EST ET LEUR CONTENU ARCHÉOLOGIQUE, 56pp., 4to., illus., maps, paperback, covers a little worn, Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola No. 5, Lisbon, 1950. R500

  4. Bryant (A.T.) ZULU MEDICINE AND MEDICINE-MEN, 115pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Reprint, Cape Town, (1966) 1983. R350

  5. Dowson (T.A.) ROCK ENGRAVINGS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 124pp., oblong 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 1992. R350

  6. Engelbrecht (J.A.) THE KORANA, an account of their customs and their history, 239pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1936. R650

  7. Gelfand (M.) MEDICINE AND MAGIC OF THE MASHONA, 266pp., illus., inscription on f.f.e.p., d.w. a little worn, Cape Town, 1956. R750

  8. __________ SHONA RITUAL, with special reference to the Chaminuka cult, 217pp., illus., hardback, d.w. a little worn, Cape Town, 1959. R500

  9. Leakey (L.S.B.) OLDUVAI GORGE 1951-61, Vol. 1: A Preliminary Report on the Geology and Fauna, 117pp., 4to., illus., folding map, hardback, d.w., London, 1965. R1,000

  10. Musiker (R.) THE AUSTRALOPITHECINAE, a bibliography, 49pp., paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (1954) 1969. R200

  11. Savory (P.) THE SONG OF THE GOLDEN BIRDS, illustrated by Jillian Hulme, 78pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1970. R350

  12. __________ MATABELE FIRESIDE TALES, illustrated by Sylvia Baxter, 75pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1962. R350

  13. [Schoeman (K.) ed.] A DEBT OF GRATITUDE, Lucy Lloyd and the "Bushman work" of G.W.Stow, 145pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 1997. R250

Signed by the editor.


  1. Tobias (P.V.) OLDUVAI GORGE, Vol. 2: The Cranium and Maxillary dentition of Australopithecus (Zinjanthropus) Boisei, 263pp., 4to., illus., hardback, d.w., London, 1967. R1,000

Signed and dated by the author on the title page.


  1. [van Schalkwyk (J.A.) & Hanisch (E.O.M.) eds.] SCULPTURED IN CLAY, iron age figurines from Schroda, Limpopo Province, South Africa, 124pp., oblong 4to., b/w & colour illus., maps, paperback, Pretoria, 2002. R195

AFRICAN ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, ARCHITECTURE & FURNITURE

Axeage Press, Cape Town

  1. Payne (M.) FACE VALUE, old heads in modern masks. A visual, archaeological and historical reading of the Lydenburg Heads, edited by Malcolm Payne. Fourteen original hand-printed monochrome etchings and seven original hand-printed etched renderings of the Mafikeng Heads by Malcolm Payne. Essays by Patricia Davison, Martin Hall and Malcolm Payne, 139pp., large 4to., illus., quarter dark red leather with dec. paper covered boards, hand-bound by Peter Carstens, cloth covered slipcase, No. H.C. II of an edition limited to 60 copies (50 copies numbered 1 to 50, 7 artist's proofs numbered A.P. I to A.P. VII and 3 hors commerce numbered H.C. I to H.C. III), each book is signed by the contributors and each etching is signed and numbered by the artist, Cape Town, 1993. R25,000

All the etchings were printed from the original copper plates, on Zerkall Buetten paper. The text was set in Garamond by Kathy Abdolaziz and lithographed by Omega Art. Screenprinted cover design by Malcolm Payne.


  1. [Skotnes (Pippa) ed.] SOUND FROM THE THINKING STRINGS, A visual, literary, archaeological and historical interpretation of the final years of /Xam life, with three original colour etchings and seventeen original monochrome etchings by Pippa Skotnes. Translations from the Bleek and Lloyd collection of interviews with //Kabbo, /Han=/kasso and Dia!Kwain by Stephen Watson. Essays by John Parkington and Nigel Penn. Foreword by Stephen Jay Gould, 162pp., large 4to., b/w & colour illus., quarter black leather with dec. paper boards, hand-bound by Peter Carstens, cloth covered slipcase, No. A.P. VII of an edition limited to 65 copies (50 copies numbered 1 to 50, 12 artist's proofs numbered A.P. I to A.P. XII and 3 hors commerce numbered H.C. I to H.C. III), each book is signed by the contributors and each etching is signed and numbered by the artist, Cape Town, 1991. R55,000

All the etchings were printed from the original copper plates, on Zerkall Buetten paper, by the artist with the assistance of Fritha Langerman, Pascal Bompard and Christine Dixie. The embossings were hand-cut from copper plate by the artist. The cover, taken from pages of Lucy Lloyd's original notebooks, was screenprinted by the artist. The text was set in 16 and 14 point Plantin by Hirt and Carter and screen printed by hand at Omega Art.


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  1. Bosch (A.) & de Waal (J.) text & van Heerden (W.) photo. ESIAS BOSCH, 191pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., slipcase, Cape Town, 1988. R1,250

  2. Bradlow (E. & F.) THOMAS BOWLER OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, his life and works with a catalogue of extant paintings, with a commentary on the Bowler prints by A. Gordon-Brown, 248pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1955. R1,000

  3. [Burnett (R.) curator] JACKSON HLUNGWANI, 63pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Johannesburg, 1989. R450

Contributors include Lionel Abrahams, Rayda Becker, Ricky Burnett, Aggrey Klaaste and others.


  1. Coetzer (W.H.) MY KWAS VERTEL, 242pp., illus., hardback, d.w. slightly worn, Johannesburg, 1947. R500

  2. Cole (E.) photo. HOUSE OF BONDAGE, introduction by Joseph Lelyveld, text by Ernest Cole and Thomas Flaherty, 192pp., 4to., illus., hardback, d.w., New York, 1967. R950

  3. Cruise (W.) text & Hemp (D.) photo. CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS IN SOUTH AFRICA, 208pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, d.w. slipcase, Cape Town, 1991. R1,750

  4. de Bosdari (C.) ANTON ANREITH, Africa's first sculptor, "less permanent than bronze", 190pp., 4to., illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1954. R550

  5. [Dubow (N.) ed.] PARADISE, the journal and letters (1917-1933) of Irma Stern, 112pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1991. R350

  6. Eloff (Z.) illus. & Hart (S.) text NA DIE LEWE GETEKEN, 'n portefeulje van dieretekeninge, 108pp., oblong 4to., illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 1982. R500

  7. Fairbridge (D.) HISTORIC HOUSES OF SOUTH AFRICA, 191pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., inscription on f.f.e.p., hardback, London, 1922. R2,500

  8. __________ HISTORIC FARMS OF SOUTH AFRICA, the wool, the wheat, and the wine of the 17th and 18th centuries, 194pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., maps, some light foxing, bookplate inside front cover, hardback, a little worn, London, 1931. R1,750

  9. Fransen (H.) & Cook (M.A.) THE OLD HOUSES OF THE CAPE, a survey of the existing buildings in the traditional style of architecture of the Dutch-settled regions of the Cape of Good Hope, 272pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., maps, quarter brown leather, No. 74 of an edition limited to 250 copies signed by the authors, Cape Town, 1965. R2,500

  10. [Geers (K.) ed.] CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICAN ART, the Gencor Collection, 168pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 1997. R850

Contributors include Okwui Enwezor, Kendell Geers, Ashraf Jamal, Elza Miles, Olu Oguibe, Elizabeth Rankin and Marilyn Martin.


  1. Greig (D.E.) HERBERT BAKER IN SOUTH AFRICA, 276pp., 4to., illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1970. R1,500

  2. Grosskopf (J.F.W.) HENDRIK PIERNEEF, die man en sy werk, 98pp., 4to., illus., foxing on the endpapers, hardback, d.w. slightly worn, Pretoria, 1945. R1,750

  3. [Haskins (S.) photo.] COWBOY KATE & OTHER STORIES, 154pp., large 4to., illus., light sello-tape markings on endpapers, d.w., Third impression, London, (1965) 1966. R750

  4. __________ NOVEMBER GIRL, 57pp., large 4to., illus., sello-tape markings on endpapers, hardback, d.w., London, 1967. R500

  5. Hodgkiss (D.) WOODSTOCK GLASS, a history of the South African Glass Company (Limited) and Cook Brothers' Glass Works, both of Papendorp and Woodstock, together with an appendix on the recognition of their known products and illustrations of these, 109pp., illus., map, hardback., d.w., Cape Town, 1971. R400

  6. Keath (M.) HERBERT BAKER, architecture and idealism, 1892-1913, the South African years, 246pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Gibraltar, 1992. R750

  7. [Kennedy (R.F.) comp.] CATALOGUE OF PICTURES IN THE AFRICANA MUSEUM, Vol. 1: A-B, Vol. 2: C-D, Vol. 3: E-L, Vol. 4: M-S, Vol. 5: T-Y and Index, Vol. 6: Supplement: A-G, Vol. 7: Supplement: H-Z and Index to Vols. 6 and 7, 254+250+236+156+246+224+308pp., illus., 4to., hardback, Johannesburg, 1966-1972. R1,000

The seven volumes include all the original pictures in the Museum up to the end of 1970. They include "good, bad and indifferent pictures; some are very bad, but all are interesting as Africana." (R.F.Kennedy) There is "a full description of every picture, a history of its previous ownership, details about the artist and information on its historic and artistic value." (Anna Smith).


  1. __________ CATALOGUE OF PRINTS, in the Africana Museum and in books in the Strange Collection of Africana in the Johannesburg Public Library up to 1870, 2 Vols., 123+123pp., 4to., illus., hardback, Johannesburg, 1975. R850

  2. Kibel (F.) & Dubow (N.) WOLF KIEBEL, a brief sketch of his life and work by Freda Kibel and a critical assessment of his work by Neville Dubow, 84pp., large 4to., b/w & colour illus. (tipped in), hardback, d.w. a little worn, No. 33 of an edition limited to 750 copies, Cape Town, 1968. R750

  3. Levinson (O.) ADOLPH JENTSCH, 102pp., oblong 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1973. R1,150

Text in English, German and Afrikaans.


  1. Lewcock (R.) EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA, a study of the interaction of two cultures 1795-1837, 451pp., 4to., bookplate on endpaper, quarter brown leather, marbled boards, No. 24 of an edition limited to 200 copies signed by the author, Cape Town, 1963. R2,500

  2. Lewis (N.) STUDIO ENCOUNTERS, some reminiscences of a portrait painter, 182pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1963. R300

  3. [Maresch (L.) photo. & Beining (E.) text] MOLO SONGOLOLO, kinder am Kap der Guten Hoffnung, 90pp., illus., paperback, Berlin, 1994. R500

  4. Pearse (G.E.) THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1652-1833, an account of its buildings and the life of its people, 166pp., 4to., illus, maps, hardback, d.w., Pretoria, 1956. R550

  5. Picton-Seymour (D.) VICTORIAN BUILDINGS IN SOUTH AFRICA, including Edwardian & Transvaal Republican styles 1850-1910, a survey of houses, churches, schools, public and commmercial buildings with notes on the materials used, the architects concerned, the use of prefabricated ironmongery and the influence of European styles, 412pp., 4to., illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1977. R550

  6. Reynolds (M.) "EVERYTHING YOU DO IS A PORTRAIT OF YOURSELF", Dorothy Kay, a biography, 490pp., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 1989. R400

  7. [Sack (S.) curator] THE NEGLECTED TRADITION, towards a new history of South African art (1930-1988), 155pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus, paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, 1988. R2,500

  8. Skotnes (C.) illus. & Gray (S.) text THE ASSASSINATION OF SHAKA, by Mhlangane Dingane and Mbopa on 22 September 1828 at Dukuza by which act the Zulu nation first lost its empire, 43pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, d.w. a little worn, Johannesburg, 1974. R750

  9. Sutton (T.) THE DANIELLS, artists and travellers, 200pp., b/w & colour illus., maps, inscription on f.f.e.p., hardback, d.w., London, 1954. R850

  10. Thompson (J.N.) GWELO GOODMAN, South African artist, 152pp., b/w & colour illus., full red leather, d.w., No. 118 of an edition limited to 250 copies signed by the author, London, 1951. R850

EXPLORATION

  1. Bulpett (C.W.L.) A PICNIC PARTY IN WILDEST AFRICA, being a sketch of a winter's trip to some of the unknown waters of the upper Nile, 262pp., illus., folding map, new endpapers, hardback, spine a little faded, London, 1907. R5,500

  2. Burchell (W.J.) TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, with a new introduction by A. Gordon-Brown, 2 Vols., 582+648pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus. (some folding), large folding map loosely inserted, full brown leather, No. 47 of an edition limited to 100 copies, Facsimile reprint, Cape Town, (1822-24) 1967. R3,000

  3. Daniell (S. & W.) SKETCHES REPRESENTING THE NATIVE TRIBES, ANIMALS, AND SCENERY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, from drawings made by the late Mr. Samuel Daniell, engraved by William Daniell, 4to, 48 soft-ground etchings, 48pp. of text, some light foxing at edges, half red leather, marbled boards slightly worn, London, 1820. R25,000

"There appear to have been two editions or issues of this book, one oblong... and the other upright as in the British Museum, and as in Mendelssohn, page 412. The titles in the upright version make 'and Scenery' a separate line.....there seems to be no evidence as to the order of priority." from J.R. Abbey: "Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860", London, 1956.


  1. Kirby (P.R.) JACOB VAN REENEN AND THE GROSVENOR EXPEDITION OF 1790-1791, 142pp., illus., folding maps, hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 1958. R650

  2. Reade (W.) THE AFRICAN SKETCH-BOOK, 2 Vols., 483+529pp., illus., maps (some folding), orig. dec. green boards, both vols have light fishmoth markings, vol. 1 has other small marks on cover, London, 1873. R6,000

Account of Reade's travels to Equatorial Africa, Angola, Senegambia in 1862 and 1863, and the Gold Coast, Slave Coast, Sierra Leone and Liberia from 1868 to 1870.


  1. Ridsdale (B.) SCENES AND ADVENTURES IN GREAT NAMAQUALAND, 293pp., new endpapers, dec. green boards, corners strenghened, London, 1883. R6,500

  2. Thompson (G.) TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, eight years a resident at the Cape, comprising a view of the present state of the Cape Colony, with observations on the progress and prospects of the British emigrants, 508pp., 4to., illus., maps (some folding), hardback, One of an edition limited to 510 copies, Facsimile reprint, London, (1827) 1962. R1,500

  3. [Waterhouse (G.) ed.] SIMON VAN DER STEL'S JOURNEY TO NAMAQUALAND IN 1685, 431pp., 4to., colour illus., bookplate on inside front cover, hardback, d.w., No. 146 of an edition limited to 750, Cape Town, 1979. R3,500

This new edition of the journal contains, for the first time, the 71 surviving drawings in full colour as well as facsimile reproductions of the entire manuscript. There is a new transcription by G.C. de Wet, an English translation of the journal by R.H. Pheiffer and a revised introduction by G. Waterhouse.


  1. __________ SIMON VAN DER STEL'S JOURNAL, of his expedition to Namaqualand, 1685-6, edited from the manuscript in the library of Trinity College, Dublin, 221pp., small 4to., illus., map, some pencil annotations, bookplate on inside front cover, hardback, London, 1932. R2,750

MILITARY HISTORY

  1. Badcock (P.) text & illus. IMAGES OF WAR, 112pp., 4to., illus., hardback, d.w., Durban, 1981. R450

  2. Bridgland (F.) THE WAR FOR AFRICA, twelve months that transformed a continent, 403pp., b/w & colour illus., maps, hardback, d.w., Gilbraltar, 1990. R550

  3. Brink (J.N.) RECOLLECTIONS OF A BOER PRISONER-OF-WAR AT CEYLON, 220pp., illus., map, dec. green boards, Amsterdam, 1904. R950

  4. Capell (Lt.-Col. A.E.) THE 2ND RHODESIA REGIMENT IN EAST AFRICA, 132pp., maps, hardback, covers a little faded, London, 1923. R3,500

  5. Cunynghame (Gen. Sir. A.T.) MY COMMAND IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1874-1878, experiences of travel in the colonies of South Africa and the independent states, 415pp., maps., neatly recased, new endpapers, hardback, London, 1879. R1,500

  6. Els (P.) WE FEAR NAUGHT BUT GOD, the story of the South African Special Forces "The Recces", 249pp., illus., maps, paperback, Pretoria, 2000. R450

Includes a CD of Recces' songs.


  1. Lord (D.) FIRE, FLOOD AND ICE, search and rescue missions of the South African Air Force, 215pp., b/w & colour illus., map, hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 1998. R450

  2. Martin (Lt.-Col. A.C.) THE DURBAN LIGHT INFANTRY, Vol. 1: 1854 to 1934; Vol. 2: 1935 to 1960, 368+487pp., illus., folding maps, some light foxing, hardback, d.w., Durban, 1969. R1,250

  3. Meintjes (J.) SWORD IN THE SAND, the life and death of Gideon Scheepers, 242pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1969. R250

  4. Miller (C.) BATTLE FOR THE BUNDU, the First World War in East Africa, 353pp., illus., maps, hardback, d.w., Book Club Edition, London, 1974. R450

  5. Orpen (N.) & Martin (H.J.) SALUTE THE SAPPERS, Part. 1: The Formation of the South African Engineer Corps and its Operations in East Africa and the Middle East to the Battle of Alamein, Part. 2: The Operations of the South African Engineers Corps, 507+424pp., illus., maps, folding map, hardback, d.w., South African Forces: World War II, Vol. 8 parts 1 & 2, Johannesburg, 1981-1982. R650

  6. Voss (Capt. V.) THE STORY OF NO.1 SQUADRON S.A.A.F., (sometime known as the Billy Boys), 519pp., illus., hardback, Cape Town, 1952. R1,500

  7. Young (P.J.) BOOT AND SADDLE, a narrative record of the Cape Regiment, the British Cape Mounted Riflemen, the Frontier Armed Mounted Police, and the Colonial Cape Mounted Riflemen, 193pp., illus., map, hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1955. R450

SOUTH AFRICAN LITERATURE

  1. Baptist (R. Hernekin) WILD DEER, 347pp., hardback, covers marked, spine faded, London, 1933. R150

R. Hernekin Baptist is the pseudonym of Ethelreda Lewis.


  1. Beiles (S.) TALES, poems, with six woodcuts printed from the original blocks by Cecil Skotnes, 46pp., colour illus., paperback, marks on front cover, Johannesburg, 1972. R750

  2. Benson (M.) AT THE STILL POINT, 242pp., hardback, d.w. a little faded on spine, London, 1971. R450

  3. Breytenbach (B.) MOUROIR, mirrornotes of a novel, 257pp., hardback, d.w., New York, 1984. R450

  4. __________ RETURN TO PARADISE, 224pp., hardback, d.w., New York, 1993. R450

  5. __________ MEMORY OF SNOW AND OF DUST, 308pp., hardback, d.w., London, 1989. R450

  6. __________ JUDAS EYE, and SELFPORTRAIT/ DEATHWATCH, 134pp., hardback, d.w., New York, 1988. R450

  7. Brink (A.) CAPE OF STORMS, the first life of Adamastor, 141pp., illus., map, hardback, d.w., New York, 1993. R450

  8. [Brink (A.) & Coetzee (J.M.) eds.] A LAND APART, a contemporary South African reader, 256pp., paperback, Reprint, New York, (1986) 1987. R150

  9. Ebersohn (W.) STORE UP THE ANGER, 299pp., hardback, d.w., New York, 1981. R450

  10. Emants (M.) A POSTHUMOUS CONFESSION, translated from the Dutch and with an introduction by J.M. Coetzee, 193pp., paperback, London, 1986. R250

  11. Essop (A.) HAJJI MUSA, and the Hindu Fire-Walker, foreword by Lionel Abrahams, 276pp., hardback, d.w., London, (1988). R250

  12. Gordimer (N.) A CORRESPONDENCE COURSE, and other stories, 78pp., paperback, d.w., No. 292 of an edition limited to 350 copies signed and dated by the author, Helsinki, 1986. R1,950

  13. __________ A SPORT OF NATURE, 341pp., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1987. R450

Signed by the author on the title page.


  1. __________ MY SON'S STORY, 277pp., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1990. R450

Signed by the author on the title page.


  1. Gordon (S.) UNFINISHED BUSINESS, a novel of South Africa, 140pp., hardback, d.w., New York, 1975. R450

  2. Lessing (D.) THREE STORIES, 117pp., paperback, d.w., No. 332 of an edition limited to 350 copies signed and dated by the author, Helsinki, 1988. R1,950

  3. Paton (A.) DEBBIE GO HOME, and other stories, 75pp., paperback, d.w., No. 341 of an edition of 350 signed and dated by the author, Helsinki, 1985. R1,950

  4. Schreiner (O.) TROOPER PETER HALKET OF MASHONALAND, 133pp., illus., some foxing, hardback, Boston, 1897. R500

  5. Small (A.) BLACK BRONZE BEAUTIFUL, quatrains, 52pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 1975. R250

NATURAL HISTORY

  1. Baker (J.G.) FLORA OF MAURITIUS AND THE SEYCHELLES, a description of the flowering plants and ferns of those islands, 557pp., green cloth, back faded, London, 1877. R4,500

  2. Bolus (H.) THE ORCHIDS OF THE CAPE PENINSULA, 195pp + 36 colour plates, new endpapers, corners restored, hardback, Second edition, Cape Town, (1888) 1918. R4,000

  3. Bolus (H.M.L.) NOTES ON MESEMBRIANTHEMUM AND SOME ALLIED GENERA, with descriptions of a hundred new species, 156pp., b/w & colour illus., light foxing on the endpapers, hardback, Part 1, Cape Town, 1928. R2,000

Only Part 1 was Published.


  1. Brown (N.E.), Tischer (A.) & Karsten (M.C.) MESEMBRYANTHEMA, descriptions, with chapters on cultivation and general ecology, 323pp., illus., hardback, d.w., London, 1931. R2,500

Text in English, German & Dutch.


  1. Carr (J.D.) THE SOUTH AFRICAN ACACIAS, 323pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 1976. R650

  2. Fabian (A.) illus. & Germishuizen (G.) text TRANSVAAL WILD FLOWERS, 292pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 1982. R850

Signed by the author on the title page.


  1. Giddy (C.) CYCADS OF SOUTH AFRICA, with pencil drawings and diagrams by Barbara Jeppe, 122pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., maps, hardback, d.w., Reprint of the second edition, Cape Town, (1974) 1986. R750

  2. Jeppe (B.) text & illus. SPRING AND WINTER FLOWERING BULBS OF THE CAPE, additional text by Graham Duncan, 143pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1989. R550

  3. Letty (C.) illus. & Dyer (R.A.), Verdoorn (I.C.) & Codd (C.) text WILD FLOWERS OF THE TRANSVAAL, 362pp., 4to., colour illus., orig. half green leather faded to light brown, No. 217 of an edition limited to 600 copies signed by the illustrator, Johannesburg, 1962. R1,250

  4. Letty (C.) illus. & Dyer (R.A.), Verdoorn (I.C.) & Codd (L.E) text VELDBLOMME VAN TRANSVAAL, 361pp., 4to., colour illus., half green leather, spine very faded, No. 59 of an edition limited to 175 copies signed by Cythia Letty, R.A. Dyer, I.C. Verdoorn & L.E. Codd, Pretoria, 1962. R1,250

  5. Linder (H.) & Kurzweil (H.) ORCHIDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 530pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., maps, hardback, d.w., Rotterdam, 1999. R2,000

Signed by the authors on the title page.


  1. [Meredith (D.) ed.] THE GRASSES AND PASTURES OF SOUTH AFRICA, Part 1. The Guide to the Identification of Grasses in South Africa by Lucy K.A. Chippindall. Part 2. Pasture Management in South Africa by Prof. J.D. Scott, Prof. J.J. Theron, D. Meredith and others, 771pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., maps, hardback, d.w., Second impression, Cape Town, (1955) 1959. R750

  2. Priest (Capt. C.D.) THE BIRDS OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA, 4 Vols., 454+553+355+420pp., 4to., illus., map, bookplate, prelims. and edges foxed, hardback, d.w. worn with small pieces missing, London, 1933-1936. R4,500

  3. Reynolds (G.W.) THE ALOES OF TROPICAL AFRICA AND MADAGASCAR, 537pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., map, sello-tape marks on the f.f.e.p., hardback, d.w., Mbabane, 1966. R2,000

  4. __________ THE ALOES OF SOUTH AFRICA, 520pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., some light foxing, hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 1950. R1,750

  5. __________ THE ALOES OF NYASALAND, 54pp., illus., paperback, Blantyre, 1954. R350

  6. Riley (H.P.) FAMILIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 269pp., 4to., colour illus., maps, hardback, d.w., Kentucky, 1963. R750

  7. Sclater (P.L.) & Thomas (O.) THE BOOK OF ANTELOPES, illustrated with hand-coloured plates, the greater number of them drawn (under the immediate supervision of the late Sir Victor Brook, Bart.) by Joseph Wolf, F.Z.S., and by numerous woodcuts, 4 Vols., 220+194+245+242pp., large 4to., 98 (of 100) hand-coloured lithographic plates + 121 wood-engraved illus. in text, some light foxing, brown cloth binding with gilt vignette of antelope on front covers which are all a little fish mothed, corners bumped, the bindings of all 4 volumes are loose, some of the plates have come away from the binding, London, 1894-1900. R75,000

Plates 79 and 80 (of the Sable Antelope) are missing. "The Book of Antelopes" was issued in 17 parts from 1894 to 1900. The first three volumes of this set have the original 'temporary' title pages and 'provisional' contents pages. At the end of Vol. 3 are the original blue covers of Parts IX, X, XI and XII. At the end of Vol. 4 are the final title pages of Vols. 1, 2 and 3, the 6pp. preface Sclater wrote in 1900, the table of contents and lists of text illustrations for all four volumes, plus a 15pp. alphabetical list of abbreviations.


  1. Smith (Prof. J.L.B.) OLD FOURLEGS, the story of the Coelacanth, 260pp., illus., maps, hardback, d.w., London, 1956. R500

  2. __________ HIGH TIDE, 165pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1968. R300

  3. Stewart (J.) et al WILD ORCHIDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 307pp., colour illus., map, hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 1982. R1,000

  4. Vogts (M.) SOUTH AFRICA'S PROTEACEAE, know them and grow them, 240pp., 4to., colour illus., map, hardback, d.w, Second impression, Cape Town, (1982) 1989. R650

  5. Watt (J.M.) & Breyer-Brandwijk (M.G.) THE MEDICINAL AND POISONOUS PLANTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA, being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmacological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 1457pp., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Second edition, London, (1932) 1962. R6,500

A SELECTION FROM SOUTH AFRICAN STOCK

  1. __________ TWENTIETH CENTURY IMPRESSIONS OF ORANGE RIVER COLONY AND NATAL, their history, people, commerce, industries and resources, 667pp., 4to., illus., map, a.e.g., marbled endpapers, full black leather, Natal, 1906. R3,500

  2. Böeseken (A.J.) SIMON VAN DER STEL EN SY KINDERS, 277pp., illus., map, hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1964. R300

  3. Booley (A.) FORGOTTEN HEROES, a history of black rugby 1882-1992, 328pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, Cape Town, 1998. R500

  4. Braatvedt (H.P.) ROAMING ZULULAND WITH A NATIVE COMMISSIONER, 188pp., illus., hardback, d.w. a little worn, Pietermaritzburg, 1949. R750

  5. Bradlow (E. & F.) HERE COMES THE ALABAMA, the career of a Confederate raider, 128pp., illus., map, hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1958. R350

  6. Breytenbach (C.) photo. & Barrow (B.) text THE SPIRIT OF DISTRICT SIX, 88pp., 4to., illus., hardback, Cape Town, 1970. R300

  7. Bull (E.) AIDED IMMIGRATION FROM BRITAIN TO SOUTH AFRICA, 1857 to 1867, 766pp., bookplate on inside front cover, hardback, d.w., Pretoria, 1991. R550

  8. Bull (M.) ABRAHAM DE SMIDT, 1829-1908, artist and surveyor-general of the Cape Colony, 164pp., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1981. R500

  9. Burman (J.) EARLY RAILWAYS AT THE CAPE, 162pp., b/w & colour illus., maps, hardback, Cape Town, 1984. R300

  10. Dargie (D.) XHOSA MUSIC, its techniques and instruments, with a collection of songs, 235pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 1988. R650

  11. de Kok (K.J.) EMPIRES OF THE VELD, being fragments of unwritten history of the two late Boer Republics, with other papers for the most part descriptive of the life and character of the people, 208pp., hardback, Cape Town, 1904. R550

Attached to the f.f.e.p. is a letter from Eva Rose, Africana bookseller in Johannesburg, dated 16 August 1946.


  1. Dhupelia-Mesthrie (U.) FROM CANE FIELDS TO FREEDOM, a chronicle of Indian South African life, 231pp., 4to., illus., hardback, d.w., slipcase, Cape Town, 2000. R750

  2. du Plessis (I.D.) THE CAPE MALAYS, 97pp., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Second edition, Cape Town, (1944) 1947. R300

  3. Gregory (J.) GOODBYE BAFANA, Nelson Mandela, my prisoner, my friend, 378pp., illus., hardback, d.w., London, 1995. R500

Inscribed by the author on f.f.e.p.


  1. Holt (B.) PLACE-NAMES IN THE TRANSKEIAN TERRITORIES, 48pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 1959. R350

  2. Kirby (P.R.) THE TRUE STORY OF THE GROSVENOR EAST INDIAMAN, wrecked on the coast of Pondoland South Africa on 4 August 1782, 266pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1960. R450

  3. Langham-Carter (R.R.) OLD ST GEORGE'S, the story of Cape Town's first cathedral, 90pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1977. R350

  4. McCallum (T.G.) WHITE WOMAN WITCHDOCTOR, tales from the African life of Rae Graham, 247pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 1994. R250

  5. Meer (F.) ROBERT MCBRIDE AND GRETA APELGREN, the Magoos bombing, a sociological report for the defence, 60pp., paperback, Johannesburg, No date. R200

  6. [Meer (F.) ed.] RESISTANCE IN TOWNSHIPS, 274pp., paperback, Durban, 1989. R200

  7. Melliss (J.C.) ST. HELENA, a physical, historical and topographical description of the island including its geology, fauna, flora and meteorology, the botanical plates from original drawings by Mrs. J.C. Melliss, 425pp., b/w & colour illus. (8 tinted lithographs and 38 coloured lithographs), 2 maps (of the Southern Atlantic and St. Helena) and a geological section through the island of St. Helena, marbled endpapers, full brown leather, embossed with armorial device of St. Helena, a little worn along edges, London, 1875. R25,000

J.C.Mellis (1835-1911) was born on St. Helena where his father was an officer of the St. Helena Artillary. He was appointed as goverment surveyor in St. Helena from 1860 to 1871 when he retired to England.


Mining

  1. Boyle (F.) TO THE CAPE FOR DIAMONDS, a story of digging experiences in South Africa, with comments and criticisms, political, social, and miscellaneous, upon the present state and future prospects of the Diamond Fields, 415 pp., folding map, dec. green boards, top and bottom of spine a little worn, corners slightly bumped, London, 1873. R5,000

  2. Kassner (T.) GOLD SEEKING IN SOUTH AFRICA, a handbook of hints for intending explorers, prospectors and settlers, with a chapter of agricultural prospects of South Africa, 134+32pp. adverts, illus., folding maps, light foxing on prelims, dec. brown boards, London, 1902. R1,000

  3. McNish (J.T.) THE ROAD TO EL DORADO, 295pp., illus., map, hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1968. R350

Inscribed by the author on the title page.


  1. Mennell (F.P.) THE MINER'S GUIDE, a practical handbook for prospectors, working miners and mining men generally, 196pp., illus., hardback, London, 1909. R650

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  1. Mossop (E.E.) OLD CAPE HIGHWAYS, 202pp., illus., maps, inscription on f.f.e.p., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, (1927). R550

  2. Murray (M.) UNDER LION'S HEAD, earlier days at Green Point and Sea Point, 168pp., 4to., quarter green leather, marbled boards, Cape Town, 1964. R950

  3. Nielsen (P.) THE MATABELE AT HOME, 73pp., illus., new endpapers, light foxing on prelims., hardback, Bulawayo, 1913. R850

  4. Nimmo (A.) THE KNYSNA STORY, 152pp., b/w & colour illus., maps, hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1976. R500

  5. [Noble (R) ed.] THE CAPE AND ITS PEOPLE, and other essays by South African writers, 408pp., uncut, hardback, Cape Town, 1869. R750

Includes "The Bushman Language" by Dr. W.H.I. Bleek and "Earth Measurements in the Northern Hemishere and the Southern" by Sir Thomas Maclear.


  1. Open School TWO DOGS AND FREEDOM, children of the townships speak out, 55pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 1986. R200

Children were asked to describe in words and pictures their lives in South Africa in 1986.


  1. [Pistorius (P.) et al eds.] TEXTURE AND MEMORY, the urbanism of District Six, 128pp., 4to., illus., maps, paperback, Second edition, Cape Town, (1997) 2002. R450

  2. Preller (G.S.) OLD PRETORIA, brief story of the city's Voortrekker-period, 78+84pp., pict. grey paper wraps, Pretoria, 1938. R300

Text in English and Afrikaans.


  1. [Raven-Hart (R.) ed.] CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1652-1702, the first fifty years of Dutch colonisation as seen by callers, 2 Vols., 222+527pp., 4to., illus., maps, hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1971. R1,500

  2. Redgrave (J.J.) PORT ELIZABETH IN BYGONE DAYS, 552pp., illus., folding maps, hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1947. R450

  3. Rose (J.) THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN, the remarkable life of Dr. James Miranda Barry, the woman who served as an officer in the British Army from 1813 to 1859, 160pp., illus., hardback, d.w., London, 1977. R300

Schoeman (Karel)

  1. Schoeman (K.) VRYSTAATSE ERFENIS, bouwerk en geboue in die 19de eeu, 152pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1982. R500

Signed by the author.


  1. __________ ONLY AN ANGUISH TO LIVE HERE, Olive Schreiner and the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, 239pp., illus., map, hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1992. R300

  2. __________ DIE KORT SENDINGLOOPBAAN VAN SOPHIA BURGMANN, 1805-1812, 97pp., illus., map, paperback, Cape Town, 1994. R250

Signed by the author.


  1. __________ 'A THORN BUSH THAT GROWS IN THE PATH', the missionary career of Ann Hamilton, 1815-1823, 94pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 1995. R250

Signed by the author.


  1. __________ VERKENNING, [novel], 395pp., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1996. R250

Signed by the author.


  1. __________ HIERDIE LEWE, [novel], 211pp., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1993. R250

Signed by the author.


  1. __________ VERLIESFONTEIN, [novel], 246pp., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 1998. R250

Signed by the author.


  1. __________ AFSKEID EN VERTREK, [novel], 252pp., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1990. R250

Signed by the author.


  1. __________ DIE WÊRELD VAN DIE DIGTER, 'n boek oor Sutherland en die Roggeveld ter ere van N.P. van Wyk Louw, 224pp., illus., map, hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1986. R250

Signed by the author.


  1. __________ DIE MOORD OP HESJE VAN DER MERWE, 19 Oktober 1837, 50pp., illus., paperback, Calvinia, 1995. R150

Signed by the author.


  1. [Schoeman (K.) ed.] THE RECOLLECTIONS OF ELIZABETH ROLLAND (1803-1901), with various documents on the Rolland family and the Free State mission of Beersheba, 152pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Vrijstatia Series 8, Cape Town, 1987. R250

Signed by the editor.


  1. __________ THE BLOEMFONTEIN DIARY OF LIEUT.W.J.ST JOHN 1851-1853, 120pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Vrijstatia Series 9, Cape Town, 1988. R250

Signed by the editor.


  1. __________ PEN PICTURES OF THE PAST, by Maude Bidwell, 117pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Vrijstatia Series 5, Cape Town, 1986. R250

Signed by the editor.


  1. __________ WITNESSES TO WAR, personal documents of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) from the collections of the South African Library, 176pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 1998. R250

Signed by the editor.


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  1. Theal (G.McC.) BASUTOLAND RECORDS, 1833-1868, 3 vols. in 4, 894+40pp. index., hardback, Fascimile reprint, Cape Town, (1883) 1964. R1,500

Vol. I: 1833-1852 (contains a new introduction), Vol. II: 1853-1861, Vol. IIIa: 1862-1865 and Vol. IIIb: 1865-1868 (a new idex of the entire work.)


Transvaal

  1. Dicke (B.H.) THE BUSH SPEAKS, border life in old Transvaal, 421pp., illus., hardback, d.w. with darkened spine, Pietermaritzburg, 1936. R1,250

  2. Leyds (W.J.) THE TRANSVAAL SURROUNDED, a continuation of "The First Annexation of the Transvaal", 603pp., folding map, bookplate on f.f.e.p., inscriptions on inside front cover, hardback with ownership signature on the front cover, London, 1919. R1,000

  3. __________ THE FIRST ANNEXATION OF THE TRANSVAAL, 378pp., folding map, hardback covers a little worn, London, 1906. R750

  4. [Platnauer (E.J.L) ed.] SPORT AND PASTIME IN THE TRANSVAAL, including biographical sketches of Transvaal sportsmen, 256pp., illus., hardback, a little worn, Johannesburg, 1908. R550

  5. Rose (E.B.) THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TRANSVAAL, a record of facts based upon twelve years' residence in the country, 358pp., missing the title label on spine, hardback, London, 1902. R750

  6. Wilson (D.M.) BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE TRANSVAAL, 283pp., hardback covers a little worn, London, 1901. R300

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MISCELLANEOUS

  1. Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs TWO YEARS OF GERMAN OPPRESSION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 151pp., paperback, edges foxed throughout, London, 1941. R250

  2. Frey (A.) IN SEARCH OF A LIVING ARCHITECTURE, 93pp., illus., spiralbound oblong 4to., paperback, New York, 1939. R750

  3. Government of India THE TIGER STRIKES, THE TIGER KILLS, the story of the Indian divisions in the North African Campaign, THE TIGER TRIUMPHS, the story of three great divisions in Italy, 165+195+212pp., illus., maps, hardback (modern rebinding), Calcutta and London, 1942, 1944 and 1946. R500

'The Tiger Strikes' is a short record of the exploits of the troops in the 4th and 5th Indian Divisions in the Middle East from December 1940 to July 1941, from Sidi Barrani to the capture of Damascus. 'The Tiger Kills' is the story of the Indian Divisions, and the British and Indian troops in them, and the part they took in the campaign in North Africa between June, 1941, and the final victory in Tunisia. 'The Tiger Triumphs' is the story of the Fourth , Eighth and Tenth Indian Divsions at the battle of Cassino, the capture of Rome, the Arno Valley and the liberation of Florence and the breaking of the Gothic Line.


  1. Jenkins (J.) THE MARTIAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND HER ALLIES FROM 1799 TO 1815, 53 hand-coloured aquatints (title page, dedication page with the coat of arms of the Duke of Wellington and 51 views of military scenes and battles), marbled endpapers, large 4to., half red leather, rubbed at corners, hinges and raised bands, hinges weak, marbled boards,, London, (1814-15). R42,000

Text pages are watermarked 1810 and 1812. Includes the battles of Corunna, Salamanca, Seville, Vittoria and Waterloo, the burning of Moscow, the flight of Bonaparte from the Battle of Krasnoi and Russia.


  1. Lowell (P.) MARS AS THE ABODE OF LIFE, 288pp., illus., red cloth, spine very faded, Reprint, New York, (1908) 1910. R450

  2. Masse (J.-N.) PETIT ATLAS COMPLET D'ANATOMIE DESCRIPTIVE DU CORPS HUMAIN, augmentee des tableaux synoptiques d'anatomie descriptive, 112 colour plates each with one page of descriptive text + 116pp., small 8vo., half dark blue leather, marble boards, Fifth edition, Paris, 1862. R1,500

  3. Murdock (Iris) SOMETHING SPECIAL, four poems and a story, 78pp., paperback, d.w.,, No. 246 of an edition limited to 350 copies signed and dated by the author on the title page, Helsinki, 1990. R2,250

  4. People's Commissariat of Justice of the U.S.S.R. REPORT OF THE COURT PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF THE ANTI-SOVIET TROTSKYITE CENTRE, heard before the Military Colleguim of the Supreme Court of the U.S.S.R. Moscow, January 23-30, 1937 In Re: Y.L. Pyatakov, K.B. Radek, G.Y. Sokolnikov, L.P. Serebryakov, N.I. Muralov, Y.A. Livshitz, Y.N. Drobnis, M.S .Boguslavsky, I.A. Knyazev, S.A. Rataichak, B.O. Norkin, A.A. Shestov, M.S. Stroilov, Y.D. Turok, I.Y. Hrasche, G.E. Puskin, V.V. Arnnold, accused of treason against the country, espionage, acts of diversion, wrecking activities and the preparation of terrorist acts, i.e., of crimes covered by Articles 58 1a, 58 8, 58 9 and 58 11 of the Criminal Code of the R.S.F.S.R., verbatim report, 580pp., hardback a little worn, Moscow, 1937. R500

  5. Stevens (Lieut.-Col.G.R.) FOURTH INDIAN DIVISION, 432pp., illus., maps, hardback, covers soiled, Toronto, (c.1948). R500

  6. [Thackeray (W.)] NOTES OF A JOURNEY FROM CORNHILL TO GRAND CAIRO, by way of Lisbon, Athens, Constantinople and Jerusalem, performed in the steamers of the Peninsular and Oriental Company by M.A.Titmarsh, 221+24pp. adverts., handcoloured frontispiece, a little foxing, dec. red cloth neatly rebacked, Second edition, London, (1846) 1846. R950

  7. Venendaal (J.) FURNITURE FROM INDONESIA, SRI LANKA AND INDIA, during the Dutch period, 186pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., map, bookplate on front inside cover, hardback, d.w., Deft, 1985. R1,250

  8. Wasserman (K.) THE BOOK AS ART, artists' books from the National Museum of the Women in Arts, 191pp., colour illus., 4to., hardback, Catalogue of the exhibition, New York, 2007. R500

  9. Weinreich (M.) HITLER'S PROFESSORS, the part of scholarship in Germany's crimes against the Jewish people, 291pp., paperback a little worn, spine faded, New York, 1946. R250

  10. Wyllie (W.L. & Mrs.) text and illus. LONDON TO THE NORE, 260pp., 60 plates in colour with titled tissue guards, some foxing throughout especially on endpapers, t.e.g., dec. boards, London, 1905. R950

AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - ANGLO-BOER WAR, ZULU WAR and other Southern African wars

  1. Binda (A.) SAINTS, the Rhodesian Light Infantry, compiled and edited by Chris Cocks, 544pp., 4to., maps, b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2007. R750

  2. Bothma (L.) BUFFEL STRUIKEL, 'n storie van 32 Bataljon en sy mense, 383pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Reprint, Bloemfontein, (2006) 2007. R280

  3. Branquinho (L.) FANTASY INDUSTRY, perceptions of the South African special forces in the media, 31pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R130

  4. Crook (L.) ARTILLERY OF THE ANGLO-BOER WAR, 1899-1902, a comprehensive study of the artillerymen of both sides in the conflict and of their armament, their horses and much else that concerns a gunner, 336pp., 4to., illus., hardback, d.w., Bloemfontein, 2003. R660

  5. Els (P.) ONGULUMBASHE, die begin van die bosoorlog, 234pp., illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2004. R180

  6. Jones (H.) BOILING CAULDRON, Utrecht District and the Anglo-Zulu war, 1879, 379pp., maps, illus., hardback, d.w., Bisley, 2006. R850

  7. Rattray (D.) SOLDIER-ARTIST IN ZULULAND, William Whitelocke Lloyd and the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879, 259pp., 4to., maps, b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., folded map in pocket at the end of the book, Rorke's Drift, 2007. R1,700

Lieutenant William Whitelocke Lloyd (1856-1897) was an officer of the 1st Battalion of the 24th (Second Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot and saw active service in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. He was also an artist and his collection of water-colour paintings and sketches of his time in South Africa (January 1878 - September 1879) were only uncovered in 2000. David Rattray, the Zulu War historian, has written a detailed account of the war and of William Whitelocke's role to accompany the beautiful illustrations. David Rattray was murdered just before the book was published.


  1. __________ DAY OF THE DEAD MOON, the story of the Anglo-Zulu war 1879, Part 1: Preamble to the Battle of Isandlwana, Part 2: The Battle of Isandlwana, Part 3: Chelmsford's story and the events at Fugitives' Drift, Part 4: Rorke's Drift, Part 5: Ulundi - the final chapter, 5 CDs, Rorke's Drift, 1994. R495

David Rattray's wonderful and moving account of the Zulu War.


  1. Stassen (N.) & van der Heyden (U.) GERMAN PUBLICATIONS ON THE ANGLO-BOER WAR, Duitse publikasies oor die Anglo-Boereoorlog, Deutsche publikazionen uber den Anglo-Burenkrieg, 88pp., hardback, Pretoria, 2007. R155

Text in English, German and Afrikaans.


  1. Steenkamp (W.) BORDERSTRIKE, South Africa into Angola 1975-1980, 359pp.,4to., illus., paperback, Third edition, Durban, (1983) 2007. R320

  2. __________ FREEDOM PARK, roots and solutions, 20pp., paperback, Durban, 2007. R75

'The controversy about whether the names of the SADF's dead of 1950-1990 should be placed on the wall of remembrance at Freedom Park....".


  1. Sweet (R.) PHAMBILI BO, the story of Natal's Spitfire Squadron, 62pp., illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R65

  2. Thompson (J.) DIT WAS OORLOG, van afkak tot bosbefok, 238pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R140

First published in English in 2006 as "An Unpopular War".


  1. van den Berg (D.) CHARLIE'S OMEGA, 118pp., 4to., maps, colour illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R620

An informal history of 31 Battalion (Omega Base) in central Caprivi.


  1. Warren (C.) STICK LEADER, R.L.I., 306pp., illus., paperback + DVD, Durban, 2007. R435

Charlie Warren served from 1974-1980 in 3 Commando, Rhodesian Light Infantry.


AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - ANTHROPOLOGY & CULTURAL STUDIES

  1. Fair (K.) & Florens (A.) ZULU, traditional customs and culture, 129pp., oblong 4to., colour illus., hardback, d.w., Durban, 2006. R195

  2. [Karp (I.) et al eds.] MUSEUM FRICTIONS, public cultures-global transformations, 602pp., illus., paperback, Durham, 2006. R295

Includes "The Reappearance of the Authentic" by Martin Hall, "Transforming Museums on Post-Apartheid Tourist Routes" by Leslie Witz, "Community Museums, Memory Politics and Social Transformation in South Africa: histories, possibilities and limits" by Ciraj Rassool, "The Museum Outdoors: heritage, cattle and permeable borders in the South Western Kruger National Park" by David Bunn.


  1. [Kent (S.) ed.] CULTURAL DIVERSITY AMONG TWENTIETH-CENTURY FORAGERS, an African perspective, 344pp., maps, illus., paperback, Reprint, Cambridge, (1996) 2006. R350

Contributors include George Silberbauer, Alan Barnard, Thomas Widlok and many others.


  1. Mallett (L.) HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE OF MALAY CAMP, KIMBERLEY, a light-hearted look at the living of folks of all nationalities, colours, cultures, customs, beliefs and religions, 157pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Sol Plaatje Education Trust, Kimberley, 2006. R230

  2. [Ntarangwi (M.) et al eds.] AFRICAN ANTHROPOLOGIES, history, critique and practice, 274pp., paperback, London, 2006. R150

Includes "The Teaching of Anthropology in Zimbabwe over the Past Forty Years: continuities and discontinuities" by Victor Muzvidziwa.


AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - ARCHAEOLOGY & ETHNOGRAPHY (including Khoisan studies)

  1. Blundell (G.) NQABAYO'S NOMANSLAND, San rock art and the somatic past, 204pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Uppsala University & University of the Witwatersrand, Uppsala & Johannesburg, 2004. R210

  2. Campion (D.) photo. & Shields (S.) text WHERE FIRE SPEAKS, a visit with the Himba, 165pp., map, illus., paperback, Vancouver, 2003. R175

  3. Eastwood (E. & C.) CAPTURING THE SPOOR, an exploration of southern African rock art, 216pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R265

Rock art of the central Limpopo basin. The Eastwoods "discuss the rock art of cultural groups other than the San....the work of four formerly distinct groups: people of European descent, the Northern Sotho and Venda, the Khoekhoen and the San".


  1. Esterhuysen (A.) STERKFONTEIN, early hominid site in the 'Cradle of Humankind', 64pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R95

  2. [Hariharan (V.) & Collett (C.) prods.] MUSIC OF THE KALAHARI SAN, instrumental pieces and songs of the healing dance, CD, Kalahari Peoples Fund, Austin, 2005. R140

Recorded with San musicians in Namibia and Botswana between 1950 and 1975 by Marjorie Shostak, Megan Biesele, John Marshall, Nicolas England and Richard Katz.


  1. Keeney (B.) BUSHMAN SHAMAN, awakening the spirit through ecstatic dance, 231pp., paperback, Vermont, 2005. R170

  2. [Keeney (B.) ed.] KALAHARI BUSHMEN HEALERS, profiles of healing, 128pp., maps, colour illus., hardback + CD, Philadelphia, 1999. R650

  3. [Kinahan (J.) & (J.) eds.] AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY NETWORK, research in progress, 247pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Studies in the African Past Vol. 5, Windhoek & Dar es Salaam, 2006. R190

  4. Legal Assistance Centre "OUR LAND THEY TOOK", San land rights under threat in Namibia, 77pp., 4to., maps, colour illus., paperback, Windhoek, 2006. R195

  5. Marais (E.) RAIN BULL, and other tales from the San, 48pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2007. R120

First published in Afrikaans in 1921.


  1. Robbins (D.) ON THE BRIDGE OF GOODBYE, the story of South Africa's discarded San soldiers, 229pp., map, illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R140

  2. Skotnes (P.) CLAIM TO THE COUNTRY, the archive of Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd, 388pp., 4to., maps, b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w. + CD-ROM, Johannesburg & Ohio, 2007. R350

"Including the complete |xam and !kun texts given by |a !kunta, ||kabbo, =kasin, Dia !kwain, !kweiten ta ||ken and !han=kass'o; also the boys |uma, Tamme, !nanni and Da, along with their watercolours and drawings, never before published in their entirety, with selected photographs, documents, letters and notes including contributions from Jemima Bleek and Dorothea Bleek, and contributions from John Parkington, Nigel Penn, John Wright, Anthony Traill, Anne Solomon, Roger Hewitt, Stephen Watson, David Lewis-Williams, Pippa Skotnes, and Eustacia Riley". The CD-ROM contains 13,000 pages of notebooks and 500 watercolours and drawings.


  1. Smuts (H.) THREADS OF KNOWING, tracing the meaning of southern African rock art, a resource book for educators, 36pp., oblong 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback + folding poster, Origins Centre, Rock Art Research Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, (2006). R95

South African Archaeological Society

  1. __________ SOUTH AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL BULLETIN, Vol. 60, No. 182, 128pp., 4to., maps, illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R100

  2. __________ SOUTH AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL BULLETIN, Vol. 61, No. 184, 218pp., 4to., maps, illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R100

  3. __________ SOUTH AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL BULLETIN, Vol. 61, No. 183, 130pp., 4to., maps, illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R75

  4. [Blundell (G.) ed.] FURTHER APPROACHES TO SOUTHERN AFRICAN ROCK ART, Goodwin Series Vol. 9, 113pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R100

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  1. Thomas (E.) OLD WAY, a story of the first people, 343pp., map, illus., hardback, d.w, New York, 2006. R250

Elizabeth Thomas is the author of "The Harmless People".


  1. [Wadley (L.) & Whitelaw (G.) eds.] MIDDLE STONE AGE RESEARCH AT SIBUDU CAVE, 341pp., maps, illus., paperback, Southern African Humanities, Natal Museum, Volume 18 (1), November 2006, Pietermaritzburg, 2006. R225

AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - ART, ARCHITECTURE, FILM, PHOTOGRAPHY & MUSIC

  1. __________ PARCOURS DES MONDES 2006, 140pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Paris, 2006. R195

Exhibition held in various galleries on the left bank of Paris showing art from Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania.


  1. __________ AVANT CAR GUARD, by Zander Blom, Jan-Henri Booyens & Michael MacGarry, 22pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R95

  2. __________ FIBREWORKS, major minors, South African fibreworks exhibition, 69pp., colour illus., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2003. R75

  3. __________ FIBREWORKS, major minors II, South African fibreworks exhibition, 73pp., colour illus., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2005. R75

  4. __________ START, the Nivea Art Award, 20pp., colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, KwaZulu-Natal Society of Art, Durban, 2006. R50

  5. __________ EXHIBITION, Deborah Weber/James Hoets, 7+7pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Bell Roberts Contemporary Art Gallery, Cape Town, no date. R45

  6. [Addleson (J.) curator] TREVOR MAKHOBA, memorial exhibition, 114pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Durban Art Gallery, Durban, 2005. R95

The Trevor Makhoba Memorial Exhibition was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances and none of the one hundred paintings selected to be shown at the exhibition were able to be reproduced for the catalogue. Essays by Brendan Bell, Bruce Campbell Smith, Philippa Hobbs and many others.


  1. Addleson (J.) et al CYPRIAN MPHO SHILAKOE REVISITED, (born 1946 - died 1972), an exhibition of paintings, prints and sculptures, 96pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Durban Art Gallery, Durban, 2006. R95

Essays by Linda Givon, Elizabeth Rankin, Philippa Hobbs and others.


  1. [Alvim (F.) curator] OBSERVATORIO / SD / OBSERVATORY, 208pp., oblong 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Institut Valenciá, 2006. R450

Art from the Sindika Dokolo collection. Essays by Simon Njama and Consuelo Casabán. South African artists include Tracey Rose, Minette Vari, Bernie Searle, William Kentridge, Kendell Geers. Text in English and Spanish.


  1. Bernadó (J.) photo. & Bauret (G.) text VERY VERY BAD NEWS, 280pp., oblong 4to., colour illus., hardback, Barcelona, 2007. R450

Spanish photographer Jordi Bernadó takes colour photographs of cities including Cape Town.


  1. [Biggs (C.) photo.] STELLENBOSCH, op die drumpel, 157pp., oblong 4to., illus., paperback, Stellenbosch, 2006. R232

Essays by David Botha, Victor Honey and Charles Biggs.


  1. Blignaut (J.) et al WASTE AT WORK CATALOGUE 2006, 42pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R60

"Waste at Work 2006" is the first of a series of bi-annual exhibitions implementing creative methods of resolving waste challenges in the business sector. The participating artists are Johan Thom, Nomthunzi Mashalaba, Nandipha Mntambo and Lien Botha.


  1. Bolsmann (E.) PRETORIA ART MUSEUM, the German contribution, 200pp., b/w & colour illus., hardback, Pretoria, 2005. R245

Artists include Jean Welz, Pranas Domsaits, Alice Goldin, Katrine Harris, Adolph Jeutsch and Helmut Starke.


  1. Bonacossa (I.) MARLENE DUMAS, 108pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Milan, 2006. R300

  2. Boshoff (W.) et al ALT POP, Jacques Coetzer, art inspired by doubt, faith and survival in the middle lane, 130pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Bell Roberts Contemporary Art Gallery, Cape Town, 2006. R175

  3. Botha (A.) MARJORIE WALLACE, drif en vreugde, 160pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R172

The artist Marjorie Wallace was born in Scotland but lived most of her life in Onrust with her husband, writer Jan Rabie.


  1. Bourgoin (P.) et al TRIBAL ART IN EUROPE, museums, antiques dealers, auctioneers, experts, booksellers, fairs and shows, 242pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Paris, 2004. R275

Text in English and French.


  1. [Breckenridge (C.) et al eds.] COSMOPOLITANISM, 241pp., paperback, Durham, 2002. R325

Includes T.K. Biaya: "'Crushing the Pistachio': eroticism in Senegal and the art of Ousmane Ndiaye Dajo".


  1. [Breton (S.) ed.] QU'EST-CE QU'UN CORPS?, Afrique de l'Ouest/Europe occidentale/Nouvelle-Guinee/Amazonie, 215pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Musee du Quai Branly, Paris, 2007. R650

Text in French.


  1. Bright (S.) ART PHOTOGRAPHY NOW, 224pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Reprint, London, (2005) 2006. R422

Includes South African photographers Zwelethu Mthethwa and Koto Bolofo.


  1. Carman (J.) UPLIFTING THE COLONIAL PHILISTINE, Florence Phillips and the making of the Johannesburg Art Gallery, 425pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R180

CDs and DVDs made by Dr Dave Dargie of the University of Fort Hare Music Department

  1. __________ MUSIC OF THE INDIGENOUS CHRISTIAN CHURCHES, 7 CDs + 26pp. booklet, Fort Hare, 2006. R1,045

a) Zionist Songs from Ngcuka and Tylden 1985, b) Zionist Church Service, Gugulethu 12/1/1986, c) Zionist Church Service, Gugulethu 19/1/1986 (2 CDs), d) Zionist Songs from Kirkwood and Maseru 1986, e) Zionist Church Service Joza 6/4/1986 (2 CDs).


  1. __________ AFRICAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, MUSICIANS AND MUSICAL TECHNIQUES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, a display of photos with accompanying recordings, CD-ROM (with 161 photos.) + 4 CDs + 17pp. stapled booklet, 4to., Fort Hare, 2005. R765

  2. __________ CONCERT AT NGQOKO, dance styles, songs and instruments of traditional Xhosa music, including umngqokolo overtone singing, performed by the Ngqoko Xhosa Music Ensemble, at Ngqoko, 22/3/996, and PERFORMANCE AT THE HOME OF NOFINISHI DYWILI, 5/11/1998, a close-up look at the techniques and instruments of traditional Xhosa music, including umngqokolo ngomgangi overtone singing, performed by the Ngqoko Music Ensemble, 2 DVDs + 46pp. booklet, Fort Hare, 2005. R480

  3. __________ XHOSA MUSIC IN HOGSBACK, traditional music of the Thembu people of the Hogsback area of South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, 1996-1998, DVD + 12pp. booklet, Fort Hare, 2006. R190

  4. __________ TWO IMIGIDI AT HOGSBACK, traditional Xhosa feasts with songs and dances, aspects of Xhosa culture as practised in 1996 in the historically important Tyhume River area, DVD + 13pp. booklet, Fort Hare, 2006. R190

  5. __________ XHOSA MUSIC, (part 1), DVD, Fort Hare, 2006. R190

Made in 1985 in Ngqoko village, Lady Frere district.


  1. __________ ISIPHUTHUMO AT HOGSBACK, the installation of a Xhosa diviner, DVD + 12pp. booklet, Fort Hare, 2006. R190

Recorded in September 1997.


  1. __________ XHOSA MUSIC, (part 2), DVD + 16pp. booklet, Fort Hare, 2005. R190

Recorded in 1985 + 1998 in Lady Frere district.


  1. Dargie (D.) INKONZO YASEZIYONI, Xhosa Zionist Christian Church service, Ngqoko 1985, DVD + 12pp. booklet, Fort Hare, 2005. R190

  2. __________ XHOSA MUSIC TERMINOLOGY, how traditional Thembu Xhosa musicians speak and think about their music, 25pp., illus., paperback, Fort Hare, 2005. R40

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  1. [Claerhout (F.) illus.] PARABLES, 21pp., colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Stellenbosch Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, 2007. R180

Eight parables from the Bible painted by Father Frans Claerhout in the 1980s and narrated by Rev. Johann Symington.


  1. [Clarke-Brown (G.) ed.] THE SOUTH AFRICAN ART INFORMATION DIRECTORY 07, 205pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R119

  2. Coetzee (C.) HAROLD VOIGT, the poetry of sight, 202pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2006. R513

Harold Voigt is a South African painter.


  1. [Colombo (P.) ed.] MOSHEKWA LANGA, 90pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo, Rome, 2006. R310

Text in English and Italian.


  1. [Comley (R.) et al eds.] WOMEN BY WOMEN, 50 years of women's photography in South Africa, 272pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2006. R350

Photographers include Tracey Derrick, Zanele Muholi, Lisa Skinner, Jillian Edelstein, Berni Searle, Ruth Motau, Ellen Elmendorp and many others. Includes "On Both Sides Now: fifty years of South African women behind and in front of the lens" by Penny Siopis and "The Early Years: notes on South African photography before the eighties" by Pam Warner.


  1. Cronje (C.) SONJA, meisie van Nigel, 'n lewensverhaal, 316pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R189

Sonja Herholdt is a popular Afrikaans singer.


  1. Daix (P.) PICASSO, l'Africain, 71pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva, 1998. R550

Text in French.


  1. Dodd (A.) HUMAN CURRENTS, Kim Lieberman, 55pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Art on Paper Gallery, Johannesburg, 2006. R160

  2. Dosunmu (A.) photo. & Robinson (K.) text AFRICAN GAME, 255pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Massachusetts, 2006. R395

Filmmaker and photographer Andrew Dosunmu and writer Knox Robinson documented African soccer in the lead-up to and during the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations in Cairo, Egypt.


  1. [du Plessis (I.) comp.] ERFDEEL, Koos du Plessis, 269pp., illus., paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (2004) 2005. R190

Koos du Plessis (1945-1984) was a well-known Afrikaans composer. This is a collection of biographical essays plus his poetry and lyrics.


  1. Dube (P.) DUMILE FENI RETROSPECTIVE, Johannesburg Art Gallery, 248pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Catalogue of the exhibition, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, 2006. R390

  2. Dubow (J.) et al LOST LIGHT, fugitive images from deep space, Karel Nel, 43pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, 2007. R160

  3. Duncan (P.) text & von der Schulenburg (F.) photo. DOWN SOUTH TWO, more homes and interiors in South Africa, 182pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2007. R350

  4. Englund (P.) photo. & Figlan (M.) et al text BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE, 143pp., b/w & colour illus., hardback, Sweden, 2006. R350

Photographic essay on the townships outside of Cape Town.


  1. Falgayrettes-Leveau (C.) & Sankalé (S.) SÉNÉGAL CONTEMPORAIN, 115pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Musée Dapper, Paris, 2006. R350

  2. Fransen (H.) OLD TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF THE CAPE, a survey of the origin and development of towns, villages and hamlets at the Cape of Good Hope, with particular reference to their physical and historical townscape, 368pp., 4to., maps, illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2006. R496

  3. [Fuchs (R.) & Lacagnina (S.) curators] MARLENE DUMAS + MARIJKE WARMERDAM, 112pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibitions, Cologne, 2006. R495

"In June 2004, Marijke and Marlene made an exhibition together in Montevergini Galleria Civica d'Arte Contemporanea di Siracusa, Sicily, with title "Con vista al celestiale" which means "with a view towards the elevated".....In September 2004 the former exhibition travelled to the Bawag Foundation in Vienna. The selection of works changed slightly in reaction to the space. It was now called "Hin und Weiter" which means "From here and further".


  1. Godby (M.) DAVID GOLDBLATT, Hasselblad Award 2006, 84pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, 2006. R395

  2. Goldblatt (D.) photos & text SOME AFRIKANERS REVISITED, with essays by Antjie Krog and Ivor Powell, 235pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R395

300 numbered hardback copies signed by David Goldblatt also available @ R850. "Some Afrikaners" was published in 1975. This edition tells how Goldblatt conceived and designed the original book and also shows the photographs in the original uncropped version.


Graphic Art

  1. Bloch (J.) illus. DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL, 18pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, (2007). R35

  2. Kannemeyer (A.) & Botes (C.) BIG BAD BITTERKOMIX HANDBOOK, 217pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R295

Also available in hardback @ R395. Includes essays by Garth Walker, Antjie Krog, Rita Barnard, Ryk Hattingh, Gregory Kerr and others.


  1. Marisa (J.) AWAKENINGS, issue one, 40pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R65

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  1. [Grové (I.) ed.] KONSERVATORIUM, 1905-2005, die Departement Musiek en die Konservatorium aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch by geleentheid van die Eeufees 1905-2005, 150pp., oblong 4to., illus., hardback, Stellenbosch, 2005. R235

  2. Harmsen (F.) ART OF SANTA SOPHIA, 57pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2002. R115

Santa Sophia, the Institute for Catholic Education in Waterkloof, Pretoria, has a collection of South African art, including works by Maud Sumner, Armando Baldinelli, Duke Ketyl and Cecil Skotnes.


  1. Harrison (R.) BLACK CHRIST, a journey to freedom, 180pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R130

"The Black Christ" was painted by Ronald Harrison. Chief Albert Luthuli's face was the model for Christ and the two centurions were modelled on John Vorster and Hendrik Verwoerd. The painting was unveiled in 1962, then hidden and taken abroad. The artist was tortured and imprisoned. The painting was returned to South Africa in 1997.


  1. Hess (J.) ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN POSTCOLONIAL AFRICA, 209pp., illus., paperback, Jefferson, 2006. R295

  2. [Hobbs (P.) ed.] MESSAGES AND MEANING, the MTN art collection, 301pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2006. R720

Includes essays by Wilma Cruise, Colin Richards, Andries Oliphant, Nessa Leibhammer, Khwezi Gule, Clive Kellner, Elizabeth Rankin and others.


  1. Hopkins (P.) VOELVRY, the movement that rocked South Africa, 239pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback + DVD, Cape Town, 2006. R250

The Voelvry tour was organised in 1989 and featured André Letoit (Koos Kombuis), Johannes Kerkorrel en die Gereformeerde Blues Band, Bernoldus Niemand (James Phillips) and more.


  1. Hugo (P.) photo. LOOKING ASIDE, South African studio portraits, 2003-2006, Pieter Hugo, 90pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, Rome, 2006. R450

Essay by Antjie Krog.


  1. Hunt (B.) curator BODIES OF RESISTANCE, 77pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut and NSA Gallery, Durban, New York, 1999. R175

"'Bodies of Resistance' attempts to portray the various images created out of, or alongside, an unpresedented global health crisis: the rapid spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)." from the foreward by Hoosen Coovadia. South African Kendell Geers is one of the artists exhibited.


  1. Jordan (B.) text & photo. SWAHILI CHIC, living in style on the East African coast, 284pp., colour illus., hardback, d.w., London, 2007. R495

  2. Jordán (M.) MAKISHI, mask characters of Zambia, 84pp., colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, 2006. R225

Journals

  1. [Hartzenberg (R.) ed.] SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Vol.1, Issue 3, 2006, 72pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R30

  2. [Hassan (S.) et al eds.] NKA, journal of contemporary African art, No. 20, Fall/2006, Special Issue: Strange Fruit: lynching, visuality and empire, 152pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, New York, 2006. R250

  3. [Herbst (A.) ed.] JOURNAL OF THE MUSICAL ARTS IN AFRICA, Vol. 2, 2005, 108pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2005. R225

  4. [Knox (B.) & Ashcroft (C.) eds.] LOOK AWAY, a quarterly showcasing raw artistic talent, Issue 3, Quarter 3, 65pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R25

  5. [Knox (B.) ed.] LOOK AWAY, a quarterly showcasing raw artistic talent, Issue 4, Quarter 1, 2007, 68pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R25

  6. __________ LOOK AWAY, a quarterly showcasing raw artistic talent, Issue 5, Quarter 2, 68pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R25

  7. [Langerman (F.) ed.] ARTWORKS IN PROGRESS, journal of the staff of the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, 80pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Vol. 8, Cape Town, 2006. R195

Contributors include Jane Alexander, Pippa Skotnes, Andrew Lamprecht and Gavin Younge.


  1. [O'Toole (S.) ed.] ART SOUTH AFRICA, Vol. 5, Issue 4, Winter 2007, 95pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R70

Includes Ivor Powell on Jane Alexander, Laurie Ann Farrell on Candice Breitz and much more.


  1. __________ ART SOUTH AFRICA, Vol. 5, Issue 2, Summer 2006, 96pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R70

Includes Ruth Simbao on Nicholas Hlobo and his work that deals with the painful experiences of homosexuality in South Africa, Michael Smith on Diane Victor, Peter Machen on Tom Cullberg, and much more.


  1. __________ ART SOUTH AFRICA, Vol. 5, Issue 3, Autumn 2007, 95pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R70

Includes articles on Peter Clarke, Berni Searle and much more.


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  1. Kannemeyer (J.) HANNES VAN DER MERWE, argitek en skrywersvriend, 163pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Pretoria, 2006. R130

Hannes van der Merwe was the architect of the Naspers building, the Cartwright building, the offices of the Cape Provincial Administration, the South African Reserve Bank and the Burger Centre, all in Cape Town.


  1. Krüger (C.) DOWAYO, Namchi, poupées du Cameroun, les Dowayo et leur culte, 152pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Dusseldorf, 2003. R595

Text in French.


  1. Labelle (M.) BEADS OF LIFE, eastern and southern African beadwork from Canadian collections, 185pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Quebec, 2005. R350

  2. Lamprecht (A.) SPACES IN-BETWEEN, Jean Brundrit, 8pp., illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Bell Roberts Contemporary Art Gallery, Cape Town, 2004. R45

  3. Lamprecht (A.) et al FEVER SLEEP, the colonial pillow series, Kurt Campbell, 16pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Worldart, Cape Town, 2007. R125

  4. Latter (G.) et al FORGIVENESS, filmscript and filmstudy, 144pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R80

Script of the film directed by Ian Gabriel.


  1. [Law-Viljoen (B.) ed. & Buckland (A.) photo.] LIGHT ON A HILL, building the constitutional court of South Africa, 173pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R340

Contributions by Andrew Makin, Janina Masojada, Paul Wygers (the architect), Chief Justice Pius Langa, Justice Johann Kriegler, Yvonne Mokgoro and Justice Albie Sachs.


  1. Lee (D.) GREAT AFRICAN ARTISTS, Dan Rakgoathe; Noria Mabasa; George Pemba; William Kentridge; Gail Catlin; Dumile Feni; Bonnie Ntshalintshali; Willie Bester; Peter Clarke; Art Dictionary, 10 Vols., 52+40+44+44+44+52+44+52+40+48pp., colour illus., hardback, slipcase, Johannesburg, 2006. R1,620

Suitable for schools.


  1. __________ OUR HERITAGE - AFRICAN ARTS AND CRAFTS, Wire Art; Turning Trash into Treasure; Textile Art; Paper Craft; Clay Craft; Bead Work; Basket Work; Art, Craft and Culture., 8 Vols., 31+35+35+24+35+36+27+31pp., colour illus., hardback, slipcase, Johannesburg, 2005. R1,340

Suitable for schools.


  1. [Leibhammer (N.) ed.] DUNGAMANZI, stirring waters, Tsonga and Shangaan art from southern Africa, 227pp., map, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, 2007. R250

Essays by Anitra Nettleton, Karel Nel, Natalie Knight, Billy Makhubele and others.


  1. [Mans (M.) ed.] CENTERING ON AFRICAN PRACTICE IN MUSICAL ARTS EDUCATION, 260pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R180

  2. Mathews (P.) DETAIL HOUSED, 224pp., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R224

Award-winning South African architect Pieter Mathews wants to stimulate more vision and orginality in South African house design.


  1. [Matt (G.) et al eds.] BLACK BROWN WHITE, photography from South Africa, 239pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, 2006. R350

Text in English and German. Artists include Omar Badsha, David Goldblatt, Pieter Hugo, Thando Mama, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Jo Ractliffe, Berni Searle and Andrew Tshabangu. With texts by Mafika Pascal Gwala, Kgafela oa Magogodi, Mongane Wally Serote, Ivan Vladislavic and many others.


Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town

  1. __________ MUSTAFA MALUKA, the interview (a transcript), 36pp., colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Cape Town, 2007. R70

  2. __________ APOCALAGNOSIA, Wim Botha, 28pp., colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Cape Town, 2007. R50

  3. Emin (T.) et al text YOUSSEF NABIL, sleep in my arms, 88pp., colour illus., hardback, d.w., Catalogue of the exhibition, Cape Town, 2007. R250

Youssef Nabil is an Egyptian photographer.


  1. Hugo (P.) photo. MESSINA/MUSINA, Pieter Hugo, 118pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2007. R400

Essay by Stacy Hendy and Joanna Lehan in conversation with Pieter Hugo. Pieter Hugo won the Standard Bank Young Artist Award, visual art, 2007.


  1. [Perryer (S.) curator] AFTERLIFE, 60pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Cape Town, 2007. R100

Includes work by Penny Siopis, Samson Mudzunga, Wim Botha, Moshekwa Langa, Minette Vari and others.


  1. Powell (I.) CONRAD BOTES, Satan's choir at the gates of heaven, 48pp., colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Cape Town, 2007. R70

  2. Stevenson (M.) & Perryer (S.) SOUTH AFRICAN ART NOW, 72pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Cape Town, 2006. R100

Features Wim Botha, Conrad Botes, Tracy Payne, Berni Searle, Deborah Poynton, Zanele Muholi, Samson Mudzunga, David Goldblatt, Anton Kannemeyer, Guy Tillim, Pieter Hugo, Mustafa Maluka, Nicholas Hlobo and Hylton Nel.


  1. Tillim (G.) photo. CONGO DEMOCRATIC, 38pp., oblong 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R120

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  1. Miller (P.) composer MUSIC FROM WILLIAM KENTRIDGE'S 9 DRAWINGS FOR PROJECTION, CD, Johannesburg, 2007. R125

  2. __________ MUSIC FOR THE FILMS OF WILLIAM KENTRIDGE, CD + 16pp booklet, Johannesburg, 2006. R125

Philip Miller's music for "Memo" (1994), "Felix in Exile" (1994), "Hotel" (1997), "Weighing and Wanting" (1997), "Shadow Procession" (1999), "Sterescope" (1999) and an interview with Philip Miller and William Kentridge by Mary Rörich in 1998. Notes by Philip Miller.


  1. __________ MUSIC FROM THE SOUNDTRACK TO WILLIAM KENTRIDGE'S BLACK BOX/CHAMBRE NOIR, CD, Johannesburg, 2006. R95

  2. Missimbe (J.) et al EXPO ARTE, contemporânea, Moçambique 06, 48pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Museu Nacionale de Arte, Maputo, 2006. R150

  3. [Morgan (J.) ed.] SCORE, South Africa's music industry directory, 2006 - 2007, 307pp., b/w & colour illus., hardback, Cape Town, 2007. R45

  4. [Nel (K.) et al eds.] VILLA, at 90, his life, work, and influence, 228pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Reprint, Johannesburg, (2005) 2006. R226

A 90th birthday tribute to Edoardo Villa, one of South Africa's most respected sculptors. Contributors include Esme Berman, Alan Crump and Karel Nel.


  1. Njami (S.) AFRICA REMIX, contemporary art of a continent, 260pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, 2007. R250

Essays by Lucy Duran, David Elliott, Clive Kellner, Jean-Hubert Martin, Achille Membe and John Picton and a dialogue between Marie-Laure Bernadac and Abdelwahab Meddeb.


  1. [Nuttal (S.) ed.] BEAUTIFUL UGLY, African and diaspora aesthetics, 414pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town & Durham, 2006. R225

Contributors include Achille Mbembe: "Variations on the Beautiful in Congolese Worlds of Sound", William Kentridge: "Two Thoughts on Drawing Beauty", Mark Gevisser: "Inheritance", Isabel Hofmeyr: "Seeing the Familiar, notes on Mia Couto" and many others.


  1. Oberholzer (O.) photo. & text ROUND THE BEND, travels around southern Africa, 194pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2006. R330

  2. Offringa (D.) WALKING TALL, WITHOUT FEAR, 24 South African artists from the struggle era, 65pp., b/w & colour illus., hardback, Johannesburg, 2007. R100

The collection of the Ifalethu Foundation which locates, protects and promotes art created during the struggle era. Artists include Bkekisani Manyoni, Eric Mbatha, Ezekiel Madiba, Lucky Madlo Sibiya, Michael Zondi and Thamsangu Mnyde.


  1. Perrois (L.) FANG, 155pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Milan, 2006. R417

  2. Powell (I.) BRETT MURRAY, I love Africa, 10pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Bell Roberts Contemporary Art Gallery, Cape Town, 2000. R75

  3. [Proud (H.) ed.] REVISIONS, expanding the narrative of South African art, the Campbell Smith collection, 360pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Catalogue of the exhibition, Iziko SA National Gallery, Cape Town, Pretoria, 2006. R500

Contributors are Rayda Becker, Joe Dolby, Elza Miles, Gabi Ngcobo, Mario Pissarra, Ivor Powell, Hayden Proud and Mduduzi Xakaza.


  1. Richings (G.) LIFE AND WORK OF CHARLES MITCHELL, 224pp., oblong 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w, Cape Town, 2006. R350

Charles Mitchell was the first surveyor-general and civil engineer of the Cape. He arrived in Cape Town in 1828 and spent the next twenty years building roads, bridges and mountain passes, including Sir Lowry's, Mitchell's and Montagu passes. He was also an artist and musician.


  1. Rudd (R.) SOUTH AFRICAN TIMBER BUILDINGS, a craft revived, 120pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2006. R320

  2. [Ruoff (J.) ed.] VIRTUAL VOYAGES, cinema and travel, 298pp., illus., paperback, Durham, 2006. R295

Includes: "Trans-Saharan Automotive Cinema: Citroën-, Renault-, and Peugeot-sponsored documentary interwar crossing films" by Peter Bloom.


  1. Santimano (S.) photo. & text TERRA INCÓGNITA, 76pp., 4to., map, b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Uppsala, 2006. R325

Text in English and Portuguese. A photographic portrait of Niassa Province in Mozambique, Includes an essay by Henning Mankell.


  1. Schadeberg (J.) photo. & Albert (D.) et al text JAZZ, BLUES & SWING, six decades of music in South Africa, 168pp., 4to., illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2007. R275

  2. Schmahmann (B.) MAPULA, embroidery and empowerment in the Winterveld, 121pp., colour illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2006. R250

The Mapula Embroidery Project was started in 1991 and has become one of the most important community art projects in South Africa.


  1. [Schoonmaker (T.) curator] STREET LEVEL, Mark Bradford, William Cordova and Robin Rhode, 82pp., b/w & colour illus, paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, 2007. R250

Performance artist Robin Rhode was born in Cape Town in 1976. Includes the essay "Robin Rhode: hitting the pavement" by Isolde Brielmaier.


  1. Seidman (J.) RED ON BLACK, the story of the South African poster movement, 237pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R280

  2. Shawran (K.) WALTER BATTISS, illustrated lecture by Prof. Karin Skawran, 2 March 2006, DVD, 75 minutes, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Museum, Port Elizabeth, 2006. R160

  3. Sieber (R.) OUT OF AFRICA, sub-saharan traditional arts, 140pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, 2000. R250

  4. Silber (G.) et al RICHARD SCOTT, beauty and the beasts, 90pp., colour illus, paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Worldart, Cape Town, 2007. R50

  5. [Smith (K.) ed.] SAM NHLENGETHWA, 183pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R405

With contributions from Nadine Gordimer, Tim Modise, Alex Dodd, Robert Hodgins and others. There is also an edition of 100 copies contained in a solander box with a work by Sam Nhlengethwa for R12,500.


  1. Smith (M.) SANELL AGGENBACH, 36pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R95

  2. Society of Photographers TEN, 142pp., concertina folded, b/w & colour illus., hardback, Johannesburg, 2006. R490

The members of the Society of Photographers were invited to submit ten images together with a summary of the environment within which the photographs were taken. The ten best entries were selected and are included in this book.


  1. Sopa (A.) et al LUÍS CARDOSO, 79pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Maputo, 2006. R500

  2. Staples (C.) MILLS, of Southern Africa, water, wind and horse, 228pp., 4to., maps, colour illus., hardback, d.w., Pretoria, 2006. R395

  3. Stepan (P.) PICASSO'S COLLECTION OF AFRICAN & OCEANIC ART, masters of metamorphosis, 151pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Munich etc, 2006. R990

  4. Stevens (S.) & Staden-Garbett (M.) SHANE DE LANGE, 18pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2005. R45

  5. Subirós (P.) et al BAMAKO '05, un altre mon, 159pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Barcelona, (2005). R195

Text in Spanish and English. Exhibition of selected works originally shown at the Bamako Biennale. South African photographers include Mikhael Subotzky, Ranjith Kally and Jane Alexander.


  1. Syabbalo (E.) TONGA CRAFTS IN FIGURES, 100pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Sinazeze, No date. R195

  2. [Thompson (B.) curator & ed.] IN THE NAME OF ALL HUMANITY, the African spiritual expression of Ernest Mancoba, 126pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Gold of Africa Museum, Cape Town, 2006. R230

  3. [Tischhauser (A.) ed.] 10 X SA FASHION WEEK, voices & images from ten years of South African Fashion Week, 188pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R200

  4. van Bosch (C.) LETSELS, Elzaby Laubscher, 24pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Bell Roberts Contemporary Art Gallery, Cape Town, 2003. R95

  5. van Niekerk (M.) MARLENE DUMAS, selected works, 86pp., colour illus., hardback, Catalogue of the exhibition, Zwirner & Wirth, New York, 2005. R350

  6. [van Rensburg (S.) curator] YAP [YOUNG ARTIST'S PROJECT] 2006, Colleen Alborough, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Bronwyn Lace, Peter van Heerden, 30pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, KwaZulu-Natal Society of Arts, Durban, 2006. R95

  7. [Vanbelleghem (K.) ed.] FINGERED, Kendell Geers, 108pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Belgium, 2005. R350

Text by Matthew Distel, Lynn Picknett, Jackie-Ruth Meyer and Stanislass de Rola Klossowski.


  1. Verster (F.) VAN KASPAAS TOT KAAS, die lewe en werk van T.O. Honiball, 115pp., illus., paperback, Stellenbosch, 2005. R165

Honiball (1905-1990) was a book illustrator and cartoonist.


  1. Vio (G.) ROELOF UYTENBOGAARDT, senza tempo / timeless, 167pp., oblong 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Padova, 2006. R600

Text in English and Italian. Uytenbogaardt designed the Werdmuller Centre in Claremont, the Indoor Sports Complex at the University of Cape Town and the Hout Bay Library. Essays by Lucien le Grange, David Dewar, Mphethi Morojele and Giovanni Vio.


  1. Virot (C.) LA POTERIE AFRICAINE, les techniques céramiques en Afrique noire, 382pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, la Rochegiron, 2005. R850

  2. Warner (B.) CAPE LANDSCAPES, Sir John Herschel's sketches 1834-1838, 179pp., 4to., illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2006. R775

Sir John Herschel came to the Cape in 1834 to observe the southern sky for four years. During this period he produced more than a hundred landscape sketches of Wynberg, Cape Point, Hout Bay, Franschoek, Stellenbosch and Paarl.


  1. Willis (D.) & Williams (C.) BLACK FEMALE BODY, a photographic history, 228pp., 4to., illus., hardback, d.w., Philadelphia, 2002. R560

  2. Wright (N.) MEETING CARL ROBERTS, 115pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R330

Carl Roberts is a South African sculptor.


  1. Younge (G.) et al PROSTHESIS, catalogue for an exhibition of art works by Gavin Younge, the decade 1997-2007, 48pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Catalogue of the exhibition, La Noire Galerie, Paris, Cape Town, 2007. R140

Includes David Bunn: "Thoughts on a Phantom Limb: Gavin Younge's distant catastrophe".


  1. [Zaya (O.) curator] CANDICE BREITZ, exposición múltiple/multiple exposure, 252pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, d.w., Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Barcelona, 2007. R750

Text in English and Spanish.


AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - BIOGRAPHY

  1. Baai (S.) OLIVER REGINALD TAMBO, teacher, lawyer & freedom fighter, 310pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R196

  2. Bell (S.) HAPPY WARRIOR, the story of TC Robertson, 391pp., hardback, d.w., Durban, 2005. R390

TC Robertson was widely known during his lifetime as South Africa's doyen of soil conservation. He was the director of the National Veld Trust and the editor of "Veldtrust" magazine. He died in 1989.


  1. Bizos (G.) ODYSSEY TO FREEDOM, a memoir by the world-renowned human rights advocate, friend and lawyer to Nelson Mandela, 616pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2007. R270

  2. Callinicos (L.) OLIVER TAMBO, his life & legacy, 36pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Reprint, Pretoria, (2002) 2007. R60

  3. [Crawford-Brown (L.) ed.] TUTU AS I KNOW HIM, on a personal note, 2234pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R140

A collection of essays by Nadine Gordimer, Allan Boesak, Ahmed Kathrada, Richard Goldstone, Pieter-Dirk Uys, Evita Bezuidenhout, Mamphela Ramphele, Jakes Gerwel, Antjie Krog, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela and many others.


  1. Cwayi (M.) MY LIFE, a blessing in disguise, 125pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R150

Mthuthuzeli Cwayi was born in 1927 in the Eastern Cape, went into exile in Sweden and returned to South Africa in 1992. He has also included a selection of his poems.


  1. Dubowitz (V.) RAMBLINGS OF A PERIPATETIC PAEDIATRICIAN, 486pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Stanhope, 2005. R355

Victor Dubowitz was born in Beaufort West and became a Professor of Paediatrics at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School at the Hammersmith Hospital in London.


  1. Eglin (C.) CROSSING THE BORDERS OF POWER, the memoirs of Colin Eglin, 374pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R225

Colin Eglin served in Parliament through the terms of five successive prime ministers from Strijdom to Mbeki as a member, and sometimes leader, of the Progressive Party, the Progressive Reform Party etc.


  1. Garfield (B.) MEINERTZHAGEN MYSTERY, the life and legend of a colossal fraud, 352pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Virginia, 2007. R260

  2. Holmes (R.) SECRET LIFE OF DR JAMES BARRY, Victorian England's most eminent surgeon, 335pp., paperback, Reprint, London, (2002) 2007. R215

First published in 2002 as "Scanty Particulars".


  1. __________ HOTTENTOT VENUS, the life and death of Saartjie Baartman: born 1789 - buried 2002, 239pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, London & Johannesburg, 2007. R150

  2. Jackson (L.) STRIPPED, the king of tease, an autobiography with Vincent Marino, 276pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R250

After a varied working life Lolly Jackson started a chain of stripclubs, Teazers, throughout South Africa.


  1. Joubert (D.) AMONGST MEN, a personal account of a South African fireman, 136pp., illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R175

  2. Kerr (D.) AMASSING TREASURES FOR ALL TIMES, Sir George Grey, colonial bookman and collector, 351pp., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Dunedin, 2006. R475

Sir George Grey was governor of the Cape Colony from 1854 to 1861 and donated a vast collection of books that form the Grey Collection at the National Library of South Africa.


  1. Kriel (E.) JAM EVERY OTHER DAY, 269pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R140

Emmaleen Kriel's memoir of bring up six children. Her previous book was "Close the Door Softly Behind You".


  1. Lieberthal (H.) I'VE GOT MAIL FROM MA, 321pp., paperback, Reprint, Johannesburg, (2006) 2007. R135

Hugh Lieberthal was born and brought up in Vryberg.


  1. Lujabe-Rankoe (T.) DREAM FULFILLED, memoirs of an African diplomat, 144pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R113

Thandi Lujabe-Rankoe was expelled as a nurse from Victoria Hospital in Alice in 1958 after she participated in a strike against the Bantu Education Act. She later worked with Ruth First and Joe Gqabi for the journal New Age and worked as a diplomat in Norway, Tanzania, Botswana and Mozambique.


  1. Malan (M.) MY LIFE WITH THE SA DEFENCE FORCE, 509pp., illus., maps, hardback, d.w., Pretoria, 2006. R205

Magnus Malan was Chief of the Army and later Chief of the Defence Force and was involved in South Africa's incursion into Angola in 1975 and 1976 and other cross-border operations. Also available in Afrikaans.


  1. Mashele (J.) POWER OF FORGIVENESS, a South African story, 88pp., illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R130

The sequel to "Justice Delayed is Justice Denied". Julia Mashele was imprisoned for seven years without trial.


  1. Matthews (C.) WALKING ON AIR, the story of ANC activist John Edward Matthews, 149pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R80

John Matthews was a member of the South African Communist Party and one of the activists prosecuted in the "mini Rivonia Trial" in 1964 and was sentenced to fifteen years. This biography is written by his daughter Colleen.


  1. Muendane (N.) THE LEADER SOUTH AFRICA NEVER HAD, the remarkable pilgrimage of Vusumzi Make, 133pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R140

Vusumzi Make was born in 1934, was one of the accused in the Treason Trial in 1956, went into exile (when he was married to Maya Angelou for a short time), returned to South Africa in 1992 and died in 2006.


  1. Ngenelwa (T.) THE DAY I DIED, 127pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R95

Thembelani Ngenelwa was shot during a robbery. This is the story of his recovery.


  1. Pike (R.) AN AIRMAN LOOKS BACK, at the lighter side of a career in aviation, illustrations by Tony Grogan, 63pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R125

  2. Pogrund (B.) HOW CAN MAN DIE BETTER, the life of Robert Sobukwe, 419pp., illus., paperback, Second edition, Johannesburg, (1990) 2006. R140

  3. Pretorius (F.) DE LA REY, die leeu van Wes Transvaal, 80pp., map, illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R103

  4. Roos (Z.) SEA SPRAY AND CHERRY PEPPERS, a memoir of a farmlet on the sea, 293pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R150

The sequel to "The Saffron Pear Tree".


  1. Rosenthal (E.) "WE WANT FRUIT", the story of Leicester Dicey & the Cape Orchard Company, 179pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R125

Eric Rosenthal wrote this in the early 1960s but it is only being published now.


  1. Ryan (C.) PLATINUM MAN, Steve Kearney & his contribution to South African mining, 182pp., map, illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R185

Steve Kearney was CEO of Impala Platinum and died at the age of 45.


  1. Steenkamp (K.) PADKOS UIT TOEKA, plaasfone, kleilat en ander ligte oomblikke, 144pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R115

  2. Thallon (W.) DEVIL INCARNATE, a depraved mercenary's lifelong swathe of destruction, 303pp., map, b/w & colour illus., paperback, London, 2007. R160

The biography of Athol Visser, mercenary in the Congo.


  1. van der Smit (G.) EENSAME GRAF BY MOMBOLO, die lewensverhaal van Pieter van der Smit, 329pp., maps, illus., hardback, Pretoria, 2006. R186

Pieter van der Smit fought in the Boer War and died in Angola in 1921.


  1. van der Watt (F.) RECTORES MAGNIFICI, 196pp., hardback, d.w., Pretoria, 2003. R125

Biographies of the rectors of the University of Pretoria from Professor A.C. Paterson (1918-1921) to Professor C.W.I. Pistorius (2001-).


  1. van Onselen (C.) FOX & THE FLIES, the world of Joseph Silver, racketeer & psycopath, 646pp., illus., hardback, d.w., London, 2007. R260

  2. Wood (F.) & Lewis (M.) THE EXTRAORDINARY KHOTSO, millionaire medicine man from Lusikisiki, 368pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R220

Khotso was famed as a herbalist and was renowned and feared throughout South Africa even after his death in 1972.


AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - BOTSWANA, ANGOLA, MALAWI, SWAZILAND, ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE, LESOTHO

  1. __________ GUKURAHUNDI IN ZIMBABWE, a report on the disturbances in Matabeleland and the Midlands 1980-1988, 440pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R185

Originally published in 1997 as 'Breaking The Silence: building true peace'. New introduction by Elinor Sisulu.


  1. __________ SWAZILAND BUSINESS YEAR BOOK, 2007, a commercial guide, 165pp., maps, colour illus., paperback, Mbabane, 2007. R150

  2. __________ COLLECTION OF OMBUDSMAN'S REPORTS ON THE INSPECTION OF GOVERNMENT PRISONS AND HOSPITALS IN LESOTHO, 2003, 88pp., 4to., paperback, Maseru, No date. R150

  3. __________ ZAMBIA MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, status report, 2005, 39pp., colour illus., paperback, (Lusaka), 2005. R125

  4. __________ MORIJA ARTS & CULTURAL FESTIVAL, 28th September - 1st October at Morija, Lesotho, 16pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Morija, 2006. R95

  5. All Basotho Convention ELECTION MANIFESTO 2007, la chaba letsatsi, 28pp., colour illus., paperback, Maseru, 2007. R95

  6. Allen (Q.) et al GUIDE TO LITTLE-KNOWN WATERFALLS OF ZAMBIA, 180pp., maps, colour illus., paperback, Lusaka, 2005. R950

  7. Ambrose (D.) HOW UBLS [UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA, LESOTHO AND SWAZILAND] AT ROMA BECAME NUL [NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LESOTHO], a turbulent chapter of university history, 26pp., 4to., paperback, Lesotho Miscellaneous Documents No. 20, Roma, 2006. R350

  8. Baker (C.) MANGOES ON THE MOON, an anthology of Nyasaland-Malawi anecdotes, 166pp., paperback, Cardiff, 2006. R450

  9. Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis PROSPECTS FOR EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION IN BOTSWANA, 121pp., 4to., paperback, Gaborone, 2006. R425

  10. Catholic Centre for Justice, Development and Peace OPTIONS FOR A SUITABLE NEPAD COORDINATION STRUCTURE AND GAP IDENTIFICATION WITHIN NEPAD PLANS, 28pp., 4to., paperback, Lusaka, 2006. R125

  11. Central Statistical Office (Zambia) SELECTED SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS 2003-2004, 47pp., 4to., paperback, Lusaka, 2006. R420

  12. Community Based Natural Resources Management PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH NATIONAL CBNRM FORUM MEETING IN GABORONE, BOTSWANA 12TH OF JUNE 2003, 46pp., 4to., paperback, Gaborone, 2003. R125

  13. Dicks (I.) WISDOM OF THE YAWO PEOPLE, LUNDA IWA WANDU WA CIYAWO, Yawo proverbs and stories, Yitagu ni Adisi sya Ciyawo, 135pp., colour illus., paperback, Kachere Books No. 23, Zomba, 2006. R195

  14. dos Santos (M.) CONSENSUS, combating gender based violence through Islam, tradition and law, 114pp., paperback, Kachere Texts No. 27, Zomba, 2006. R175

  15. Duncan (P.) SOTHO LAWS AND CUSTOMS, a handbook based on decided cases in Basutoland together with the laws of Lerothoei, facsimile reprint of the original 1960 edition, 169pp., hardback, d.w., Morija, 2006. R395

New foreword by W.C.M. Maquta. Patrick Duncan presided over the Appellate Court for Cases of Basotho Law and Custom during the time when Lesotho was a British protectorate.


  1. [Eberlei (W.) et al eds.] POVERTY REDUCTION IN A POLITICAL TRAP?, the PRS [Poverty Reduction Strategy] and neopatrimonialism in Zambia, 321pp., paperback, Lusaka, 2005. R595

  2. Economics Department of the Bank of Zambia FACING THE CHALLENGES, of the 21st century, report on the proceedings of the 40th Anniversary Bank of Zambia Conference held at the Pamodzi Hotel in Lusaka - Zambia, August 5-6 2004, 189pp., illus., paperback, Lusaka, 2006. R395

  3. [Gay (J.) comp.] THE BEST OF "WORK FOR JUSTICE", 1983-2004, articles from the newsletter of the Transformation Resource Centre, 292pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Maseru, 2006. R395

  4. Government of Lesotho GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY, 30pp., paperback, Lesotho, 2003. R95

  5. Government of Malawi COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF MALAWI POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, 49pp., 4to., paperback, Lilongwe, 2005. R150

  6. Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland DECENTRALISATION POLICY, August 2006, 41pp., paperback, Mbabane, 2006. R95

  7. Halemba (A.) MAMBWE FOLK-TALES, (English version), 351pp., illus., hardback, Warsaw, 2005. R550

Father Halemba has lived at the Mambwe mission in Zambia since 1983. He has also translated the New Testament into Mambwe and compiled a Mambwe-English dictionary.


  1. Kalabamu (F.) GENDER AND GENERATIONAL PERCEPTIONS ON RENEGOTIATED CUSTOMARY INHERITANCE IN TLOKWENG, BOTSWANA, whose future property? son or daughter?, 57pp., paperback, Gender Research and Urbanisation, Planning, Housing and Everyday Life Research Report No. 8, Institute of Southern African Studies, National University of Lesotho, Roma, 2006. R295

  2. Kanyongolo (F.) MALAWI, justice sector and the rule of law, a review by AfriMAP and Open Society Initiative for southern Africa, 172pp., paperback, Johannesburg & London, 2006. R195

  3. Kayukwa (P.) et al photos. PICTORIAL LUSAKA, a harmony of contrasts, 96pp., 4to., map, colour illus., paperback, Lusaka, No date. R450

  4. Makgala (C.) ELITE CONFLICT IN BOTSWANA, a history, 228pp., maps, paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R175

  5. Malaquias (A.) REBELS & ROBBERS, violence in post-colonial Angola, 263pp., paperback, Uppsala, 2007. R230

  6. Malawi Economic Justice Network INSIDE THE PROPOSED 2006/2007 NATIONAL BUDGET, a pre-budget analysis, 35pp., 4to., paperback, Lilongwe, 2006. R120

  7. [Mapetla (M.) et al eds.] URBAN EXPERIENCES OF GENDER GENERATIONS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, 306pp., paperback, Roma, 2007. R350

  8. Mashologu (M.) BROKEN REED, the traumatic experiences of the last days of the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland and its aftermath, 134pp., paperback, Morija, 2006. R295

  9. Masire (Q.) VERY BRAVE OR VERY FOOLISH?, memoirs of an African democrat, 358pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Gaborone, 2006. R195

Quett Ketumile Soni Masire succeeded Sir Seretse Khama as president of Botswana in 1980 and retired in 1998.


  1. Matshazi (M.) ZIMBABWE, with Robert Mugabe to the brink of the abyss, 220pp., paperback, University of Fort Hare, Alice, 2007. R170

  2. Mgawi (K.) TRACING THE FOOTSTEPS, an account of the life of Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda, 60pp., illus., map, paperback, Blantyre, 2005. R125

  3. Miettinen (K.) ON THE WAY TO WHITENESS, christianization, conflict and change in colonial Ovamboland, 1910-1965, 370pp., map, illus., paperback, Bibliotheca Historica 92, Helsinki, 2005. R417

  4. Mokitimi (N.) ANALYSIS OF SECURITY OF TENURE UNDER THE CUSTOMARY LAND TENURE SYSTEM OF LESOTHO, 53pp., paperback, Institute of Southern African Studies, National University of Lesotho, Research Report No. 36, Roma, 2006. R175

  5. Movement for Multi-Party Democracy MMD MANIFESTO 2007 - 2011, "growth and empowerment", 70pp., paperback, (Zambia), (2006). R120

  6. Mwitumwa (N.) EXTINCTION, black man endangered species, before it was savage killings, now it's civilised killing, 111pp., paperback, Revised edition, Lusaka, (2005) 2006. R195

  7. National Economic Advisory Council IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE COPPERBELT ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION PROGRAMME, 39pp., 4to., paperback, Lusaka, 2005. R125

  8. __________ ZAMBIA'S HEALTH SECTOR REFORMS, options and challenges, 46pp., 4to., paperback, Lusaka, 2006. R125

  9. __________ THE NEED FOR THE FORMULATION OF A WAGES AND INCOME POLICY IN ZAMBIA, 39pp., 4to., paperback, Lusaka, 2005. R125

  10. National Statistical Office (Malawi) INTEGRATED HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, 2004-2005, volume 1: household socio-economic characteristics, 205pp., 4to., paperback, Zomba, 2005. R295

National University of Lesotho

  1. Ambrose (D.) LESOTHO ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, section 121, Sesotho language, 134pp., 4to., paperback, Roma, 2006. R495

  2. __________ LESOTHO ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, section 21, archaeology, 92pp., 4to., paperback, Second edition, Roma, (2002) 2006. R395

  3. __________ LESOTHO ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, section 125, drama in Sesotho, 56pp., 4to., paperback, Roma, 2006. R350

  4. __________ LESOTHO ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, section 34, folklore, 26pp., 4to., paperback, Roma, 2006. R350

  5. __________ LESOTHO ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, section 122, dictionaries & phrase books, 34pp., 4to., paperback, Roma, 2006. R295

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  1. [Ott (M.) et al eds.] THE POWER OF THE VOTE, Malawi's 2004 parliamentary and presidential elections, 332pp., illus., paperback, Kachere Books No. 14, Zomba, 2004. R350

  2. Phirinyane (M.) et al STATE OF GOVERNANCE IN BOTSWANA 2004, final report, 324pp., paperback, Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis, Gaborone, 2006. R550

Public Services International

  1. __________ TRADE UNIONS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR QUALITY PUBLIC SERVICES IN MAURITIUS, 50pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2003. R120

  2. __________ PROFILE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN ZAMBIA, 84+6pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2003. R120

  3. __________ TRADE UNIONS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR QUALITY PUBLIC SERVICES IN MALAWI, 68pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2004. R120

  4. __________ TRADE UNIONS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR QUALITY PUBLIC SERVICES IN ZIMBABWE, 64pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2004. R120

  5. __________ TRADE UNIONS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR QUALITY PUBLIC SERVICES IN ZAMBIA, 72pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2003. R120

  6. __________ OS SINDICATOS E A LUTA PARA MANTER SERVIÇOS PÚBLICOS DE BOA QUALIDADE EM ANGOLA, 44pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2004. R120

  7. __________ TRADE UNIONS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR QUALITY PUBLIC SERVICES IN BOTSWANA, 56pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2003. R120

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  1. [Richards (P.) ed.] NO PEACE, NO WAR, an anthropology of contemporary armed conflicts, 214pp., paperback, London, 2005. R285

Includes "Memories of Violence: recreation of ethnicity in post-colonial Zimbabwe" by Bjorn Lindgren.


  1. SaferAfrica TOWARDS A SAFE AND SECURE NATION, first consultative conference on firearm control, ownership and administration in Botswana, 13 - 15 May 2003, 141pp., paperback, Gaberone, 2003. R160

  2. [Scarborough (A.) & McLinden (D.) comps.] REFLECTIONS OF NYASALAND & MALAWI, more expatriate recollections, 144pp., paperback, Wiltshire, 2005. R500

  3. Schlyter (A.) AGEING IN ZAMBIAN CITIES, 62pp., paperback, Gender Research on Urbanization, Planning, Housing and Everyday Life Programme, Research Report No. 7, Institute of Southern African Studies, National University of Lesotho, Roma, 2006. R295

  4. Southern African Development Community REPORT ON THE SADC CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT, Gaborone, 2005, 36pp., 4to., maps, colour illus., paperback, Gaborone, 2005. R125

  5. St John (L.) RAINBOW'S END, a memoir of childhood, war and an African farm, 277pp., maps, paperback, London, 2007. R180

Lauren St John lived on a farm in Zimbabwe from 1978-1987.


  1. Tembo (M.) ZAMBIAN TRADITIONAL NAMES, the meaning of Tumbuka, Chewa, Nsenga, Ngoni and Tonga names, 142pp., maps, paperback, Lusaka, 2006. R395

  2. [Thamae (M.) & Pottinger (L.) eds.] ON THE WRONG SIDE OF DEVELOPMENT, lessons learned from the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, 146pp., paperback, Maseru, 2006. R195

  3. Thomson (E.) & Bennett (O.) "OUR GODS NEVER HELPED US AGAIN...", the Tonga people describe resettlement and its aftermath, oral testimony, 67+74pp., illus., paperback, Lusaka & London, 2005. R195

Text in English and ci-Tonga.


  1. Todd (J.) THROUGH THE DARKNESS, a life in Zimbabwe, 460pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R200

Judith Todd is the daughter of Sir Garfield Todd.


  1. Tsanga (A.) TAKING LAW TO THE PEOPLE, gender, law reform and community legal education in Zimbabwe, 304pp., illus., paperback, Women's Law Centre, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, (2006). R170

  2. White (S.) et al BEYOND INEQUALITIES 2005, women in Malawi, 69pp., paperback, Limbe, 2005. R125

  3. World Health Organisation ZAMBIA HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT SURVEY, technical report October 2003, 63+34pp., 4to., paperback, Central Board of Health and Central Statistical Office, (Lusaka), (2003). R150

Zambia Social Investment Fund

  1. Kalamwina (C.) & Bubala-Mumbi (N.) AN ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANISATIONS' CAPACITIES TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY AMONG WOMEN IN ZAMBIA, 65pp., 4to., paperback, Lusaka, 2005. R150

  2. Kangwa (P.) & Chongo (L.) A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EXTENDED FAMILY SYSTEM VERSUS INSTITUTIONAL CHILDCARE FOR ORPHANED AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN NORTHERN ZAMBIA, 144pp., 4to., paperback, Lusaka, 2005. R150

  3. Small Enterprises Development Board AN INVESTIGATION INTO FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE STAGNATION AND DECLINE OF MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES IN SELECTED MANUFACTURING SECTORS IN ZAMBIA, 87pp., 4to., paperback, Lusaka, 2005. R150

  4. Young Women's Christian Association A SITUATIONAL ANALAYSIS ON CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IN ZAMBIA, 121pp., 4to., paperback, Lusaka, 2005. R195

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AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - BUSINESS & LABOUR

  1. __________ ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF BRANDS & BRANDING IN SOUTH AFRICA, 2006, 399pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, d.w., Twelfth edition, Johannesburg, 2006. R385

  2. [Abratt (R.) et al eds.] CONTEMPORARY CASES, in southern African marketing, 134pp., paperback, Second edition, Cape Town, (2001) 2007. R150

  3. Barker (F.) THE SOUTH AFRICAN LABOUR MARKET, theory and practice, 284pp., paperback, Fifth edition, Pretoria, (1992) 2006. R315

  4. Barry (J.) LEADING FROM THE FRONT, 212pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R145

John Barry is a director of Khululeka Corporate Service, a company focused on finding empowerment matches for First National Bank's corporate clients.


  1. [Bergh (Z.) & Theron (A.) eds.] PSYCHOLOGY, in the work context, 567pp., 4to., paperback, Third edition, Cape Town, (1999) 2006. R395

  2. Bridge (S.) et al TRAILBLAZERS, South Africa's champions of change, 264pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R150

Includes Mamphela Ramphele, Tokyo Sexwale, Jakes Gerwel, Patrice Motsepe and many others.


  1. Business Map Foundation BEE 2007, empowerment and its critics, 30pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R195

  2. [Cnossen (S.) ed.] EXCISE TAX POLICY + ADMINISTRATION, in southern African countries, 207pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R118

  3. Corporate Research Foundation TOP, ICTe companies in SA 2006, information, communication technology and electronics, 211pp., illus., hardback, Fifth edition, Cape Town, (1999) 2006. R230

  4. Coyne (F.) WHO MOVED MY LADDER?, the working woman's guide to success, 216pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R150

  5. Grobbelaar (N.) & Tsotetsi (K.) AFRICA'S FIRST WELFARE STATE, the experience of South African firms doing business in Botswana, 114pp., paperback, South African Institute of International Affairs, Business in Africa Report No. 5, Johannesburg, 2005. R60

  6. [Henderson (J.) & Campbell (S.) eds.] KAELO, stories of hope, companies and communities working together for a brighter future, 187pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R180

Community projects sponsored by big businesses Pick 'n Pay, Absa , Old Mutual and many more.


  1. Kuzwayo (M.) THERE'S A TSOTSI IN THE BOARDROOM, winning in a hostile world, 132pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R145

Muzi Kuzwayo is a director and partner at King James, a marketing communications group.


  1. [Louw (L.) & Venter (P.) eds.] STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT, winning in the southern African workplace, 498pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R350

  2. Magliolo (J.) RICHER THAN BUFFET, day-trading to ultra-wealth, 201pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R150

  3. [Marcus (G.) et al eds.] VISIONS OF BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, 231pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R185

Contributors include Cyril Ramaphosa, Albie Sachs, Wendy Luhabe, Moeletsi Mbeki, Jeff Peires and many others.


  1. McGregor (A.) et al WHO OWNS WHOM, in South Africa, 1423pp., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Twenty-seventh edition, Johannesburg, 2007. R490

  2. Mclintock-Rudnick (C.) BUSINESS OF BECOMING EMPLOYED, a guide for South African job seekers, 191pp., paperback, Second edition, Cape Town, (2001) 2006. R135

  3. [Nieman (G.) ed.] SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, a South African approach, 318pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R270

  4. Old Mutual THE BUDGET & BEYOND, 2007, 114pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R89

  5. Olympio (J.) et al A STUDY TO ASSESS THE LIKELY IMPACTS ON SOUTHERN AFRICAN AND EU PRODUCERS OF FURTHER LIBERALISING THE TRADE, DEVELOPMENT AND CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT (TDCA) BY GRANTING SOUTH AFRICA DUTY FREE ACCESS TO THE EU, 52pp., map, 4to., paperback, Regional Trade Facilitation Programme, Occasional Research Paper No. 3, Pretoria, (2006). R125

  6. Pogue (T.) MOBILITY OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND SYSTEMS OF INNOVATION, a review of literature, 76pp., 4to., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R110

  7. Sardanis (A.) A VENTURE IN AFRICA, the challenges of African business, 274pp., illus., hardback, d.w., London, 2007. R469

  8. Sociology of Work Unit ANNUAL REPORT, 1 January - 31 December 2006, 22pp., 4to., illus., paperback, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2006. R95

  9. South African Chamber of Business 2005 ANNUAL REPORTS, 25pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, No place, 2006. R95

  10. [Spierenburg (M.) & Wels (H.) eds.] CULTURE, ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA, 145pp., illus., paperback, New York, 2006. R485

  11. [Stork (C.) & Esselaar (S.) eds.] TOWARDS AN AFRICAN E-INDEX, SME e-access and usage across 14 African countries, 152pp., 4to., paperback, Learning Information Networking and Knowledge Centre, Johannesburg, 2006. R195

  12. Taylor (S.) BUSINESS AND THE STATE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, the politics of economic reform, 266pp., hardback, Boulder, 2007. R455

  13. [Thayser (D.) ed.] MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS, transaction advisory services, a review of activity for the year 2006, 85pp., hardback, d.w., Sixteenth edition, Johannesburg, 2007. R240

  14. Thomas (L.) et al FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA, the initial impact of the Trade, Development and Co-operation Agreement between South Africa and the European Union, 109pp., 4to., map, paperback, Regional Trade Facilitation Programme, Occasional Research Paper No. 1, Pretoria, 2005. R150

  15. [Wilson (E.) & Wong (K.) eds.] NEGOTIATING THE NET IN AFRICA, the politics of internet diffusion, 236pp., hardback, Boulder, 2007. R425

Includes "South Africa: the internet wars" by Charley Lewis.


  1. Woolard (I. & C.) EARNINGS INEQUALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1995-2003, 31pp., 4to., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R80

AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - EDUCATION

  1. __________ STUDY SOUTH AFRICA, a guide to South African higher education, 103pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Sixth edition, Pretoria, 2006. R150

  2. [Adeyemi (M.) ed.] SOCIAL STUDIES IN AFRICAN EDUCATION, 313pp., paperback, Second edition, Gaborone, (2000) 2005. R750

  3. Brock-Utne (B.) et al FOCUS ON FRESH DATA ON THE LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION DEBATE IN TANZANIA AND SOUTH AFRICA, 279pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R120

Centre for Education Policy Development (CEPD)

  1. Dieltiens (V.) THE FAULT-LINES IN SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOL GOVERNANCE, policy or people?, 19pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R150

  2. Douglas (J.) TEACHER PROFESSIONALISM AND EDUCATIONAL TRANSFORMATION, 34pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R150

  3. Hoppers (C.) CULTURE, INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOPMENT, the role of the university, 42pp., paperback, Occasional Paper No. 5, Johannesburg, No date. R150

  4. Motala (S.) & Pampallis (J.) GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLING SYSTEM, the first decade of democracy, 73pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R125

  5. Parker (B.) & Deacon (R.) THEORY AND PRACTICE, South African teacher educators on teacher education, 68pp., paperback, Occasional Paper No. 6, Johannesburg, No date. R150

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  1. [Chakalisa (P.) et al eds.] SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION IN AFRICA, selected papers from the Second Sub-Regional Conference on Public Understanding of Science and Technology held at Grand Palm Hotel, Gaborone, 6 - 9 December, 1999, 233pp., paperback, Department of Mathematics and Science Education, University of Botswana, Gaborone, 2002. R420

Department of Education

  1. __________ NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROJECT FOR GENERAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (NEEP-GET) WORKBOOKS, 9 booklets contained in folder, 4to., paperback, Pretoria, 2005. R250

  2. __________ ANNUAL REPORT, 2005 - 2006, 159pp., 4to., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R195

  3. __________ STRATEGIC PLAN, 2006-2010, 171pp., oblong 4to., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R195

  4. __________ SIGNPOSTS FOR SAFE SCHOOLS, enabling safe and effective teaching and learning environments, a resource book from the South African Police Service and Department of Education, 89pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2002. R125

  5. __________ AGE OF HOPE, century of struggle to freedom 1906-2006, 91pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R125

  6. __________ MY COUNTRY SOUTH AFRICA, celebrating our national symbols & heritage, 82pp., 4to., map, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R95

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  1. du Plessis (P.) et al TEACHING AND LEARNING IN SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLS, 165pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R190

  2. Education Foundation Trust EDUCATION ATLAS OF SOUTH AFRICA 2005, 132pp., oblong 4to., maps, colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R550

Education Policy Unit, (University of the Witwatersrand)

  1. __________ ANNUAL REPORT, January to December 2004 & 2005, 20+12pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R125

  2. __________ ANNUAL REPORT 2006, 21pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R95

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  1. [Engelbrecht (P.) & Green (L.) eds.] RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGES OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, 210pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R240

  2. [Lawrence (L.) & Moyo (G.) eds.] EDUCATION AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION, an Eastern Cape study, 200pp., paperback, Fort Hare, 2006. R160

  3. Meyer (M.) TIME IS TIGHT, urgent tasks for educational transformation, Eritrea, South Africa, and the U.S., 202pp., paperback, Trenton, 2007. R226

  4. Ministry of Education and Training EDUCATION SECTOR STRATEGIC PLAN, 2005 - 2015, 179pp., 4to., paperback, Maseru, 2005. R295

  5. [Mostert (M.) & Kasanda (C.) eds.] EDUCATION IN NAMIBIA, a collection of essays, 126pp., paperback, Windhoek, 2005. R195

  6. NEPAD Office of Science and Technology CONSOLIDATED PLAN OF ACTION, Africa's science and technology, 72pp., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R125

  7. [Pfaffe (J.) ed.] MAKING MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION A REALITY FOR ALL, operationalizing good intentions, proceedings of the joint Third International Conference of the Association for the Development of African Languages in Education, Science and Technology (ADALEST) and the Fifth Malawian National Language Symposium held at Mangochi, Malawi, 30 August - 3 September 2004, 406pp., paperback, Zomba, 2004. R250

  8. South African Human Rights Commission REPORT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE RIGHT TO BASIC EDUCATION, 47pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R75

  9. Southern African Development Community COURSE EVALUATION IN ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMMES, in support of environmental and sustainability education processes, course developers' toolkit, source book 5, 88pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Howick, 2006. R140

  10. Steininger (C.) et al WALKING TALL, the story of human evolution, an educator's training booklet that integrates the natural & social sciences and arts & culture, 88pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R150

Supporting Environment in the Curriculum (National Environmental Education Project for General Education and Training)

  1. __________ STORIES OF CHANGE 2, most significant change experiences, 21pp., paperback, Howick, No date. R125

  2. __________ CLUSTER-BASED APPROACHES TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 58pp., paperback, Howick, No date. R125

  3. __________ LEARNERS, LEARNING & TEACHER-LEARNER RELATIONSHIPS, 53pp., paperback, Howick, No date. R125

  4. __________ LEARNING AND TEACHING SUPPORT MATERIALS AND THEIR USE, 62pp., illus., paperback, Howick, No date. R125

  5. [Gon (J.) ed.] STORIES OF CHANGE 1, action research case studies, 58pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Howick, 2005. R125

  6. __________ LESSON PLANNING FOR A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, teachers working with the national curriculum statement (R-9), 61pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Howick, 2004. R125

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AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - HIV/AIDS

  1. __________ SWAZILAND FAITH BASED ORGANISATIONS CONTACT DIRECTORY, 128pp., paperback, No place, No date. R150

  2. __________ MALAWI HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2005, reversing HIV and AIDS in Malawi, 58pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Lilongwe, 2005. R150

  3. __________ ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS FOR ALL?, obstacles to access to HIV/AIDS treatment, lessons from Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Nepal and Zambia, 33pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Panos Global AIDS Programme, Lusaka, 2006. R150

  4. __________ CAPACITY UTILIZATION, challenges and lessons from UNDP Zambia, using national United Nations volunteers to address challenges of HIV and AIDS in Zambia, 40pp., 4to., colour illus., maps, paperback, Lusaka, 2006. R125

  5. __________ KEEPING THE PROMISE?, a study of progress made in implementing the UNGASS [United Nations Special Session] declaration of commitment on HIV/AIDS in Malawi, 42pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Lusaka, 2006. R125

  6. __________ HIV/AIDS PREVALENCE STUDY, 2005/6, Capricorn District Municipality, 30pp., 4to., illus., spiralbound paperback, Limpopo, 2006. R120

  7. AIDS Law Project ANNUAL REVIEW 2005 - 2006, 46pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R95

  8. Ambert (C.) et al HIV, AIDS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, beyond sex and medicine: why getting the basics right is part of the response!, 35pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, (2006). R120

  9. [Barnes (L.) et al eds.] AFRICA AIDS EDUCATION SERIES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, 6 Volumes: Exploring the Immune System and the HIV Virus + Life with HIV and AIDS + AIDS - why Africa? + From Awareness to Action - Preventing AIDS + Questions and Answers about Sex, Drugs and HIV + Questions and Answers about the Science of HIV and AIDS, 88+78+68+64+76+80pp., hardback, slipcase, Second edition, Johannesburg, (2005) 2006. R1,970

Suitable for schools.


  1. Bodenstein (M.) text & Wulfsohn (G.) photo. CONVERSATIONS, HIV and the family, 53pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation, Johannesburg, 2006. R125

  2. Chimombo (S.) THE HYENA WEARS DARKNESS, the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on African societies steeped in risky cultural customs, 67pp., paperback, Zomba, 2006. R125

  3. [Claton (G.) ed.] AIDS IN AFRICA, a pandemic on the move, 206pp., paperback, New York, 2006. R581

  4. Community Agency for Social Enquiry THE MAPPING PARTNERSHIPS AND GOOD PRACTICE IN RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION FOR COMMUNITY-BASED HIV SERVICE DELIVERY IN GREATER ALEXANDRA, final report, researched for Kagiso Trust and Synergos, 73pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R150

  5. Deacon (H.) & Stephney (I.) HIV/AIDS, STIGMA & CHILDREN, a literature review, 81pp., 4to., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R90

  6. Department of Nutrition, HIV and AIDS MALAWI HIV AND AIDS, monitoring and evaluation report 2005, follow-up to the Declaration of Commitment on HIV and AIDS (UNGASS), 54pp., 4to., paperback, Lilongwe, 2005. R150

  7. Dubbey (J.) TLAMELO, the church against AIDS, 120pp., illus., paperback, Kachere Books No. 20, Zomba, 2006. R150

  8. [Dube (M.) ed.] AFRICA PRAYING, a handbook on HIV/AIDS sensitive sermon guidelines and liturgy, 260pp., 4to., paperback, Reprint, Geneva, (2003) 2004. R284

  9. Fuller (B.) & van Zyl (D.) SILENTLY STARVING, a new form of famine among small scale farming households affected by the HIV epidemic?, 45pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit, Working Paper No. 107, Windhoek, 2006. R125

  10. Games (M.) & Sayagues (M.) AFRICA'S TSUNAMI, turning the tide on AIDS, 112pp., paperback, South African Institute of International Affairs, Global Best Practice, Report No. 7, Johannesburg, 2006. R60

  11. Gauteng Department of Health GAUTENG AIDS PROGRAMME, annual report 2004/05, 72pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R120

  12. Gender Aids Forum ANNUAL REPORT, 2006, 16pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R95

  13. Government of Lesotho INFANT AND CHILD FEEDING IN THE CONTEXT OF HIV/AIDS, guidelines for health workers and caregivers, 57pp., 4to., paperback, Maseru, No date. R125

  14. Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland SECOND NATIONAL MULTISECTORAL HIV AND AIDS STRATEGIC PLAN, 2006-2008, executive summary, 22pp., paperback, 2006. R95

  15. [Harris (P.) & Siplon (P.) eds.] GLOBAL POLITICS OF AIDS, 333pp., hardback, Boulder, 2007. R485

Includes "Overcoming the Contradictions: women, autonomy, and AIDS in Tanzania" by Patricia Siplon and Kristin Novotny.


  1. [Hassim (A.) et al eds.] HEALTH & DEMOCRACY, a guide to human rights, health law and policy in post-apartheid South Africa, 506pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R230

A comprehensive gide to the health system, health law and health policy with examples drawn from health activism regarding HIV/AIDS to illustrate the practical implications of law and policy..


  1. [Jallow (W.) & Makgolo (J.) eds.] DIRECTORY OF HIV/AIDS SERVICE PROVIDERS IN BOTSWANA, 2005, 91pp., paperback, Gaborone, 2005. R140

  2. [Jimbo (W.) et al eds.] 2005 BOTSWANA SECOND GENERATION HIV/AIDS SURVEILLANCE, technical report, 79pp., 4to., maps, colour illus., paperback, Gaborone, 2005. R140

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Intercountry Team for Eastern and Southern Africa

  1. __________ THE UNAIDS DIRECTORY, regional HIV and AIDS resource institutions in eastern and southern Africa, 139pp., 4to., paperback + CD-ROM, Johannesburg & Geneva, 2006. R195

  2. __________ HELPING OURSELVES, community responses to AIDS in Swaziland, 52pp., 4to., maps, illus., spiralbound paperback, Geneva, 2006. R195

  3. __________ A REPORT OF A THEOLOGICAL WORKSHOP FOCUSING ON HIV- AND AIDS-RELATED STIGMA, 62pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Windhoek, 2005. R195

  4. Ayisi (R.) REDUCING YOUTH'S VULNERABILITY TO HIV, the Zambezia experience, Mozambique, 21+21pp., 4to., map, colour illus., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R125

Text in English and Portuguese.


  1. Katsande (R.) "MY JOURNEY IN RETROSPECT", a GIPA [Greater Involvement of People living with or affected by HIV/AIDS] fieldworker's experience working within the United Nations in South Africa, 24pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2004. R50

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  1. Kindgom of Swaziland NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN, 2006-2010, 62pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Mbabane, 2006. R125

LoveLife

  1. __________ REPORT ON ACTIVITIES AND PROGRESS, 2005, 112pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R160

  2. __________ LOVE LIFE STYLE, team leader's manual, guide 2 action, 126pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R150

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  1. Lwanda (G.) NEPAD AND HIV/AIDS, the contribution of South African multinational companies to the continental fight, 39pp., map, illus., paperback, South African Institute of International Affairs, Report No. 50, Johannesburg, 2006. R57

  2. Mathoho (M.) GRASPING THE NETTLE, facing the challenges of HIV/AIDS on service delivery and local governance, 16pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Centre for Policy Studies, Policy Brief 42, Johannesburg, (2006). R80

  3. Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare (Namibia) REPORT ON THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WOMEN'S LAND AND PROPERTY RIGHTS AND LIVELIHOODS IN NAMIBIA, with a special focus on HIV/AIDS, held from 6 to 8 July 2005 in Windhoek, Namibia, 80pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback + CD-ROM, Windhoek, 2006. R195

  4. Narathius (A.) & Steven (C.) END OF TERM REVIEW, of Malawi national HIV and AIDS Strategic Framework (NSF), 2000 - 2004, a synthesised consultancy report, 45pp., 4to., paperback, Lilongwe, 2004. R125

  5. National AIDS Co-ordinating Agency NATIONAL STRATEGY, for behaviour change interventions and communications for HIV and AIDS, 48pp., paperback, Gaborone, 2006. R125

  6. National AIDS Coordination Agency BOTSWANA AIDS IMPACT SURVEY II, popular report, 2004, 89pp., 4to., paperback, Gaberone, 2004. R150

  7. Nattrass (N.) MORTAL COMBAT, AIDS denialism and the struggle for antiretrovirals in South Africa, 257pp., illus., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2007. R170

  8. Nolen (S.) 28 STORIES OF AIDS IN AFRICA, 408pp., illus., paperback, London, 2007. R170

  9. Patterson (A.) POLITICS OF AIDS IN AFRICA, 225pp., paperback, Boulder, 2006. R180

  10. [Prince (B.) et al eds.] EXPLORING THE CHALLENGES OF HIV/AIDS, seminar proceedings, 67pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R90

  11. __________ SKILLS-BUILDING FOR GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN HIV/AIDS, research and practice, seminar proceedings, from the 3rd African Conference of the Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance, Dakar, 2005, 80pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R70

  12. Rathokolo (T.) THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ORIGIN AND BIRTHPLACE OF THE HIV/AIDS VIRUS, 121pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R150

  13. Richter (L.) & Rama (S.) BUILDING RESILIENCE, a rights-based approach to children and HIV/AIDS in Africa, 57pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Save the Children, Stockholm, 2006. R125

  14. Roston (M.) KEVIN'S QUESTIONS, 238pp., hardback, d.w., Auckland, 2006. R185

Miles Roston was making a documentary on HIV/AIDS in Kisumu, Kenya when he met Kevin, an AIDS orphan.


  1. [Rupiya (M.) ed.] ENEMY WITHIN, southern African militaries' quarter-century battle with HIV and AIDS, 218pp., paperback, Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria, 2006. R100

  2. Sekgoma (B.) et al HANDBOOK ON GENDER, HUMAN RIGHTS AND HIV AND AIDS, 57+57pp., spiralbound paperback, Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum, Windhoek, 2006. R125

Text in English and Portuguese.


  1. [Simon (S.) photo.] HEROINES & HEROES, hope, HIV and Africa, 104pp., oblong 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Milan, 2006. R250

Soul City

  1. __________ EVALUATION REPORT 2006, a summary report of the research by Markdata October 2005, 41pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R95

  2. __________ EVALUATION SOUL BUDDYZ, series 2, 40pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R95

  3. __________ SOUL BUDDYZ CLUB, evaluation report 2005, 39pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, (2006). R95

  4. __________ SOULBUDDYZ EVALUATION REPORT 2006, 36pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R95

  5. __________ EVALUATION SOUL CITY SERIES 6, 31pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R95

  6. Goldstein (S.) et al CHOOSE LIFE, campaign evaluation report, 40pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, (2006). R95

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Southern African Development Community (SADC)

  1. __________ INITIATIVES FROM THE SOUTH, lessons learnt on HIV and AIDS in the SADC region, 34pp., 4to., paperback, Gaborone, 2006. R95

  2. __________ PUTTING THE THREE ONES PRINCIPLES INTO ACTION, experiences from Lesotho, Malawi, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia, 23pp., 4to., paperback, Gaborone, 2006. R95

  3. __________ MONITORING AND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK FOR HIV AND AIDS, January 2006, 29pp., 4to., paperback, Gaberone, 2006. R95

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  1. Terry (P.) BREAKING STONE SILENCE, giving voice to AIDS prevention in Africa, 282pp., illus., paperback, Trenton, 2006. R226

  2. [Tsheko (G.) ed.] QUALITATIVE RESEARCH REPORT ON ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN PALAPYE, BOTSWANA, 40pp., 4to., map, paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R70

  3. UNICEF REPORT ON THE ASSESSMENT OF NEIGHBOURHOOD CARE POINTS, Swaziland - 2006, 45pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Mbabane, 2006. R95

  4. van Wyk (B.) et al COMMUNITY-LEVEL BEHAVIOURAL INTERVENTIONS FOR HIV PREVENTION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, 45pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R55

  5. Zimba (S.) et al THANDI'S FATE AND OTHER STORIES, 169pp., illus., paperback, Reprint, Kagiso HIV/AIDS initiative, Cape Town, (2005) 2006. R90

AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - LANGUAGE & LITERARY STUDIES

  1. Barnard (R.) APARTHEID AND BEYOND, South African writers and the politics of place, 221pp., hardback, d.w., New York, 2007. R350

  2. Bethlehem (L.) SKIN TIGHT, apartheid literary culture and its aftermath, 145pp., paperback, Pretoria & Leiden, 2007. R130

  3. [Chapman (M.) ed.] SOWETO POETRY, literary perspectives, 232pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2007. R170

  4. [Chimuka (S.) ed.] ZAMBIAN LANGUAGES, orthography approved by the Ministry of Education, 128pp., paperback, Reprint, Lusaka, (1977) 2005. R150

  5. Coetzee (J.M.) INNER WORKINGS, essays 2000 - 2005, with an introduction by Derek Attridge, 304pp., hardback, d.w., London, 2007. R288

Includes essays on Robert Musil, W.G. Sebald, Nadine Gordimer, Gabriel García Márquez, V.S. Naipaul, William Faulkner and many others.


  1. de Villiers (G.) WALKING ON EGG SHELLS, aspects of English usage, 154pp., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2007. R129

Dictionaries, Phrase Books & Grammars

  1. __________ OXFORD AFRIKAANS - ENGLISH, ENGLISH - AFRIKAANS, skoolwoordeboek, school dictionary, 578pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R110

  2. __________ ISINDEBELE - ENGLISH/ ENGLISH - ISINDEBELE, isiHlathululi - mezwi/ bilingual and explanatory dictionary, 315pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R90

  3. __________ XITSONGA - ENGLISH/ ENGLISH - XITSONGA, dikixinari ya Xitsonga- Xinghezi/ bilingual and explanatory dictionary, 168pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2005. R90

  4. __________ SESOTHO SA LEBOA - ENGLISH/ ENGLISH - SESOTHO SA LEBOA, pukuntsu ya dipolelo tse pedi le dihlaloso/ bilingual and explanatory dictionary, 213pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R90

  5. __________ TSHIVENDA - ENGLISH/ ENGLISH - TSHIVENDA, thalusamaipfi ya u talutshedza ya nyambombili/ bilingual and explanatory dictionary, 172pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R90

  6. __________ SOUTH AFRICAN OXFORD MULTILINGUAL PRIMARY DICTIONARY, English with Afrikaans, IsiXhosa, IsiZulu and Siswati, 188pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Revised edition, Cape Town, (1991) 2006. R80

  7. __________ SOUTH AFRICAN OXFORD MULTILINGUAL PRIMARY DICTIONARY, English with Afrikaans, Sepedi, Sesotho and Setswana, 188pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Revised edition, Cape Town, (1991) 2006. R80

  8. [Davies (S.) et al eds.] SWAHILI, the Rough Guide phrasebook, 198pp., paperback, Revised edition, London, (1998) 2006. R55

  9. de Stadler (L.) & (A.) TESOURUS VAN AFRIKAANS, 863pp., hardback + CD-ROM, Reprint, Cape Town, (1994) 2006. R250

  10. Fricke (I.) & Meyer (L.) BILINGUAL POCKET MATHS DICTIONARY, English/ Sesotho, grades 8 to 12, 121pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2005. R31

  11. Fricke (I.) & van Lingen (N.) BILINGUAL POCKET SCIENCE DICTIONARY, English/ Sesotho, grades 8 to 12, 124pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R30

  12. Hlalele (B.) SETHANTSO SA SESOTHO, 325pp., paperback, Reprint, Maseru, (2005) 2007. R110

  13. Kgasa (M.) & Tsonope (J.) THANODI YA SETSWANA, 340pp., colour illus., paperback, Reprint, Gaborone, (1995) 2006. R80

  14. Kromhout (J.) & Kritzinger (M.) MINI DICTIONARY, 325+318pp., paperback, Sixth edition, Cape Town, (1970) 2007. R58

  15. Kuanjika (D.) CHIYAO COURSE, in three languages, 79pp., paperback, Balaka (Malawi), 2006. R195

  16. Labuschagne (F.) & Eksteen (L.) VERKLARENDE AFRIKAANSE WOORDEBOEK, agste hersiene en uitgebreide uitgawe, 1117pp., hardback + CD-ROM, New edition, Cape Town, (1993) 2006. R295

  17. Moeketsi (R.) CONCISE TRILINGUAL POCKET DICTIONARY, English/ Southern Sotho/ Afrikaans, 122+123pp., paperback, Reprint, Johannesburg, (1991) 2007. R65

  18. Munnik (A.) LEARN XHOSA, 197pp., illus., paperback + audio tape, Fifth edition, Pietermaritzburg, (1994) 2006. R135

  19. [Pheiffer (F.) et al eds.] AFRIKAANS - ENGLISH, ENGLISH - AFRIKAANS, kernwoordeboek, concise dictionary, 1620pp., hardback, Cape Town, 2007. R350

  20. Taljaard (P.) CONCISE TRILINGUAL POCKET DICTIONARY, English/ Zulu/ Afrikaans, 110 + 104pp., paperback, Reprint, Johannesburg, (1991) 2007. R65

  21. [Viljoen (H.) ed.] KUBERWOORDEBOEK/ CYBER DICTIONARY, Afrikaans - English, English - Afrikaans, 518pp., hardback, Pretoria, 2006. R258

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  1. Eilersen (G.) BESSIE HEAD, thunder behind her ears, her life and writing, 374pp., illus., paperback, Reprint, Johannesburg, (1995) 2007. R220

Journals

  1. [Coetzer (T.) ed.] ONS KLYNTJI, uitgawe 2, November 2006, Jaargang 110, 108pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R35

  2. [Robins (R.) ed.] NEW CONTRAST, South African literary journal, Vol. 34, No. 3, March 2006, 86pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R70

Contributors include Christopher Hope, Imraan Coovadia, William Dicey (in conversation with Ivan Vladislavic) and many others.


  1. __________ NEW CONTRAST, South African literary journal, Vol. 34, No. 5, September 2006, 95pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R70

Includes Antjie Krog: "Stephen Watson in the Annals of Plagiarism".


  1. __________ NEW CONTRAST, South African literary journal, Vol. 34, No. 4, June 2006, 62pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R70

Includes poetry by Gus Ferguson, Geoffrey Haresnape, Helen Moffett, Stephen Watson and many others.


  1. __________ NEW CONTRAST, South African literary journal, Vol. 34, No. 6, December 2006, 84pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R70

Contributors include David Medalie, Ken Barris and others.


  1. [van Rensburg (C.) ed.] KAKKERLAK, Uitgawe 7, 2007, 100pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R23

  2. __________ KAKKERLAK, Uitgawe 6, 2006, 100pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R23

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  1. Kaunjika (D.) CHILOMWE COURSE, in three languages, 106pp., paperback, Know Your Language Series, Balaka, 2006. R195

  2. Kosch (I.) TOPICS IN MORPHOLOGY, in the African language context, 176pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R160

  3. [Lederer (M.) & Tumedi (S.) et al eds.] WRITING BESSIE HEAD IN BOTSWANA, an anthology of remembrance and criticism, 185pp., illus., paperback, Gaborone, 2007. R155

  4. Lewis (D.) LIVING ON A HORIZON, Bessie Head and the politics of imagining, 316pp., paperback, Trenton, 2007. R265

  5. Lewis (H.) THE WANNABE WRITER IN SOUTH AFRICA, 133pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R120

  6. [Mutasa (D.) ed.] AFRICAN LANGUAGES IN THE 21ST CENTURY, the main challenges, 179pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R125

  7. [Ogude (J.) & Nyairo (J.) eds.] URBAN LEGENDS, COLONIAL MYTHS, popular culture and literature in East Africa, 337pp., paperback, Trenton, 2007. R255

  8. [Opland (J.) ed. & translator] NATION'S BOUNTY, the Xhosa poetry of Nontsizi Mgqwetho, 478pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R150

  9. [Poyner (J.) ed.] J.M. COETZEE, and the idea of the public intellectual, 246pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg & Ohio, 2006. R180

Contributors include David Attwell, Derek Attridge, Elleke Boehmer, Rosemary Jolly and Lucy Graham.


  1. Primorac (R.) PLACE OF TEARS, the novel and politics in modern Zimbabwe, 241pp., hardback, d.w., London, 2006. R260

  2. [Raditlhalo (S.) & Liyong (T.) eds.] ES'KIA, may you grow as big as an elephant and dwarf the rhinoceros, 306pp., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2006. R296

Contributors include Kader Asmal, Nadine Gordimer, Bankole Omotoso, Njabulo Ndebele and many others on the writings of Es'kia Mphahlele.


  1. Rafapa (L.) THE REPRESENTATION OF AFRICAN HUMANISM IN THE NARRATIVE WRITINGS OF ES'KIA MPHAHLELE, 391pp., harback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2006. R296

  2. Samuelson (M.) REMEMBERING THE NATION, DISMEMBERING WOMEN?, stories of the South African transition, 272pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2007. R190

"The subject of [this] major feminist study is fiction and autobiography by some of the foremost writers of South Africa's transition to democracy: Zoë Wicomb, J.M. Coetzee, Sindiwe Magona, Zakes Mda, Njabulo Ndebele, Elleke Boehmer, André Brink, Zubeida Jaffer and Mamphela Ramphele" Margaret Daymond.


  1. [Scheub (H.) collected and transcribed] SOUTH AFRICAN VOICES, Vol. 1: A Long Time Passed, Vol. 2: Created in Olden Times, Vol. 3: The Way We Travelled, 269+309+102pp., illus., paperback, Madison, 2006. R995

Selected from an immense documented collection of oral performance in Xhosa and Zulu, collected by Harold Scheub in southern Africa during the 1960s and 1970s. Volume 1 and 2 are collections of performances by Nongenile Masithathu Zanani (1905-1985), Volume 3 contains four oral histories and a number of oral poems.


  1. Schonfeld (P.) TEBOGO ON THE PROWL, a study of Omoseye Bolaji's series of books based on private sleuth, Tebogo Mokoena, 43pp., paperback, Ladybrand, 2006. R60

  2. Stobie (C.) SOMEWHERE IN THE DOUBLE RAINBOW, representations of bisexuality in post-apartheid novels, 307pp., paperback, PIetermaritzburg, 2007. R190

  3. [van der Merwe (I.) & (J.) eds.] LINGUISTIC ATLAS OF SOUTH AFRICA, language in space and time, 101pp., 4to., maps, colour illus., hardback, Cape Town, 2006. R310

  4. van der Merwe (L.) GESPREKKE OOR INGRID JONKER, 256pp., illus., paperback, Hermanus, 2006. R155

Contributors include Anna Jonker, Uys Krige, André Brink and others.


  1. Veit-Wild (F.) WRITING MADNESS, borderlines of the body in African literature, 174pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg & London, 2006. R140

Includes "Time's Gone Mad: rhyming & ranting of Lesego Rampolokeng", "Nervous Conditions as Sites of Resistance: Bessie Head, Rebeka Njau, Tsitsi Dangarembga".


  1. Wisner (G.) BASKET OF LEAVES, 99 books that capture the spirit of Africa, 289pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R165

"A literary tour of the best-written, the most interesting books to come from every country in Africa". Geoff Wisner lists "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela, "July's People" by Nadine Gordimer, "Age of Iron" by J.M. Coetzee, "Mother to Mother" by Sindiwe Magona and "The Heart of Redness" by Zakes Mda as South Africa's most important books. Other writers include Bessie Head and Norman Rush on Botswana, Mia Couto on Mozambique and Doris Lessing and Yvonne Vera on Zimbabwe.


AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - LAW

  1. __________ THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, reflecting the law as at May 2006, 211pp., paperback, Fourth edition, Cape Town, (2004) 2007. R60

  2. [Barnard (D.) et al comps.] ROAD MAP TO ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION, 275pp., paperback, Third edition, Pretoria, (2003) 2006. R195

  3. [Bonthuys (E.) & Albertyn (C.) eds.] GENDER, LAW AND JUSTICE, 424pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R362

  4. Chenwi (L.) TOWARDS THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN AFRICA, a human rights perspective, 239pp., paperback, Pretoria University Law Press, Pretoria, 2007. R220

  5. Church (J.) et al HUMAN RIGHTS, from a comparative and international law perspective, 309pp., paperback, Pretoria University Law Press, Pretoria, 2007. R240

  6. [du Bois (F.) ed.] WILLE'S PRINCIPLES OF SOUTH AFRICAN LAW, 1269pp., paperback, Ninth edition, Cape Town, (1937) 2007. R570

  7. Jordaan (P.) CREDIT LAW OF SOUTH AFRICA, a guide to consumers, credit users and credit grantors, 143pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R228

  8. Jordaan (R.) & Davel (C.) LAW OF PERSONS SOURCEBOOK / PERSONE REG BRONNEBUNDEL, 536pp., paperback, Fourth edition, Cape Town, (1992) 2006. R335

  9. Kanja (G.) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, 433pp., paperback, University of Zambia, Lusaka, 2006. R1,700

  10. Kulusika (S.) TEXT, CASES AND MATERIALS ON CRIMINAL LAW, in Zambia, 859pp., paperback, University of Zambia, Lusaka, 2006. R950

  11. Malila (M.) COMMERCIAL LAW IN ZAMBIA, cases and materials, 545pp., paperback, University of Zambia, Lusaka, 2006. R1,300

  12. __________ COMMERCIAL LAW IN ZAMBIA, essential texts, 198pp., paperback, University of Zambia, Lusaka, 2005. R950

  13. Mushota (L.) FAMILY LAW IN ZAMBIA, cases and materials, 526pp., paperback, University of Zambia, Lusaka, 2005. R895

  14. Nagtegaal (M.) et al HER LAW, making the law work for you, 246pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R130

  15. Nicol (M.) FIRM, a biography of Webber Wentzel Bowens, 240pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R250

The history of the South African law firm Webber Wentzel Bowens, established in 1868.


  1. SiberInk RIGHT-TO-KNOW LAWS, Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000, Protected Disclosures Act 26 of 2000, 143pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R110

  2. Wessels (L.) MY REGTE! JOU REGTE?, 224pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R135

AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - MOZAMBIQUE

  1. __________ CURSO DE FORMAÇÃO TÉCNICA BANCÁRIA, atendimento, ensino a distância, 144pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R250

  2. __________ PLANIFICAÇÃO E CONCEPÇÃO DOS MERCADOS RURAIS, 114pp., oblong, paperback, Maputo, 2004. R195

  3. __________ INQUERITO COMPORTAMENTO REPRODUTIVO DA MULHER MOCAMBICANA, cidade de Maputo, 1987, 175pp., 4to., map, paperback, Maputo, 1987. R150

  4. __________ SACANA, recordacoes do deixa-andar, 280pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R95

Issues 1 (June 2002) to Issue 10 (March 2003) of Sacane, a political cartoon journal.


  1. __________ COMUNICACAO SOBRE O ESTADO DA NAÇÁO, APRESENTADO NA ASSEMBLEIA DA REPUBLICA PELO PRESIDENTE ARMANDO GUEBUZA, o combate contra a pobreza: um designio nacional, 27pp., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R95

  2. Associação dos Escritores Moçambicanos COLECTÂNEA DE POESIA, 119pp., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R195

  3. Bachetti (C.) GRAMÁTICA DA LÍNGUA RONGA, 341pp., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R195

Banco de Moçambique

  1. __________ PREÇOS E CONJUNTURA FINANCEIRA, ano 10, No. 32, Março/2006, 36pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R195

  2. __________ STATISTICAL BULLETIN/ BOLETIM ESTATÍSTICO, No. 50/year 13, December/2005, 51+52pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R195

Text in English & Portuguese.


  1. __________ PREÇOS E CONJUNTURA FINANCEIRA, ano 9 - No. 31, Setembro/2005, 36pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2005. R195

  2. __________ STATISTICAL BULLETIN/ BOLETIM ESTATÍSTICO, No. 52/year 14, June/2006, 49+49pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R195

Text in English and Portuguese.


  1. __________ PREÇOS E CONJUNTURA FINANCEIRA, ano 8 - No. 28, Setembro/2004, 41pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2005. R195

  2. __________ PREÇOS E CONJUNTURA FINANCEIRA, ano 10 - No. 33, Junho/2006, 35pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R195

  3. __________ PREÇOS E CONJUNTURA FINANCEIRA, ano 10 - No. 34, Setembro/2006, 44pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R195

  4. __________ PREÇOS E CONJUNTURA FINANCEIRA, ano 9 - No. 29, Março/2005, 41pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2005. R195

  5. __________ PREÇOS E CONJUNTURA FINANCEIRA, ano 9 - No. 30, Junho 2005, 46pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2005. R195

  6. __________ STATISTICAL BULLETIN/ BOLETIM ESTATÍSTICO, No. 47/year 13, March/2005, 48+48pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2005. R195

Text in English and Portuguese.


  1. __________ STATISTICAL BULLETIN/ BOLETIM ESTATÍSTICO, No. 51/year 14, March/2006, 51+52pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R195

  2. __________ MONTHLY BULLETIN/ BOLETIM MENSAL DE CONJUNTURA, Year 5/No. 54, November/2005, 9+9pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R125

Text in English and Portuguese.


  1. __________ MONTHLY BULLETIN/ BOLETIM MENSAL DE CONJUNTURA, Year 5/No. 53, October/2005, 11+11pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2005. R125

Text in English and Portuguese.


  1. __________ MONTHLY BULLETIN/ BOLETIM MENSAL DE CONJUNTURA, Year 6/No. 58, June/2006, 8+8pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R125

  2. __________ MONTHLY BULLETIN/ BOLETIM MENSAL DE CONJUNTURA, Year 5/No. 51, August/2005, 15+15pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2005. R125

Text in English and Portuguese.


  1. __________ MONTHLY BULLETIN/ BOLETIM MENSAL DE CONJUNTURA, Year 6/No. 61, September 2006, 9+9pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R125

Text in English and Portuguese.


  1. __________ MONTHLY BULLETIN/ BOLETIM MENSAL DE CONJUNTURA, Year 4/No. 47, April/2005, 15+15pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2005. R125

Text in English and Portuguese.


  1. __________ MONTHLY BULLETIN/ BOLETIM MENSAL DE CONJUNTURA, Year 6/No. 62, October/2006, 8+8pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R125

Text in English and Portuguese.


  1. __________ MONTHLY BULLETIN/ BOLETIM MENSAL DE CONJUNTURA, Year 6/No. 56, April 2006, 8+8pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R125

Text in English and Portuguese.


  1. __________ MONTHLY BULLETIN/ BOLETIM MENSAL DE CONJUNTURA, Year 6/No. 57, May/2006, 9+9pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R125

  2. __________ MONTHLY BULLETIN/ BOLETIM MENSAL DE CONJUNTURA, Year 6/No. 55, March/2006, 11+11pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R125

Text in English and Portuguese.


  1. __________ MONTHLY BULLETIN/ BOLETIM MENSAL DE CONJUNTURA, Year 4/No. 48, May/2005, 14+14pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2005. R125

Text in English and Portuguese.


  1. __________ MONTHLY BULLETIN/ BOLETIM MENSAL DE CONJUNTURA, Year 5/No. 52, September/2005, 11+11pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2005. R125

Text in English and Portuguese.


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  1. [Dauto (U.) ed.] CONSTITUICAO DA REPUBLICA DE MOCAMBIQUE, II-edicao, 111pp., paperback, Second edition, Maputo, 2003. R195

  2. de Abreu (J.) O ESPLENDOR DA TOCHA LEAL, 62pp., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R125

  3. de Ceita (D.) SÃO TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE, distribuição territorial e mobilidade da população feminina, 58pp., map, paperback, Maputo, 2006. R75

  4. Dick (J.) AS VOZES DO KWAMA, 79pp., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R125

  5. dos Santos (C.) A QUINTA DIMENSÃO, 247pp., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R150

  6. Fox (J.) UNDER THE SWAY, a photographic journey through Mozambique, 144pp., 4to., map, b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2007. R250

  7. Inácio (S.) O MEU PAÍS É ESFÉRICO, AZUL E PASMOSO, sonetos, 65pp., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R150

Instituto Nacional de Estatística

  1. __________ INQUÉRITO INTEGRADO Á FORÇA DE TRABALHO, relatório final, 114pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R250

  2. __________ INFORMAL SECTOR IN MOZAMBIQUE, outputs from the First National Survey (2005), 160pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R250

  3. __________ ANUÁRIO ESTATÍSTICO, statistical yearbook 2005, 146pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R250

Text in English and Portuguese.


  1. __________ THE NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS IN MOZAMBIQUE, outputs from the First National Census (2004/5), Maputo, 28 August 2006, 168pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R250

  2. __________ ANUÁRIO ESTATÍSTICO 2003, Província de Zambézia, 51pp., 4to., maps, illus., paperback, Maputo, 2004. R195

  3. __________ ANUÁRIO ESTATÍSTICO 2003, Província de Nampula, 51pp., 4to., maps, paperback, Maputo, 2004. R195

  4. __________ ANUÁRIO ESTATÍSTICO 2003, Província de Manica, 54pp., 4to., maps, illus., paperback, Maputo, 2004. R195

  5. __________ ANUÁRIO ESTATÍSTICO 2003, Província de Inhambane, 56pp., 4to., maps, paperback, Maputo, 2004. R195

  6. __________ ANUÁRIO ESTATÍSTICO 2003, Província de Cabo Delgado, 47pp., 4to., maps, paperback, Maputo, 2004. R195

  7. __________ INDICE DE PREÇOS NO CONSUMIDOR, Moçambique 2004, 51pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2005. R195

  8. __________ ANUÁRIO ESTATÍSTICO 2003, Província de Tete, 55pp., 4to., maps, paperback, Maputo, 2004. R195

  9. __________ ANUÁRIO ESTATÍSTICO 2003, Província de Sofala, 50pp., 4to., maps, illus., paperback, Maputo, 2004. R195

  10. __________ ANUÁRIO ESTATÍSTICO 2003, Província de Niassa, 47pp., 4to., maps, illus., paperback, Maputo, 2004. R195

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  1. Macamo (E.) TREPAR O PAÍS PELOS RAMOS, 147pp., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R195

  2. Macuácua (A.) MOZAMBICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, the need for a strengthened accounting infrastructure, 148pp., paperback, no place, 2003. R195

  3. Manjate (L.) MANIFESTO, 82pp., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R125

  4. Maússe (A.) MANUAL TÉCNICO COMBINADO DE RESTAURANTE BAR E ORGANIZAÇAO DE EVENTOS, 100pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Maputo, 2007. R250

  5. Mazula (B.) et al VOTO E URNA DE COSTAS VOLTADAS, abstençâo eleitoral 2004, 171pp., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R195

  6. Mendes (J.) DONDE PARA ONDE, tópicos para o estudo do Movimento de Libertação Nacional Moçambicano, 193pp., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R150

  7. Ministério da Saúde ÁLBUM SERIADO, guia de utilização, 18pp., illus., paperback, Maputo, No date. R50

  8. Ministéro de Trabalho BOLETIM DE ESTATÍSTICAS DO TRABALHO, 2005, 31pp., 4to., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R195

  9. [Muiuane (A.) comp.] DATAS E DOCUMENTOS DA HISTÓRIA DA FRELIMO, de 1960 a 1975 - ano da independência de Moçambique, 571pp., paperback, Third edition, Maputo, 2006. R350

  10. Open Society Foundation MOCAMBIQUE, o sector da Justiça e o estado de direito, 118pp., paperback, Johannesburg & London, 2006. R195

  11. Paúa (A.) et al DIRECTÓRIO COMERCIAL DE MOÇAMBIQUE, 2007, 304pp., 4to., maps, colour illus., paperback, Eighth edition, Maputo, 2007. R250

  12. Rui (M.) ESTÓRIAS DE CONVERSA, contos, 103pp., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R150

  13. Saúte (N.) MAPUTO BLUES, poesia, 95pp., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R125

  14. Serra (C.) COLECTÂNEA DE LEGISLAÇÃO DO AMBIENTE, 654pp., paperback + 52pp. supplement, Second revised edition, Maputo, 2006. R250

  15. Trindade (J.) COLECTÂNEA DE LEGISLAÇÃO PENAL COMPLEMENTAR, 362pp., paperback, Second revised and expanded edition, Maputo, 2006. R195

  16. Valá (S.) DESENVOLVIMENTO AGRÁRIO E PAPEL DA EXTENSÃO RURAL NO CHÓKWÉ (1950-2000), conflito de interesses entre o estado e os agricultores?, 254pp., maps, illus., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R295

  17. Veloso (J.) MEMÓRIAS EM VOO RASANTE, 290pp., illus., paperback, Maputo, 2006. R235

  18. [Williams (F.) translator, intro. & notes] POETS OF MOZAMBIQUE, a bilingual selection, 482pp., paperback, Maputo, Lisbon etc, 2006. R295

  19. [Zimba (B.) & Castiano (L.) eds.] AS CIÊNCIAS SOCIAIS NA LUTA CONTRA A POBREZA EM MOÇAMBIQUE, 254pp., paperback, Maputo, 2005. R195

AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - NAMIBIA

  1. __________ OMAHEKE, regional poverty profile, based on village-level participatory poverty assessments in the Omaheke Region, Namibia in October/November 2004, 190pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., maps, paperback, Windhoek, 2004. R195

  2. __________ CAPRIVI, regional poverty profile, based on village-level participatory poverty assessments in the Caprivi region, Namibia in October/November 2004, full report, 130pp., 4to., maps, illus., paperback, Windhoek, 2004. R195

  3. Alibert (E.) text & illus. NAMIBIA, from the Okavango to Victoria Falls, field notebook in Caprivi, 175pp., oblong 4to., colour illus., hardback, Geneva, 2006. R395

Watercolours of the Caprivi.


  1. Bolz (D.) HARD SOOS KAMEELDORINGHOUT, 270pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R232

A history of Aus, a small town on the edge of the Namib, and the people who have lived there.


  1. [du Plessis (J.) photo.] NAMIBIA, a visual celebration, 160pp., 4to., map, colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2007. R295

  2. [Fasse (H.) ed.] MY STORY - YOUR STORY - OUR HISTORY, MEINE GESCHICHTE - DEINE GESCHICHTE - UNSERE GESCHICHTE, a history project in Namibia, ein geschichtsprojekt in Namibia, 2004/2005, 63pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Windhoek & Gottingen, 2006. R195

Text in English and German.


  1. Geingob (H.) DRAFTING OF NAMIBIA'S CONSTITUTION, 67pp., colour illus., paperback, Windhoek, (c.2005). R150

  2. [Hinz (M.) ed.] SHADE OF NEW LEAVES, governance in traditional authority: a southern African perspective, 491pp., paperback, Munster, 2006. R450

Papers from a conference held in Windhoek in 2004.


  1. [Hunter (J.) ed.] SPOT THE DIFFERENCE, Namibia's political parties compared, 147pp., paperback, Windhoek, 2005. R165

  2. Kanzler (S.) EXPELLED FROM A BELOVED COUNTRY, German settlers in southern Namibia between colonial war and world war, 97pp., map, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Reprint, Windhoek, (2003) 2006. R175

Labour Resource and Research Institute

  1. __________ THE STRUGGLE FOR WORKERS' RIGHTS IN NAMIBIA, 57pp., illus., paperback, Windhoek, 2006. R120

  2. __________ THE NAMIBIAN WAGE BARGAINING REPORT, 2005, 17pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Windhoek, 2006. R95

  3. Karamata (C.) FARM WORKERS IN NAMIBIA, living and working conditions, 58pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Windhoek, 2006. R175

  4. Mwilima (N.) NAMIBIA'S INFORMAL ECONOMY, possibilities for trade union intervention, 68pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Windhoek, 2006. R195

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  1. Lebzelter (S.) DIE AFRIKAREISE DES VIKTOR LEBZELTER, 1926-1928, 286pp., map, illus., paperback, Vienna, 2005. R395

Legal Assistance Centre, Windhoek

  1. __________ PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGAL ASSISTANCE CENTRE / INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH, consultative workshop: perceptions on land reform held on 21-22 November 2006 at the NamPower Convention Centre, Windhoek, 112pp., 4to., paperback, Windhoek, 2007. R195

  2. [LaFont (S.) & Hubbard (D.) eds.] UNRAVELLING TABOOS, gender and sexuality in Namibia, 366pp., paperback, Windhoek, 2007. R395

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  1. [Leser (H.) ed.] THE CHANGING CULTURE AND NATURE OF NAMIBIA, case studies, the sixth Namibia workshop Basel 2005, in honour of Dr. H.C. Carl Schlettwein (1925-2005), 216pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Basel, 2006. R450

  2. Marsh (J.) SKELETON COAST, the dramatic rescue operation of the Dunedin Star, 200pp., map, illus., paperback, New edition, Windhoek, (1978) 2006. R295

The Dunedin Star ran aground at the Skeleton Coast of then South West Africa in 1942/43. "Skeleton Coast" was first published in 1944 and since then there have been many editions.


  1. Mehnert (G.) KRIEGSGESCHICHTEN, aus Südwesttafrika, ein pionier erzähet aus seimenn Leben, 108pp., illus., paperback, Windhoek, 2006. R195

  2. Mendelsohn (J.) FARMING SYSTEMS, in Namibia, 80pp., 4to., maps, colour illus., paperback, Windhoek, 2006. R195

  3. [Miescher (G.) comp.] GUIDE TO THE SWAPO COLLECTION IN THE BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN, Registratur AA. 3, 322pp., paperback, Enlarged and revised edition, Basel, 2006. R150

  4. [Minnie (J.) ed.] OUTSIDE THE BALLOT BOX, preconditions for elections in southern Africa 2005/6, 210pp., paperback, Media Institute of Southern Africa, Windhoek, 2006. R195

  5. Moritz (W.) JONKER AFRIKANER UND MISSIONAR KLEINSCHMIDT, Zwischen Rehoboth und Otjimbingwe, tagebuch, briefe, berichte, 1839-1864, 124pp., map, illus., paperback, Heft 18, Windhoek, 2006. R150

Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (NEPRU)

  1. Adongo (J.) & Deen-Swarray (M.) POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN RURAL NAMIBIA THROUGH IMPROVED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES, 33pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Working Paper No. 109, Windhoek, 2006. R125

  2. Odendaal (W.) THE SADC LAND AND AGRARIAN REFORM INITIATIVE, the case of Namibia for community technology development, 56pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Working Paper No. 111, Windhoek, 2006. R125

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National Planning Commission

  1. __________ NAMIBIA HOUSEHOLD INCOME & EXPENDITURE SURVEY (NHIES) 2003/2004, 208pp., 4to., paperback, Windhoek, 2006. R195

  2. __________ POPULATION PROJECTIONS, 2001-2031, national and regional figures, 104pp., 4to., paperback, Windhoek, 2006. R175

  3. __________ NATIONAL ACCOUNTS, 1995-2005, 44pp., 4to., paperback, Windhoek, 2006. R125

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  1. National Society for Human Rights NAMIBIA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2006, 276pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Windhoek, 2006. R350

  2. [Pfaffe (J.) ed.] LIFE IN THE NYAE NYAE, Jul'hoan reader for grade 2-4, 39pp., colour illus., paperback, Windhoek, 2006. R125

  3. Public Services International TRADE UNIONS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR QUALITY PUBLIC SERVICES IN NAMIBIA, 40pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2003. R120

  4. Rotmann (B.) STORMCOAST, 17+17pp., illus., maps, paperback, Luderitz, 2000. R115

Text in German and English.


  1. Saarelma-Maunumaa (M.) EDHINA EKOGIDHO - NAMES AS LINKS, the encounter between African and European anthroponymic systems among the Ambo people in Namibia, 373pp., illus., paperback, Helsinki, 2003. R463

  2. Störzner (K.) MEIN LEBEN, EIN ABENTEUER, autobiografie, 67pp., illus., paperback, Windhoek, 2006. R150

  3. Trüper (U.) INVISIBLE WOMAN, Zara Schmelen, African mission assistant at the Cape and in Namaland, 118pp., 4to., map, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Basel, 2006. R195

In 1814, Johann Hinrich Schmelen, a German missionary, married a Nama woman, Zara, who helped him with religious translations and in transcribing her language into a written form. She died in 1831. "Invisible Woman" was first published in German in 2000.


  1. Zeeman (T.) FINDING FEET CONFERENCE, theatre education and training in the SADC region, Southern African Theatre Initiative (SATI) Windhoek, Namibia, 11-15 May, 2003, 118pp., paperback, Windhoek, 2005. R125

AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - NATURAL HISTORY & ECOLOGY

  1. Astronomical Society of Southern Africa SKY GUIDE AFRICA SOUTH, 2007, astronomical handbook for southern Africa, 114pp., illus.,paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R70

  2. Bakkes (C.) STOFFEL SE VELDNOTAS, 176pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R130

Christiaan 'Stoffel' Bakkes is a game ranger.


  1. Barnard (C.) A BASIC GUIDE TO ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION, 162pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R215

  2. [Bond (P.) et al eds.] CLIMATE CHANGE, CARBON TRADING AND CIVIL SOCIETY, negative returns on South African investments, 192pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2007. R160

First published in the Netherlands in 2007.


  1. Botha (C. & J.) BRING BUTTERFLIES BACK TO YOUR GARDEN, 251pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R165

  2. Cillié (B.) & Oberprieler (U.) POCKET-GUIDE TO SOUTHERN AFRICAN BIRDS, 158pp., map, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Third edition, Johannesburg, (1999) 2007. R95

  3. [Colquhoun (S.) ed.] OUR LAND FOR LIFE, sustainable land use, 250pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2006. R140

  4. [Cunningham (P.) comp.] GUIDE TO THE TORTOISES OF NAMIBIA, 19pp., maps, colour illus., paperback, Windhoek, No date. R95

Department of Water Affairs & Forestry

  1. __________ ANNUAL REPORT, 2006, 208pp., oblong 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R195

  2. [van Vuuren (L.) ed.] AMAKHOSAZANA EMVULA, celebrating South Africa's women in water, 50pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R95

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  1. Drake (E.) BOOK OF BAOBABS, 90pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R115

  2. du Plessis (M.) PRONKVERE, 144pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R125

M.du Plessis writes on birds for Die Burger and Beeld.


  1. du Toit (R.) BIRD'S EYE VIEW, an aerial journey over wild Africa, 182pp., oblong 4to., colour illus., hardback, d.w., Durban, 2006. R280

  2. Frump (R.) MAN-EATERS OF EDEN, life and death among the lions of Kruger, an investigative safari inquiring into one of the largest consumption of humans by lions in modern history, 172pp., illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R245

  3. [Hart (T.) & Vorster (I.) ed.] INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN LANDSCAPE, potentials for agriculture development?, 44pp., paperback, Urban, Rural and Economic Development Occasional Paper No. 1, Cape Town, 2006. R75

  4. [Irish (J.) ed.] NAMIBIA'S BIOSYSTEMATIC NEEDS, proceedings of the Namibian Biosystematics End-User workshop, Windhoek, 24-25 September 2002, 57pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Windhoek, 2003. R135

  5. Joubert (L.) SCORCHED, South Africa's changing climate, 251pp., map, illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R180

  6. [Low (P.) ed.] CLIMATE CHANGE AND AFRICA, 369pp., 4to., maps, paperback, Reprint, Cambridge, (2005) 2006. R600

  7. Marais (J.) text & Hadaway (D.) illus. GREAT TUSKERS OF AFRICA, a celebration of Africa's large ivory carriers, 222pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2006. R350

  8. Matthews (L.) COASTAL GUIDE, of South Africa, 130pp., map, colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R165

  9. Ministry of Environment, Wildlife & Tourism (Botswana) BOTSWANA BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN, 136pp., 4to., paperback, Gaborone, 2004. R160

  10. Monadjem (A.) et al THREATENED VERTEBRATES OF SWAZILAND, Swaziland Red Data Book: fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, 256pp., maps, illus., paperback, Mbabane, 2003. R195

  11. Morris (B.) THE HISTORY AND CONSERVATION OF MAMMALS IN MALAWI, 199pp., illus., paperback, Kachere Monograph No. 21, Zomba, 2006. R200

  12. Namafe (C.) ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN ZAMBIA, a critical approach to change and transformation, 163pp., 4to., map, illus., paperback, Lusaka, 2006. R350

  13. Odendaal (F.) & Suich (H.) RICHTERSVELD, the land and its people, photography by Claudio Valásquez Rojas, 168pp., 4to., maps, colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R200

  14. [Oosterhuis (W.) ed.] STONE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, 56pp., 4to., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Paris, 1999. R295

  15. Paterson-Jones (C.) PROTEA, 128pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R140

First published as "The Protea Family in Southern Africa" in 2000.


  1. Paterson-Jones (C.) & Manning (J.) FYNBOS, ecoguide, 184pp., maps, colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R159

  2. Pearse (R.) BARRIER OF SPEARS, drama of the Drakensberg, revised and edited by James Byrom, photography by Malcolm L. Pearse et al, 395pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Revised edition, Durban, (1973) 2006. R345

  3. PlantBio ANNUAL REPORT 2005/6, 13+7pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, National Innovation Centre for Plant Biotechnology, Pietermaritzburg, 2006. R95

  4. Roberts (M.) COMPANION PLANTING, 144pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R180

  5. Rogers (D.) photo. & text LIVING LANDSCAPES, southern Africa, 172pp., 4to., maps, colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2006. R250

  6. Ryan (P.) BIRDWATCHING, in southern Africa, 96pp., maps, colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R120

First published in 2001 as "Practical Birding".


  1. Smith (B.) FARMING HANDBOOK, 431pp., maps, hardback, Pietermaritzburg & Wageningen, 2006. R245

  2. Southern African Development Community SADC'S ENGAGEMENT WITH MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS, experiences from the Conference of Parties 8 of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 59pp., colour illus., paperback, Gaborone, 2006. R120

  3. Steyn (M.) ALBIZIA, false thorns, a field guide southern Africa, 49pp., map, colour illus., paperback, Polokwane, 2006. R50

Text in English and Afrikaans.


  1. Stuart (C.) & (T.) FIELD GUIDE TO MAMMALS, of southern Africa, 307pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Fourth revised edition, Cape Town, (1988) 2007. R190

  2. Tolley (K.) & Burger (M.) CHAMELEONS, of southern Africa, 100pp., maps, colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R120

  3. Trinder-Smith (T.) text & Kidd (M.) & Anderson (F.) illus. WILD FLOWERS OF THE TABLE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, 312pp., maps, colour illus., paperback, South African Wildlife Guide No. 12, Cape Town, 2006. R280

This is a total revision of Guide No. 3.


  1. van der Elst (R.) & King (D.) A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO SEA FISHES, of southern Africa, 144pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R86

  2. [van der Linde (M.) ed.] COMPENDIUM OF SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION, 565pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R245

  3. van Deventer (H.) MAYAFUDI, memories of an elephant, translated from the original Afrikaans by George Holloway, 100pp., map, illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R100

First published in Afrikaans in 2005.


  1. van Wyk (B.) & (P.) HOW TO IDENTIFY TREES, in southern Africa, 184pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R170

  2. Venter (H.) GROWING ORCHIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA, a gardener's guide, 144pp., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R189

  3. Williamson (J.) USEFUL PLANTS OF MALAWI, 364pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., hardback, Third edition, Limbe, (1955) 2005. R595

  4. Wolfart (S.) text and photo. SOUTHERN TIP OF AFRICA, 160pp., oblong 4to., map, colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2006. R185

A pictorial book (with some text) about the area around Cape Agulhas, Africa's southernmost point.


World Heritage Sites of South Africa

  1. Briggs (P.) GREATER ST LUCIA WETLAND PARK, 176pp., map, colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R80

  2. __________ UKHAHLAMBA - DRAKENSBERG PARK, 176pp., maps, colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R80

  3. Fleminger (D.) VREDEFORT DOME, 144pp., map, colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R80

  4. __________ CRADLE OF HUMANKIND, 144pp., map, colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R80

  5. __________ ROBBEN ISLAND, 144pp., map, colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R80

  6. __________ MAPUNGUBWE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE, 160pp., map, colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R80

  7. McIntosh (F.) & CapeNature CAPE FLORAL REGION, protected areas, 208pp., maps, colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R80

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AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - NON-TRADE TITLES

Association for Rural Advancement (AFRA)

  1. __________ CONSOLIDATED VERBATIM REPORT, farm dweller workshops, May 2005, 86pp., stapled photocopy, Pietermaritzburg, 2005. R140

  2. __________ ANNUAL REPORT, 2005, 23pp., 4to., map, paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2005. R80

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Built Environment Support Group (University of Natal)

  1. __________ ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 28TH FEBRUARY 2006, 9pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2006. R95

  2. Abdulla (Q.) & Hoddinott (G.) NO PLACE LIKE HOME, a research study of the operations, management, and care offered by registered and unregistered residential facilities for orphaned and vulnerable children, 74pp., 4to., illus., spiralbound paperback, Pietermaritzburg, no date. R150

  3. Godehart (S.) & Zetu (F.) REPORT TO THE PEOPLES HOUSING PARTNERSHIP TRUST, evaluation and case studies of the application of the people's housing process in KwaZulu-Natal, 36pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2007. R125

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  1. Ceasefire Campaign ANNUAL REPORT 2005, 42pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R95

Centre for Civil Society, University of Natal, Durban

  1. __________ FROM THE DEPTHS OF POVERTY, community survival in post-apartheid South Africa, 203pp., paperback, Research Reports 2005, Vol. 1, Durban, 2005. R240

  2. [Bond (P.) ed.] BEYOND ENCLAVITY IN AFRICAN ECONOMIES, the enduring work of Guy Mhone, 49pp., paperback, Durban, 2007. R175

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Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE)

  1. __________ SKILLS, GROWTH, AND MIGRATION POLICY, overcoming the 'fatal constraint', 55pp., 4to., paperback, CDE in Depth, issue 5/February 2007, Johannesburg, 2007. R150

  2. __________ IMMIGRANTS IN SOUTH AFRICA, perceptions and reality in Witbank, a medium-sized industrial town, 12pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, CDE Focus, Occasional Paper No. 9, Johannesburg, 2006. R95

  3. Rumney (R.) et al CAN BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT DRIVE NEW GROWTH?, 32pp., 4to., paperback, CDE in Depth, Issue 4/January 2007, Johannesburg, 2007. R145

  4. Schirmer (S.) et al GOING FOR GROWTH, are AsgiSA [Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa] and JIPSA [Joint Initiative on Priority Skills Acquisition] bold enough?, 19pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R125

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Centre for Policy Studies

  1. Edigheji (O.) DISCOURSE OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL STATE AND A "PEOPLE'S CONTRACT" IN SOUTH AFRICA, 14pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Policy: issues and actors Vol. 19 No. 5, Johannesburg, 2006. R195

  2. Fakir (E.) PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY IN A DEMOCRATIC, DEVELOPMENTAL STATE, 10pp., spiralbound paperback, Policy: issues and actors, Vol. 20 No. 3, Johannesburg, 2007. R80

  3. Jhazbhay (I.) ETHIOPIA, SOMALILAND AND SOMALIA AMID AN ISLAMIST RISING STORM ON THE HORN, the African Union and the case for urgent preventive diplomacy, 44pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Policy: issues and actors Vol. 19 No. 8, Johannesburg, 2006. R80

  4. Khan (N.) ENGAGING SADC, a discussion paper on civil society options, 22pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Policy: issues and actors Vol. 19 No. 1, Johannesburg, 2006. R195

  5. Kornegay (F.) PAN-AFRICAN CITIZENSHIP AND IDENTITY FORMATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, an overview of problems, prospects and possibilities, 51pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Research Report No. 107, Johannesburg, 2006. R195

  6. Mathoho (M.) & Ranchod (K.) IDENTITY CRISIS?, youth, social and political identity in South Africa, 18pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Policy: issues and actors Vol. 19 No. 4, Johannesburg, 2006. R80

  7. Matlosa (K.) HUMAN MOVEMENTS, COMMON REGIONAL CITIZENSHIP AND IDENTITY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, prospects for deeper integration between Lesotho and South Africa, 20pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Policy: issues and actors Vol. 19 No. 3, Johannesburg, 2006. R195

  8. __________ HUMAN MOVEMENTS, COMMON REGIONAL CITIZENSHIP AND IDENTITY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, prospects for deeper integration between Lesotho and South Africa, 20pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Policy: issues and actors Vol. 19 No. 3, Johannesburg, 2006. R80

  9. Roy (A.) HUMAN SECURITY IN INDIA, a mixed bag, 15pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Policy: issues and actors Vol. 20 No. 1, Johannesburg, 2007. R80

  10. Tilley (V.) ETHNIC LOGIC OF ISRAEL'S FOREIGN POLICY, implications for South Africa, 11pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Policy: issues and actors Vol. 19 No. 7, Johannesburg, 2006. R80

  11. Williams (V.) IN PURSUIT OF REGIONAL CITIZENSHIP AND IDENTITY, the free movement of persons in the southern African development community, 15pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Policy: issues and actors Vol. 19 No. 2, Johannesburg, 2006. R80

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Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation

  1. __________ ANNUAL REVIEW 2005, 76pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R150

  2. Bruce (D.) BUILDING RESPECT FOR THE BADGE, the management of the use of force by police, 29pp., 4to., spiralbound photocopy, Johannesburg, 2006. R95

  3. __________ STAGGERING UNDER THE BURDEN, ICD policies on the receipt of complaints and on investigations and their negative impact on the ICD [Independent Complaints Directorate], on public confidence, and on police discipline, 14pp., 4to., spiralbound photocopy, Johannesburg, 2006. R95

  4. Charlton (S.) AN OVERVIEW OF THE HOUSING POLICY AND DEBATES, particularly in relation to women (or vulnerable groupings), 40pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2004. R160

  5. Gerntholz (L.) et al USING THE LAW TO SECURE WOMEN'S RIGHTS TO HOUSING AND SECURITY OF TENURE, (report 1) and EXPANDING ABUSED WOMEN'S ACCESS TO HOUSING (report 2), 72pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R175

  6. Greenbaum (B.) EVALUATION OF THE 2005 EX-COMBATANTS' DIALOGUES, 28pp., 4to., spiralbound photocopy, Johannesburg, (2006). R95

  7. Ludsin (H.) LEGAL DEFENCES FOR BATTERED WOMEN WHO KILL THEIR ABUSERS, discussion document 1, 135pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2003. R250

  8. __________ SOUTH AFRICAN CRIMINAL LAW AND BATTERED WOMEN WHO KILL, discussion document 2, 88pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2003. R190

  9. Naidu (E.) & Adonis (C.) HISTORY ON THEIR OWN TERMS, the relevance of the past for a new generation, 66pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R195

  10. Naidu (E.) et al ON THE MARGINS, violence against women with disabilities, 52pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R175

  11. Newham (G.) et al DIVERSITY AND TRANSFORMATION IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE, a study of police perspectives on race, gender and the community in the Johannesburg policing area, 51pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R170

  12. Picker (R.) VICTIMS' PERSPECTIVES ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS HEARINGS, 22pp., 4to., spiralbound photocopy, Johannesburg, 2005. R95

  13. Tadesse (E.) et al THE PEOPLE SHALL GOVERN, public participation, policy processes and violent conflict: responsive and participatory governance in South Africa, 46pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R150

  14. Vetten (L.) & Khan (Z.) "WE'RE DOING THEIR WORK FOR THEM", an investigation into government support to non-profit organisations providing services to women experiencing gender violence, 38pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2002. R175

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City of Johannesburg

  1. __________ NASREC DEVELOPMENT FEASIBILITY STUDY, urban design framework report, January 2005, 113pp., maps, spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R210

  2. __________ NASREC DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK, business plan, September 2005, 101pp., 4to., maps, paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R210

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  1. Commission on Gender Equality ANNUAL REPORT 2005 -2006, 54pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R125

Community Agency for Social Enquiry (CASE)

  1. __________ A QUALITY OF LIFE SURVEY IN LOW-INCOME AREAS IN THE CITY OF JOHANNESBURG, 111pp., 4to., illus., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R175

  2. __________ CITIZEN SATISFACTION SURVEY OF SERVICES DELIVERED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICES, researched for the Office of the Public Service Commission, 56pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R125

  3. __________ ANNUAL REPORT, January - December 2005, 36pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R95

  4. Mwite (E.) et al MEN AS PARTNERS, a diagnostic study, researched for the Frontiers in Reproductive Health Program of the Population Council, 35+2pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2004. R125

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Council for Geoscience

  1. __________ ANNUAL REPORT, of the Council for Geoscience 2005/06, 88pp., 4to., colour illus., spiralbound paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R135

  2. __________ ANNUAL REPORT, of the Council for Geoscience 2004/2005, 74pp., 4to., colour illus., spiralbound paperback, Pretoria, 2005. R125

  3. [Henry (G.) & Wilson (M.) eds.] COPPER - COBALT DEPOSITS IN THE SADC REGION, 128pp., 4to., maps, paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R295

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Department of Agriculture

  1. __________ THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL DIRECTORY, 2007, 703pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R240

  2. __________ ANNUAL REPORT, 2005/06, 190pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R180

  3. __________ STRATEGIC PLAN 2007, 115pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R160

  4. __________ ABSTRACT OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS, 2006, 107pp., 4to., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R95

  5. __________ ECONOMIC REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN AGRICULTURE, 2005/06, 15pp., 4to., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R80

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Department of Arts and Culture

  1. __________ ANNUAL REPORT, 2005/2006, 174pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R175

  2. __________ STRATEGIC PLAN, 1 April 2006 - 31 March 2009, 50pp., oblong., colour illus., spiralbound paperback, Pretoria, No date. R125

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  1. Department of Finance (National Treasury) BUDGET DOCUMENTS 2007, 4 Vols.: Estimates of National Expenditure, Estimate of National Revenue, Budget Speech, Budget Review, 792+4+35+263pp., 4to., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R325

Department of Health

  1. __________ MALARIA MANUAL FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, 50pp., paperback, Pretoria, No date. R125

  2. __________ TB CAN BE CURED!, a health worker's guide, 37pp., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, No date. R95

  3. __________ GUIDELINES FOR CHOLERA CONTROL, 29pp., 4to., paperback, Pretoria, 2002. R95

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  1. Department of Housing POLICY, RESEARCH AND CAPACITY BUILDING ALIGNMENT LOG-FRAME REPORT, 67pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Pretoria, 2004. R125

Department of Land Affairs

  1. __________ ANNUAL REPORT, 1 April 2005 - 31 March 2006, 251pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R195

  2. __________ 2007 - 2010 STRATEGIC PLAN, March 2007, 38pp., 4to., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R100

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Department of Science and Technology

  1. __________ ANNUAL REPORT, 2005/06, 152pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R175

  2. __________ CORPORATE STRATEGY, second year edition (2006/7) 2005/6 - 2008/9, 47pp., 4to., paperback, Pretoria, no date. R95

  3. __________ ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STRATEGY FOR SOUTH AFRICA, 28pp., 4to., map, colour illus., paperback, South African National Antarctic Programme, Pretoria, (c.2005). R95

  4. __________ RESEARCH, INNOVATE AND DISCOVER, how to get funding and assistance for research and innovation in the field of science, engineering and technology, 26pp., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, no date. R95

  5. __________ SOUTH AFRICA AND FLANDERS, ten years of cooperation in science and technology research, 28pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R95

  6. __________ NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY, 18pp., 4to., paperback, Pretoria, no date. R85

  7. __________ CAPE TOWN, gateway to Antartica, 7pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, No date. R65

  8. [Addison (G.) ed.] FRUITS OF FREEDOM, South Africa's achievements in science and technology during the first decade of democracy, 165pp., oblong 4to., colour illus., hardback, d.w., Pretoria, No date. R195

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Department of Social Development

  1. __________ ANNUAL REPORT, for the year ended 31 March 2006, 300pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R195

  2. __________ ANNUAL REPORT 2005, 263pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2005. R195

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Department of Trade and Industry

  1. __________ GUIDE TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN COOPERATIVES ACT 2005, 62pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2005. R125

  2. __________ CELEBRATING THE JOURNEY, of the economic emancipation of women in South Africa through the DTI, 58pp., oblong 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R125

  3. __________ STATISTICS IN BRIEF, Q4 publication 2006, 31pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R100

  4. [Michon (M.) ed.] SOUTH AFRICA BUSINESS GUIDEBOOK, edition 11 - 2006/07, 224pp., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R175

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Electoral Institute of Southern Africa [EISA]

  1. __________ EISA ELECTION OBSERVER MISSION REPORT, Zanzibar presidential, House of Representatives and local government elections, 30 October 2005, 45pp., paperback, Report No. 22, Johannesburg, 2006. R195

  2. __________ EISA OBSERVER MISSION REPORT, the 2005 constitutional referendum in the DRC, 18-19 December 2005, 161pp., paperback, Report No. 21, Johannesburg, 2006. R195

  3. __________ EISA ELECTION OBSERVER MISSION REPORT, Tanzania presidential, National Assembly and local government elections, 14 December 2005, 48pp., paperback, Report No. 20, Johannesburg, 2006. R195

  4. __________ ELECTION UPDATE 2006, Democratic Republic of Congo, No. 1, 20 July 2006 & No. 2, 12 October 2006, 16+24pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R150

  5. __________ ANNUAL REPORT 2005, 75pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R125

  6. __________ ANNUAL REPORT 2004, 63pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2004. R125

  7. __________ ELECTION UPDATE 2007, Lesotho, No. 1, 31 January 2007, 15pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R75

  8. [Kadima (D.) & Matlosa (K.) eds.] JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ELECTIONS, special issue: elections and democracy in Botswana, David Sebudubudu, guest editor, 244pp., paperback, Vol. 5, No. 2, Johannesburg, 2006. R350

  9. __________ JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ELECTIONS, special issue on Zimbabwe's 2005 general election, 157pp., paperback, Vol. 4, No. 2, Johannesburg, 2005. R350

  10. __________ JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ELECTIONS, 231pp., paperback, Vol. 5, No. 1, Johannesburg, 2006. R350

  11. Kadima (D.) et al ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE SADC REGION THROUGH PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMMES, focus on Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Zambia, Research Report No. 29, Johannesburg, 2006. R150

  12. Masterson (G.) DEFINING CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AFRICAN PEER REVIEW MECHANISM, 19pp., 4to., paperback, Occasional Paper No. 43, Johannesburg, 2006. R125

  13. Matlosa (K.) ELECTION MANAGEMENT AND OBSERVATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, a comparative review of existing norms, principles and guidelines for democratic elections, 16pp., 4to., paperback, Occasional Paper No. 40, Johannesburg, 2006. R125

  14. Ngoy-Kangoy (H.) PARTIES AND POLITICAL TRANSITION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, partis politiques et transition en Republique Democratique du Congo, 181pp., paperback, Research Report No. 20, Johannesburg, 2006. R180

  15. Santana (A.) POLITICAL PARTIES AND POLITICAL EVOLUTION IN ANGOLA, os partidos ea evolucao politica em Angola, 145pp., paperback, Research Report No. 28, Johannesburg, 2006. R160

  16. Tip (I.) SECURITY OF ELECTIONS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, 11pp., 4to., paperback, Occasional Paper No. 41, Johannesburg, 2006. R125

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Freedom of Expression Institute

  1. __________ ANNUAL REPORT, 2005/2006, 33pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R125

  2. __________ ANNUAL REPORT, 2004/2005, 33pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R125

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French Institute of South Africa

  1. Ebrahim-Vally (R.) & Martin (D.) VIEWING THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA, representations of South Africa in television commercials, 94pp., paperback, Working Paper Series No. 9, Johannesburg, 2006. R145

  2. Kabwe-Segatti (A.) et al TEN YEARS OF DEMOCRATIC SOUTH AFRICA, transition accomplished?, 215pp., paperback, Working Paper Series No. 8, Johannesburg, 2006. R195

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Gauteng Provincial Government

  1. __________ STATE OF ENVIRONMENT REPORT, 2004, 112pp., 4to., illus., spiralbound paperback, Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment, Johannesburg, 2004. R250

  2. __________ A DECADE OF CHANGE, celebrating 10 years of democracy in Gauteng, 95pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2004. R210

  3. __________ STRATEGIC PLAN, 2004 to 2009, 84pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment, Johannesburg, No date. R195

  4. __________ A STRATEGIC AGENDA FOR TRANSPORT IN GAUTENG, 45pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R175

  5. __________ DISABILITY DIRECTORY 2005, advancing the rights of people with disabilities, 104pp., colour illus., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R175

  6. __________ WOMEN'S DIRECTORY, services provided to women by the Gauteng Provincial Government, 82pp., colour illus., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, no date. R140

  7. __________ BUDGET BOOKLET, 2007/08, 72pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R125

  8. __________ MIDTERM REPORT, 2004-2006, 64pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R125

  9. __________ GAUTENG PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT'S FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PROGRAMME, 2004 - 2009, 58pp., colour illus., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2004. R120

  10. __________ YOUTH DIRECTORY, services provided by the Gauteng Provincial Government, 50pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, No date. R120

  11. __________ DIRECTORY OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, services provided by the Gauteng Provincial Government, 52pp., colour illus., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, no date. R120

  12. __________ BUILDING GAUTENG, as a globally competitive city region, 38pp., oblong 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, (2006). R100

  13. __________ GAUTENG INTER-GOVERNMENTAL TRANSPORT CHARTER, 17pp., paperback, Johannesburg, No date. R95

  14. __________ THE GAUTENG SAFETY STRATEGY, 2006 - 2014, 46pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R95

  15. __________ BEST PRACTICE REPORT 2005, Premier's service excellence awards, 23pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R85

  16. __________ AN EASY - GUIDE TO OUR DEPARTMENTAL PLANS, 2006, 15pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R85

  17. __________ BEST PRACTICE REPORT 2004, Premier's service excellence awards, 21pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2004. R85

  18. Department of Community Safety 2005/2006 ANNUAL REPORT, 200pp., oblong 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, (2006). R195

  19. Department of Health ANNUAL REPORT 2005/2006, 288pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R195

  20. __________ ANNUAL REPORT 2002/2003, 174+22pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2003. R180

  21. __________ BUDGET SPEECH 2006/7, 26pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R95

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Gender Links

  1. [Morna (C.) & Tolmay (S.) eds.] AT THE COALFACE, gender and local government in southern Africa, 316pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R195

  2. [Morna (C.) et al eds.] "I" STORIES, speaking out on gender violence in southern Africa, Vol. 2, 2006, 68pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R150

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  1. Government of South Africa SOUTH AFRICA'S NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, 111pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2002. R150

  2. Hames (M.) et al BEYOND INEQUALITIES 2005, women in South Africa, 96pp., paperback, Gender Equity Unit, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, 2006. R125

Heinrich Böll Foundation

  1. Rosenkranz (G.) et al NUCLEAR POWER, myth and reality, the risks and prospects of nuclear power, 353pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R200

  2. Smith (C.) ON THE SIDELINES CLAPPING, gender in southern Africa, 118pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R175

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Institute for Global Dialogue

  1. Ikome (F.) FROM THE LAGOS PLAN OF ACTION TO THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT, the political economy of African regional initiatives, 208pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R450

  2. __________ GOOD COUPS AND BAD COUPS, the limits of the African Union's injunction on unconstitutional changes of power in Africa, 55pp., 4to., paperback, Occasional Paper No. 55, Johannesburg, 2007. R145

  3. [Ikome (F.) et al eds.] LA CÔTE D'IVOIRE, vers une transtion politique pacifique, un pays unifié et un avenir prospére, with abridged English version, 57pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R150

  4. Keet (D.) 'SOUTH-SOUTH' STRATEGIC CHALLENGES, to the global economic system and power regime, 59pp., 4to., paperback, Occasional Paper No. 53, Johannesburg, 2006. R175

  5. Mulaudzi (C.) THE POLITICS OF REGIONALISM IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, 41pp., 4to., paperback, Occasional Paper No. 51, Johannesburg, 2006. R175

  6. Ndlela (D.) INFORMAL CROSS-BORDER TRADE, the case of Zimbabwe, 57pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Occasional Paper No. 52, Johannesburg, 2006. R175

  7. Oosthuizen (G.) THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, the organisation, its policies and prospects, 402pp., map, paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R850

  8. [Othieno (T.) & Zondi (S.) eds.] TOWARDS PEACE IN THE SUDAN, report on a round table discussion on the transition in the Sudan held in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, on 27-29 March 2006, 53pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R150

  9. [Pressend (M.) ed.] TRADE LIBERALISATION AND ENVIRONMENT LINKAGES, implications for sustainable development, 206pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R450

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Institute for Security Studies

  1. __________ ANNUAL REVIEW 2005, working for a stable and peaceful Africa, 44pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2005. R125

  2. Coetzee (B.) & Horn (R.) THE THEFT OF PRECIOUS METALS, from South African mines and refineries, 122pp., paperback, Monograph Series No. 133, Pretoria, 2007. R30

  3. [Goredema (C.) ed.] CONFRONTING THE PROCEEDS OF CRIME IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, an introspection, 139pp., paperback, Monograph Series No. 132, Pretoria, 2007. R30

  4. [Hendricks (C.) ed.] FROM STATE SECURITY TO HUMAN SECURITY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, policy research and capacity building challenges, 97pp., paperback, Monograph Series No. 122, Pretoria, 2006. R35

  5. Pharoah (R.) GETTING TO GRIPS WITH TRAFFICKING, reflections on human trafficking research in South Africa, 89pp., paperback, Monograph Series No. 123, Pretoria, 2006. R35

  6. Steinberg (J.) AFTER THE COMMANDO, the future of rural policing in South Africa, 62pp., paperback, Monograph No. 120, Pretoria, 2005. R35

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Institute for Strategic Studies (University of Pretoria)

  1. __________ INTEGRATED INFORMATION WARFARE IN THE CONTEXT OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND COMMAND AND CONTROL, 20pp., stapled, Bulletin 2/2006, Pretoria, 2006. R50

  2. __________ WHAT IS REALLY BEHIND MUGABE'S URANIUM ENERGY HOPES, 12pp., stapled, Bulletin 1/2006, Pretoria, 2006. R50

  3. __________ CRIMINAL TERROR IN THE RSA?, 12pp., stapled, Bulletin 2/2007, Pretoria, 2007. R50

  4. __________ FIREARMS CONTROL ACT AND PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, arms control or disarmament, 11pp., stapled, Bulletin 3/2006, Pretoria, 2006. R50

  5. __________ CASH-IN-TRANSIT ROBBERIES, a sudden escalation?, 23pp., stapled, Bulletin 5/2006, Pretoria, 2006. R50

  6. __________ NATIONAL WILL WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE RSA, 10pp., stapled, Bulletin 1/2007, Pretoria, 2007. R50

  7. __________ A VIABLE SOUTH AFRICAN ARMY RESERVE FORCE, 17pp., stapled, Bulletin 6/2006, Pretoria, 2006. R50

  8. __________ THE ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SECURITY SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE 2006 AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SADC REGION, 14pp., stapled, Bulletin 4/2006, Pretoria, 2006. R50

  9. [Hough (M.) et al eds.] PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS, selected United Nations and African documents, 161pp., paperback, Ad Hoc Publication No. 43, Pretoria, 2006. R195

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  1. International Organization for Migration BREAKING THE CYCLE OF VULNERABILITY, responding to the health needs of trafficked women in east and southern Africa, 60pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R195

  2. Jaspan (S.) and Associates GREATER ELLIS PARK PRECINCT, 111pp., 4to., maps, illus., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2004. R230

  3. Joint Enrichment Project ANNUAL REPORT, 2005-2006, 16pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, (2006). R95

  4. __________ ANNUAL REPORT, 2004-2005, 25pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, (2005). R95

Khanya College

  1. __________ UFIL' UMUNTU, UFIL' USADIKIZA!, trade unions and struggles for democracy and freedom in South Africa, 1973 - 2003, 102pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R160

The slogan "Ufil' Umuntu, Ufil' Usadikiza!" was chanted by the workers during the Durban strikes of 1973 and means "The person is dead but his/her spirit is alive".


  1. __________ THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE WORKING CLASS IN EVATON WEST, report compiled and written by the Evaton West Community Crisis Committee (EWCCC), 46pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R125

  2. __________ FARM WORKER RIGHTS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, 60pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R120

  3. __________ GEAR AND HOUSING IN SOUTH AFRICA, 68pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2001. R120

  4. Lehulere (O.) IMPERIALISM, GLOBALISATION AND THE WAR ON IRAQ, 33pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Position Paper Series No. 1, Johannesburg, 2003. R95

  5. Thompson (B.) et al STUDENTS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1976 - 2006, 174pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R180

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Konrad Adenauer-Stiftung

  1. __________ CHALLENGES TO DEMOCRACY BY ONE-PARTY DOMINANCE, a comparative assessment, 10 October 2005, Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa, 158pp., paperback, Seminar Report No. 17, Johannesburg, 2006. R180

Contributors include Roger Southall and Laurence Schlemmer.


  1. __________ POLITICAL CULTURE IN THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA, 7 September 2005, Sunnyside Park Hotel, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa, 151pp., paperback, Seminar Report No. 16, Johannesburg, 2006. R160

Contributors include Raymond Suttner, Frederick van Zyl Slabbert and Ashwin Desai.


  1. __________ CIVIL SOCIETY AND GOVERNANCE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, workshop report, Villa Via Hotel, Pretoria, South Africa, 14-15 September 2006, 36+4+5pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R100

  2. de Villiers (B.) & van den Berg (M.) LAND REFORM TRAILBLAZERS, seven successful case studies, 88pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R150

  3. Forbes (D.) A WATCHDOG'S GUIDE TO INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING, 131pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R160

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  1. National Arts Council of South Africa ANNUAL REPORT, 2006, 64pp., 4to., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R125

National Development Agency

  1. __________ ANNUAL REPORT, 2005/6, 107pp., 4to., colour illus., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R150

  2. __________ UNLOCKING POTENTIAL, 8+4pp., 4to., map, colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R80

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National Labour & Economic Development Institute (NALEDI)

  1. __________ ENGINEERING SECTOR SUMMIT, resource book, 456pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, No date. R250

  2. Dobreva (R.) et al CHEMICALS SECTOR SUMMIT, resource book, 60pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, 2004. R175

  3. Hassen (E.-K.) FIGHTING POVERTY IN SOUTH AFRICA, a reader for civil society, 108pp., 4to., illus., paperback + CD-ROM, Johannesburg, 2005. R175

  4. Moss (G.) et al HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM SECTOR SUMMIT, resource book, 224pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, No date. R195

  5. Ndumo (J.) et al AUTO SECTOR SUMMIT, resource book, 167pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, 2004. R175

  6. Orr (L.) LABOUR PAINS, women's leadership and gender strategies in COSATU, 219pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R295

  7. People's Budget Campaign SOUTH AFRICA, civil society speaks, 33pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R95

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Office of the Auditor-General

  1. __________ ANNUAL REPORT, 2005-06, 73pp., 4to., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R125

  2. __________ REPORT OF THE AUDITOR-GENERAL, on the findings identified during a performance audit of official accommodation at the Department of Correctional Services, 16pp., 4to., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R95

  3. __________ SPECIAL REPORT OF THE AUDITOR-GENERAL, on the status of tabling of annual reports and consolidated financial statements of national government departments and entities for the financial year 2005-06 as at 31 October 2006, 18pp., 4to., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R95

  4. __________ REPORT OF THE AUDITOR-GENERAL, on the findings identified during an investigation into procurement at the Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office, 18pp., 4to., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R95

  5. __________ REPORT OF THE AUDITOR-GENERAL, on the findings identified during an investigation into alleged misappropriation of funds at the National Development Agency, 6pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R95

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Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa

  1. __________ 2005 ANNUAL REPORT, 116pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R160

  2. [Kanengoni (A.) ed.] OPENSPACE, a digest of the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa and the University of Botswana, 94pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Vol. 1, Issue 4, Johannesburg, 2006. R50

  3. Open Society Foundation for Southern Africa NATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON THE SEXUAL OFFENCES BILL, 38pp., stapled, Johannesburg, 2006. R95

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Save the Children, Sweden

  1. __________ ENDING LEGALISED VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN, All Africa special report, 58pp., 4to., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R125

  2. __________ LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORKS TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, 60pp., 4to., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R125

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School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal

  1. Hall (P.) & Robbins (G.) WHICH LINK, IN WHICH CHAIN?, inserting Durban into global automotive supply chains, 23pp., paperback, Working Paper No. 46, Durban, 2006. R95

  2. Meth (C.) INCOME POVERTY IN 2004, a second engagement with the recent van der Berg et al figures, 72pp., paperback, Working Paper No. 47, Durban, 2006. R125

  3. Robbins (G.) STRATEGIES AND POLICIES, on TNC-SME [Trans-National Corporations - Small and Medium Enterprise] linkages country case studies, South Africa, 63pp., 4to., paperback, Research Report No. 70, Durban, 2006. R125

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  1. South African Cities Network STATE OF THE CITIES REPORT 2006, 225pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., maps, paperback + CD-ROM, Johannesburg, 2006. R620

South African Human Rights Commission

  1. __________ 6TH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS REPORT, 2003 - 2006, 125pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R195

  2. __________ ANNUAL REPORT, April 2005 - March 2006, 96pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R150

  3. __________ ANNUAL REPORT, April 2004 - March 2005, 105pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R150

  4. __________ XENOPHOBIA, open hearings on xenophobia and problems related to it, 55pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R125

  5. __________ REPORT ON THE HEARINGS ON ROAD CLOSURES/ BOOM GATES, December 2004, 28pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, (2005). R125

  6. Landsberg (C.) et al REFLECTIONS ON DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS, a decade of the South African constitution (Act 108 of 1996), 203pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R200

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South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

  1. Bosman (C.) et al COLLOQUIUM, the future of mining environmental management in the context of South African legislative developments, 136pp., 4to., map, illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R535

  2. Coombes (P.) et al COLLOQUIUM, sustainable development in the life of coal mining in South Africa, 85pp., 4to., maps, illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R350

  3. Nel (S.) et al COLLOQUIUM, diamonds - source to use: 2005, 201pp., 4to., maps, illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R535

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Southern Africa Capacity Initiative (SACI)

  1. __________ SECOND REGIONAL HIGH-LEVEL FORUM ON PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE, 5-11 November 2006, Orion Hotel, Piggs Peak, Swaziland, 31pp., 4to., illus., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R125

  2. __________ FIRST ANNUAL REPORT, March 2004 - March 2005, 27pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R95

  3. __________ THE FORUM ON RE-INVENTING TRAINING WITHIN PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, 32pp., 4to., paperback, Johannesburg R95

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Statistics South Africa

  1. __________ SOUTH AFRICAN STATISTICS, 2006, 164pp., 4to., maps, paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R495

  2. __________ ANNUAL REPORT 2005/06, 136pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R195

  3. __________ FINANCIAL STATISTICS OF CONSOLIDATED GENERAL GOVERNMENT, 2004/2005, 117pp., 4to., stapled paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R195

  4. __________ MORTALITY AND CAUSES OF DEATH IN SOUTH AFRICA,, 2003 and 2004, findings from death notification, 161pp., 4to., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R195

  5. __________ FINANCIAL STATISTICS OF EXTRA-BUDGETARY ACCOUNTS AND FUNDS, 2004/2005, 139pp., 4to., stapled paperback, Pretoria, 2005. R175

  6. __________ FINANCIAL STATISTICS OF PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT, 2004/2005, 133pp., 4to., stapled paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R160

  7. __________ FINANCIAL STATISTICS OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, 2004/2005, 133pp., 4to., stapled paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R160

  8. __________ GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, July 2005, 77pp., 4to., stapled paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R160

  9. __________ WORK PROGRAMME, 2006/07 - 2008/09, 78pp., oblong 4to., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R150

  10. __________ NATIONAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE, 2003/2004, 96pp., 4to., stapled paperback, Pretoria, 2005. R150

  11. __________ STATS IN BRIEF, 2006, 169pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R150

  12. __________ LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, September 2006, 62pp., 4to., stapled paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R125

  13. __________ MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES, 2005, 45pp., 4to., stapled paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R100

  14. __________ CAPITAL EXPENDITURE BY THE PUBLIC SECTOR, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, 33pp., 4to., stapled paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R100

  15. __________ RECORDED LIVE BIRTHS, 2005, 35pp., 4to., stapled paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R100

  16. __________ ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SURVEY, 2005, 43pp., 4to., stapled paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R100

  17. __________ MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, 2005, 20pp., 4to., stapled paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R80

  18. __________ SURVEY OF LARGE SCALE AGRICULTURE 2005, (preliminary) October 2006, 19pp., 4to., stapled paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R80

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Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS)

  1. __________ ANNUAL REPORT 2005, 45pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R125

  2. __________ TRADE INFORMATION BRIEF, vegetables, 61pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, No date. R125

  3. __________ TRADE INFORMATION BRIEF, fruit, 52pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, No date. R125

  4. __________ TRADE INFORMATION BRIEF, cut flowers & foliage, 41pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, No date. R125

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  1. World Bank SEMINAR, putting development back into the Doha Agenda: implications for sub-saharan Africa, 6 April 2005, 189pp., 4to., spiralbound paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R495

Contains "Agriculture Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda" by Kym Anderson and Will Martin, "The Poverty Impacts of the Doha Round and the Role of Tax Policy: a case study for Cameroon" by Christian Emini, Jack Cockburn and Bernard Decaluwe, "The Doha Trade Round and Mozambique: by Channing Arndt and "The WTO Doha Round, Cotton Sector Dynamics and Poverty Trends in Zambia" by Jorge Balat and Guido Porto.


Youth Development Network

  1. __________ STATUS OF FUNDING FOR DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA, research report 2005, 92pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R140

  2. [Foley (P.) comp.] VOICES IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, research report, 144pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R160

  3. [Kekana (M.) ed.] YOUTH DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL, profiling Umsobomvu Youth Fund Programmes, April 2005, 100pp., paperback, Seventeenth edition, Johannesburg, 2005. R120

  4. Kete (R.) et al NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE, where it's come from, where it is, where it's going, 80pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R140

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AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - POLITICS, HISTORY & ECONOMICS

  1. [Adebajo (A.) et al eds.] SOUTH AFRICA IN AFRICA, the post-apartheid era, 339pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2007. R190

  2. Amjad-Ali (C.) ISLAMAPHOBIA, or restorative justice, tearing the veil of ignorance, 177pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R140

  3. [Athiros (G.) & (L.) eds.] BEST OF THE CAPE ODYSSEY, a journey into the colourful and fascinating history of the Cape, Vol. 1, 166pp., 4to., maps, b/w & colour illus., hardback, Cape Town, 2007. R235

Reprint of articles from "The Cape Odyssey", a newspaper that was started in 2001.


  1. Atkinson (D.) GOING FOR BROKE, the fate of farmworkers in arid South Africa, 302pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R260

  2. Ayittey (G.) AFRICA UNCHAINED, the blueprint for Africa's future, 483pp., map, paperback, Reprint, New York, (2005) 2006. R190

  3. [Basedau (M.) et al eds.] VOTES, MONEY AND VIOLENCE, political parties and elections in sub-saharan Africa, 301pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg & Uppsala, 2007. R190

  4. [Beckman (B.) & Adeoti (G.) eds.] INTELLECTUALS AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT, pretension and resistance in African politics, 178pp., paperback, Dakar etc, 2006. R175

Includes "Transnational Governance and the Pacification of Youth: civic education and disempowerment in Malawi" by Harri Englund.


  1. Bekker (A.) EBEN DONGES: BALANSSTAAT, historiese perspektief, 247pp., illus., paperback, Stellenbosch, 2005. R205

Eben Dönges was Minister of Domestic Affairs (1948-1958).


  1. [Bekker (S.) & Leildé (A.) eds.] REFLECTIONS ON IDENTITY IN FOUR AFRICAN CITIES, Lome, Libreville, Johannesburg, Cape Town, 248pp., map, paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R90

Includes "Space and Identity: thinking through some South African examples" by Philippe Gervais-Lambony, "What Shacks ain't Chic! planning for 'difference' in post-apartheid Cape Town" by Steven Robins, "The Importance of Language Identities to Black Residents of Cape Town and Johannesburg" by Robert Mongwe and much more.


  1. Bhengu (M.) UBUNTU, the global philosophy for humankind, 268pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R175

  2. [Bhorat (H.) & Kanbur (R.) eds.] POVERTY AND POLICY, in post-apartheid South Africa, 471pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R260

  3. [Boas (M.) & Dunn (K.) eds.] AFRICAN GUERILLAS, raging against the machine, 273pp., paperback, Boulder, 2007. R210

Includes "Angola: how to lose a guerilla war" by Assis Malaquias.


  1. Broodryk (J.) UNDERSTANDING SOUTH AFRICA, the uBuntu way of living, 159pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R195

  2. __________ UBUNTU, life-coping skills from Africa, 185pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R189

  3. [Buhlungu (S.) et al eds.] STATE OF THE NATION, 2007, 586pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R190

  4. [Burger (D.) ed.] SOUTH AFRICA YEARBOOK, 2006/2007, 699pp., folded map, illus., paperback, Fourteenth edition, Johannesburg, 2007. R195

  5. Burger (J.) STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES ON CRIME AND POLICING IN SOUTH AFRICA, 161pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R217

  6. [Buur (L.) et al eds.] THE SECURITY-DEVELOPMENT NEXUS, expressions of sovereignty and securitization in Southern Africa, 284pp., paperback, Uppsala & Cape Town, 2007. R180

  7. Calderisi (R.) THE TROUBLE WITH AFRICA, why foreign aid isn't working, 249pp., paperback, Reprint, London, (2006) 2007. R170

  8. Camay (P.) & Gordon (A.) RACE, REPRESSION AND RESISTANCE, a brief history of South African civil society to 1994, 239pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R295

  9. [Camay (P.) & Gordon (A.) eds.] POVERTY REDUCTION THROUGH IMPROVED REGULATION, perspectives on South African and international experience, 509pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R190

  10. Campbell (G.) BLOOD DIAMONDS, tracing the deadly path of the world's most precious stones, 251pp., maps, paperback, Reprint, Cambridge, (2002) 2004. R185

  11. Chan (S.) GRASPING AFRICA, a tale of tragedy and achievement, 185pp., paperback, London, 2007. R325

  12. Chipkin (I.) DO SOUTH AFRICANS EXIST?, nationalism, democracy and the identity of 'the people', 261pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R190

  13. [Christiansen (C.) et al eds.] NAVIGATING YOUTH, GENERATING ADULTHOOD, social becoming in an African context, 272pp., paperback, Uppsala, 2006. R230

Includes "Industrial Labour, Marital Strategy and Changing Livelihood Trajectories among Young Women in Lesotho" by Christian Boehm.


  1. Claasens (H.) DIE GESKIEDENIS VAN BOEREKOS, 1652-1806, 513pp., hardback, Pretoria, 2006. R186

  2. [Cole (C.) et al eds.] AFRICA AFTER GENDER?, 328pp., paperback, Bloomington, 2007. R260

Includes "Institutional Dilemmas: representation versus mobilization in the South African Gender Commission" by Gay Seidman.


  1. Colquhoun (S.) ONE AFRICA ONE VOICE, Pan-African parliament, 272pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, (c.2007). R60

  2. [Colquhoun (S.) ed.] OUR YOUTH FOR LIFE, commemorating 30 years of youth development, an initiative to commemorate the 30th anniversary of June 16, 1976, 258pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, (2006). R60

  3. [Comaroff (J.) & (J.) eds.] MILLENIAL CAPITALISM, and the culture of neoliberalism, 324pp., illus., paperback, Durham, 2001. R295

  4. Crosier (R.) et al WHY I'LL NEVER LIVE IN OZ AGAIN, ...or the UK, the US, Canada, or New Zealand, for that matter, 115pp., map, paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R99

  5. [Dawes (A.) et al eds.] MONITORING CHILD WELL-BEING, a South African rights-based approach, 663pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R280

  6. de Klerk (M.) KUILSRIVIER OOR TWEE EEUE, 111pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Reprint, Pretoria, (2005) 2006. R145

  7. [Delius (P.) ed.] MPUMALANGA, history and heritage, 522pp., map, b/w & colour illus., hardback, Pietermaritzburg, 2007. R345

  8. Dooling (W.) SLAVERY, EMANCIPATION, AND COLONIAL RULE IN SOUTH AFRICA, 249pp., maps, paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2007. R190

  9. [Drewel (M.) ed.] AFRICA LEADS, 193pp., 4to., map, colour illus., hardback, d.w., Pretoria, 2006. R325

87 inspiring stories about responsible leaders, communities, businesses and educators succeeding in Africa.


  1. [Dreyer (N.) ed.] CENTURY OF SUNDAYS, 100 years of breaking news in the Sunday Times (1906-2006), 343pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w, Cape Town, 2006. R250

  2. du Toit (S.) HERMANUS STORIES III, final volume in trilogy on Hermanus, 363pp., illus., paperback, Hermanus, 2007. R205

  3. Dubow (S.) COMMONWEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, science, sensibility and white South Africa 1820 - 2000, 296pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town & Oxford, 2006. R185

  4. Duffy (J.) POLITICS OF ETHNIC NATIONALISM, Afrikaner unity, the National Party, and the radical right in Stellenbosch, 1934-1948, 273pp., hardback, New York, 2006. R1,368

  5. Fick (D.) AFRICA, continent of economic opportunity, 511pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R380

  6. [Field (S.) et al eds.] IMAGINING THE CITY, memories and cultures in Cape Town, 240pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R190

Includes "'Catch With the Eye': stories of Muslim food in Cape Town" by Gabeba Baderoon, "'Language of the Eyes': stories of contemporary visual art practice in Cape Town" by Thabo Manetsi and Renate Meyer and more. The book was researched, written and produced by the staff and students of the Centre for Popular Memory at the University of Cape Town.


  1. Fisher (R.) RACE, 250pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R165

Ryland Fisher (former editor of the Cape Times) interviews South Africans on their idea of race, including Wilmot James, Rhoda Kadalie, Melanie Verwoerd, Carel Boshoff and many others.


  1. [Fox (J.) ed.] CAPE TOWN CALLING, from Mandela to Theroux on the Mother City, 231pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R140

Extracts from works by Rian Malan, Gabeba Baderoon, Breyten Breytenbach, Zubeida Jaffer, JM Coetzee and many others.


  1. [Franchi (V.) ed.] PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PRACTICE IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA, 120pp., paperback, Binghamton, 2003. R225

Co-published simultaneously as 'Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community', Volume 25, Number 1, 2003.


  1. Freund (B.) THE AFRICAN CITY, a history, 214pp., maps, illus., paperback, Cambridge, 2007. R270

  2. [Furlonger (D.) ed.] NEW CHAPTERS, 10 years of Rally to Read, 160pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R120

For the past ten years private sponsors in 4x4s drive out to remote villages to distribute much needed books to the children.


  1. [Gasa (N.) ed.] WOMEN IN SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY, basus'iimbokodo, bawel'imilambo/ they remove boulders and cross rivers, 458pp., paperback + CD-ROM, Cape Town, 2007. R190

Contributors include Helen Bradford, Luli Callinicos, Iris Berger, Jacklyn Cock, Sheila Meintjes, Yvette Abrahams, Pumla Dineo Gqolo, Nthabiseng Motsemme.


  1. Giliomee (H.) NOG ALTYD HIER GEWEES, die storie van 'n Stellenbosse gemeenskap, 252pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R150

  2. Goldstuck (A.) THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO GOING MOBILE, the South African handbook of cellular and wireless communication, 200pp., paperback, Second edition, Cape Town, (2006) 2007. R140

  3. Goldstuck (A.) & Ambrose (S.) HOW TO BUY A CELLPHONE IN SOUTH AFRCA, avoiding the traps and tricks of the mobile market, 60pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R45

  4. [Gunn (S.) & Visser (R.) eds.] LABOUR PAINS FOR THE NATION, eight women workers share their stories, 254pp., illus., paperback, Human Rights Media Centre, Cape Town, 2007. R95

  5. [Haar (G.) ed.] IMAGINING EVIL, witchcraft beliefs and accusations in contemporary Africa, 348pp., paperback, Trenton, 2007. R255

Includes "Containment of Witchcraft Accusations in South Africa: a search for a transformational approach to curb the problem" by Selaelo Kgatla.


  1. Hadland (A.) et al ADVERTISING IN THE NEWS, paid-for content & the South African print media, 70pp., 4to., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R90

  2. [Haffajee (F.) ed.] BOOK OF SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN, 232pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R200

Directory of women in the private and public sector and civil society.


  1. Haidarian (L.) & Plaatjie (M.) ALL THAT I AM, because they made a difference in my life, 106pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R95

South African politicians, musicians, writers and others were asked who was their inspiration. Included are Mary Burton, Kader Asmal, Nadine Gordimer, Ahmed Kathrada, Sindiwe Magona, Desmond Tutu, Mamphela Ramphele and many others.


  1. [Halpérin (J.) & Ucko (H.) eds.] WORLDS OF MEMORY AND WISDOM, encounters of Jews and African Christians, 161pp., paperback, Geneva, 2005. R204

Includes "What Apartheid has done to the African Family and Community and how the Present Situation can be Transformed" by Bishop Dr. M.S. Mogoba and much more.


  1. Hassim (S.) DAUGHTERS ARE DIAMONDS, 144pp., paperback, Durban, 2007. R180

Shafinaaz Hassim's masters degree dissertation on the role of South African Indian Muslim women.


  1. [Heese (J.) et al eds.] SOUTH AFRICAN GENEALOGIES, volume 14, Va-Vir, 538pp., 4to., paperback, Genealogical Institute of South Africa, Stellenbosch, 2006. R495

Text in English and Afrikaans.


  1. [Hertzog (D.) et al comps.] GESPREK SONDER GRENSE, 343pp., illus., hardback, Stellenbosch, 2007. R235

Essays written in honour of Johan Degenaar, a political philosophy lecturer at Stellenbosch University, for his 80th birthday. Contributors include Mark Behr, Edwin Cameron, Hennie Aucamp, Antjie Krog, Herman Giliomee and many others.


  1. Heunis (J.) INNER CIRCLE, reflections on the last days of white rule, 207pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R130

Jan Heunis is the son of Constitutional Development minister Chris Heunis. He was legal adviser for the Department of Foreign Afffairs and played an important role in the negotiations that led to the Constitution of 1996. Also available in Afrikaans.


  1. [Heyns (C.) & Stefiszyn (K.) eds.] HUMAN RIGHTS, PEACE AND JUSTICE IN AFRICA, a reader, 432pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R195

  2. [Hinz (M.) & Gatter (F.) eds.] GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY - LOCAL AGENDA, the legitimacy of modern self-determination and African traditional authority, 284pp., paperback, Munster, 2006. R350

Includes B. Oomen: "Walking in the Middle of the Road: people's perspective on the legitimacy of traditional leadership in Sekhukhune, South Africa" and O. Ulgen: "Aboriginal Title and the Right of Internal Self-Determination under the South African Constitution".


Humour

  1. __________ LAUGH IT OFF, special events calendar, 26pp., 4to., colour illus, Cape Town, 2006. R150

  2. Britten (S.) THE ART OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSULT, 317pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R135

  3. [Nurse (J.) ed.] LAUGH IT OFF ANNUAL, Vol. 3, 256pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R150

  4. Smithdorf (V.) & Wilson (V.) LAUGH OUT LOUD, SA's best-selling book of humour from the world wide web!, 216pp., illus., paperback, Second edition, Johannesburg, (2004) 2006. R115

  5. Trovato (B.) BEN TROVATO'S ART OF SURVIVAL, 198pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R155

  6. __________ HITS AND MISSIVES, the worst of Ben Trovato, 299pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R145

  7. Zapiro DA ZUMA CODE, 160pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R120

Cartoons from Mail & Guardian, Sunday Times and Independent Newspapers.


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  1. [Hutchinson (M.) comp.] BO-KAAP, colourful heart of Cape Town, 138pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R140

  2. James (D.) GAINING GROUND, 'rights' and 'property' in South African land reform, 282pp., paperback, Johannesburg & Abingdon, 2007. R180

  3. Jelloun (T.) RACISM EXPLAINED TO MY DAUGHTER, with a foreword by Neville Alexander, 43pp., paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (2003) 2004. R36

  4. Jenkins (E.) FALLING INTO PLACE, the story of modern South African place names, 220pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R150

  5. Jeppie (S.) LANGUAGE IDENTITY MODERNITY, the Arabic Study Circle of Durban, 136pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R90

Journals

  1. __________ PULP FICTIONS, "Legal Academics and Progressive Politics in South Africa: moving beyond the ivory tower" by Tshepo Madlingozi, 30pp., paperback, November 2006, No. 2, Pretoria University Law Press, Pretoria, 2006. R95

  2. __________ PULP FICTIONS, disasters of peace: an exchange [Christoph Heyns and Karin van Marle], 32pp., illus., paperback, November 2005, No. 1, Pretoria University Law Press, Pretoria, 2005. R95

  3. [Bank (A.) ed.] KRONOS 32, journal of Cape history, November 2006, 287pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, 2006. R190

Includes the photographer Mikhael Subotzky in conversation with Michael Godby, Andrew Bank: "Anthropology and Fieldwork Photography, Dorothea Bleek's expedition to the Northern Cape and the Kalahari, July to December 1911", Lauren van Vuuren: "The Africa I Know: film and making of 'Bushmen' in Laurens van der Post's Lost World of the Kalahari" (1956) and much more.


  1. [Eckl (A.) et al eds.] JOURNAL OF NAMIBIAN STUDIES, history, politics, culture, 131pp., paperback, No. 1, Essen, 2007. R395

  2. [Edjabe (N.) ed.] CHIMURENGA 10, futbol, politricks & ostentatious cripples, 269pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R53

  3. [Gillwald (A.) & Visser (C.) eds.] SOUTHERN AFRICAN JOURNAL OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION, 119pp., paperback, issue 7, Johannesburg, 2006. R250

  4. [Grandin (G.) & Klubock (T.) eds.] RADICAL HISTORY REVIEW, truth commissions: state terror, history, and memory, 179pp., paperback, Issue 97, Winter 2007, Durham, 2007. R200

Includes "Knowledge, Experience, and South Africa's Scenarios of Forgiveness" by Alejandro Castillejo-Cuéllar.


  1. [Lohmann (l.) guest ed.] DEVELOPMENT DIALOGUE, carbon trading, a critical conversation on climate change, privatisation and power, 359pp., illus., paperback, No. 48, September 2006, Uppsala, 2006. R235

Includes "South Africa, carbon credits for the cities".


  1. [Lowe Morna (C.) & Rama (K.) eds.] SOUTHERN AFRICA MEDIA DIVERSITY JOURNAL, special issue, Gender and Media summit, 204pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R250

  2. [Palitza (K.) ed.] AGENDA, empowering women for gender equity, ICTs, women take a byte, 148pp., illus., paperback, No. 71, Durban, 2007. R40

  3. __________ AGENDA, empowering women for gender equity, trafficking, gender-based violence trilogy, Vol. 1.2, 152pp., illus., paperback, No. 70, Durban, 2006. R30

  4. [Reddock (R.) ed.] FEMINIST AFRICA, diaspora voices, 149pp., illus., paperback, Issue 7, Cape Town, 2006. R176

  5. [Salo (E.) & Gqola (P.) eds.] FEMINIST AFRICA, subaltern sexualities, 111pp., paperback, Issue 6, Cape Town, 2006. R155

  6. [Sanders (J.) ed.] MOLOTOV COCKTAIL, No. 1, 65pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R30

Includes "Why do South Africans 'illibrals' (sic) misread J.M. Coetzee?" by Ronald Suresh Roberts.


  1. [Shaikh (S.) & Kugle (S.) guest eds.] JOURNAL FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES, thematic issue: engaged Sufism, 165pp., paperback, Vol. 26, Cape Town, 2006. R95

  2. [Turok (B.) et al eds.] NEW AGENDA, South African journal of social and economic policy, Issue 24, Fourth Quarter, 120pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Institute for African Alternatives, Cape Town, 2006. R20

  3. __________ NEW AGENDA, South African journal of social and economic policy, Issue 25, First Quarter, 100pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Institute for African Alternatives, Cape Town, 2007. R20

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  1. [Juma (C.) ed.] GOING FOR GROWTH, science, technology and innovation in Africa, 129pp., paperback, London, 2005. R160

  2. [Juma (M.) et al eds.] COMPENDIUM OF KEY DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEACE AND SECURITY IN AFRICA, 521pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R230

  3. [Kaarsholm (P.) ed.] VIOLENCE, POLITICAL CULTURE & DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA, 208pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, Oxford etc, 2007. R190

Includes "Legacies of Violence in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe" by Jocelyn Alexander and "Violence as Signifier: politics & generational struggle in KwaZulu-Natal" by Preben Kaarsholm.


  1. kaNqama (Prince Bhekizizwe Zeblon) UMONGO KA ZULU, the marrow of the Zulu nation, 286pp., 4to., maps, colour illus., hardback, Cape Town, 2005. R300

  2. Kaplan (M.) THE FUTURE OF SOUTH AFRICAN JEWRY, comments and observations, 21pp., 4to., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R95

  3. Karsten (C.) UNSOLVED, no answers to heinous South African crimes, 144pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R110

Ten of South Africa's most baffling unsolved crimes.


  1. __________ HEADLINE MURDERS, slayings which shook South Africa, 144pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R110

Ten notorious South African murder cases.


  1. [Laband (J.) ed.] DAILY LIVES OF CIVILIANS IN WARTIME AFRICA, from slavery days to Rwandan genocide, 301pp., illus., paperback, Pietermaritzburg & Connecticut, 2007. R195

Includes "Zulu Civilians During the Rise and the Fall of the Zulu Kingdom, c. 1817-1879" by John Laband, "Civilians in the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902" by Bill Nasson, "Angolan Civilians in Wartime, 1961-2002" by Inge Brinkman.


  1. [le Pere (G.) & Samasuwo (N.) ed.] UN AT 60, a new spin on an old hub, 277pp., paperback, Institute for Global Dialogue, Johannesburg, 2006. R165

  2. [le Pere (G.) ed.] CHINA IN AFRICA, mercantilist predator, or partner in development?, 287pp., paperback, Institute for Global Dialogue, Johannesburg, 2007. R160

  3. Lee (C.) CHILD CALLED FREEDOM, an African journey, 308pp., illus., paperback, Reprint, London, (2006) 2007. R144

Carol Lee, on a trip to South Africa in 2003, met a child called Freedom.


  1. Legassick (M.) TOWARDS SOCIALIST DEMOCRACY, 725pp., hardback, Pietermaritzburg, 2007. R345

  2. Lewis (H.) ALSO GOD'S CHILDREN, encounters with street kids, 204pp., illus., paperback, Fourth edition, Cape Town, (1998) 2007. R140

  3. [Macamo (E.) ed.] NEGOTIATING MODERNITY, Africa's ambivalent experience, 238pp., paperback, Dakar etc, 2005. R150

Includes "Denying Modernity: the regulation of native labour in colonial Mozambique and its postcolonial aftermath" by Elísio Macamo and "From Civil War to Floods: implications for internal migration in Gaza Province of Mozambique" by Inês Raimundo.


  1. Madondo (B.) HOT TYPE, icons, artists & God-figurines, 294pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R144

Bongani Madondo is a feature writer for the Sunday Times Lifestyle section.


  1. Magubane (B.) RACE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DISPENSABLE OTHER, 268pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R130

  2. [Manger (L.) & Assal (M.) eds.] DIASPORAS WITHIN AND WITHOUT AFRICA, dynamics, heterogeneity, variation, 200pp., paperback, Uppsala, 2006. R230

Includes "Diasporic Consciousness as a Strategic Resource - a case study from a Cape Muslim community" by Sindre Bangstad.


  1. [Maseko (L.) ed.] SOWETAN, celebrating 25 years of the soul truth, 118pp., oblong 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2006. R200

  2. [Matusevich (M.) ed.] AFRICA IN RUSSIA, RUSSIA IN AFRICA, three centuries of encounters, 411pp., map, paperback, Trenton, 2007. R305

Contributions by Apollon Davidson, Irina Filatova and Colin Darch.


  1. McRae (D.) EVERY SECOND COUNTS, the race to transplant the first human heart, 356pp., paperback, London, 2006. R175

In 1967 four surgeons were all ready to proceed with the world's first human heart transplant: Christiaan Barnard in South Africa, Norman Shumway at Stanford, Richard Lower in Virginia and Adrian Kantrowitz in New York. Dr Barnard was eventually the first in December 1967.


  1. [Mgadla (P.) & Volz (S.) translation & eds.] WORDS OF BATSWANA, letters to Mahoko A Becwana, 1883-1896, 374pp., hardback, d.w., Van Riebeeck Society, Second Series No. 37, Cape Town, 2006. R250

Mahoko A Becwane was a Setswana-language newspaper published by the missionaries of the London Missionary Society at Kuruman from 1883-1896. Text in Setswana and English.


  1. Mills (G.) FROM AFRICA TO AFGHANISTAN, with Richards and NATO to Kabul, 236pp., map, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R180

Greg Mills, the head of the Brenthurst Foundation in Johannesburg, was sent to Afghanistan to work with British General David Richards who was at the time Commander of the coalition International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).


  1. Moolman (N.) SOUTH AFRICA, at a canter, a cultural rhapsody, 191pp., oblong 4to., illus., hardback, Johannesburg, 2007. R225

  2. [Moore (D.) ed.] WORLD BANK, development, poverty, hegemony, 581pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2007. R225

  3. [Moore (D.) et al eds.] RACE, NATURE, AND THE POLITICS OF DIFFERENCE, 475pp., paperback, Durham, 2006. R300

Includes "Simians, Savages, Skulls, and Sex: science and colonial militarism in nineteenth-century South Africa" by Zine Magubane.


  1. Moss (T.) AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT, making sense of the issues and actors, 274pp., paperback, Boulder, 2007. R195

  2. Motsei (M.) THE KANGA AND THE KANGAROO COURT, reflections on the rape trial of Jacob Juma, 208pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R145

  3. Nasson (B.) BRITANNIA'S EMPIRE, a short history of the British Empire, 358pp., illus., paperback, Reprint, Stroud, (2004) 2006. R170

  4. Nicol (M.) BELIEVE, the words and inspiration of Desmond Tutu, introduced by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 92pp., illus., hardback, Johannesburg & Auckland, 2007. R120

  5. Nyamnjoh (F.) INSIDERS & OUTSIDERS, citizenship and xenophobia in contemporary southern Africa, 273pp., paperback, London & Dakar, 2006. R140

  6. O'Malley (P.) SHADES OF DIFFERENCE, Mac Maharaj and the struggle for South Africa, 648pp., hardback, d .w., New York, 2007. R240

  7. Olivier (G.) SOUTH AFRICA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION, self-interest, ideology and altruism, 187pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R135

  8. Paice (E.) TIP AND RUN, the untold tragedy of the Great War in Africa, 488pp., maps, illus., hardback, d.w., London, 2007. R377

  9. Parker (J.) & Rathbone (R.) AFRICAN HISTORY, a very short introduction, 165pp., map, illus., paperback, New York, 2007. R125

  10. Parle (J.) STATES OF MIND, searching for mental health in Natal and Zululand, 1868-1918, 334pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2007. R190

  11. [Pattman (R.) & Khan (S.) eds.] UNDRESSING DURBAN, 500pp., illus., paperback, Durban, 2007. R430

Essays on all aspects of Durban: shack dwellers, beaches, gangsters, Indian identities and culture, sport and entertainment and much more.


  1. Peires (J.) THE HOLOCAUST AND APARTHEID, a comparison of human rights abuses, 131pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R195

  2. [Perret (S.) & Mercoiret (M.) eds.] SUPPORTING SMALL-SCALE FARMERS AND RURAL ORGANISATIONS, learning from experiences in West Africa, 320pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2003. R125

First published in French in 1994.


  1. Pettit (C.) DR LIVINGSTONE, I PRESUME?, missionaries, journalists, explorers and empire, 244pp., map, illus., hardback, d.w., London, 2007. R313

  2. Pillay (V.) ACADEMIC MOTHERS, 196pp., paperback, Pretoria, Stoke on Trent etc, 2007. R110

Venitha Pillay is a senior lecturer at the University of Pretoria.


  1. [Raftopoulos (B.) & Alexander (K.) eds.] PEACE IN THE BALANCE, the crisis in Sudan, 169pp., map, illus., paperback, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, Cape Town, 2006. R120

Rosa Luxemburg Political Education Seminars

  1. [Bond (P.) et al eds.] THE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, Rosa Luxemburg's contemporary relevance, proceedings of the Rosa Luxemburg Seminar 2006 and the University of KwaZulu-Natal Centre for Civil Society's Colloquium on economy, society and nature, 211pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R325

  2. Wittich (E.) et al MILITARISM AND WAR, Rosa Luxemburg political education seminar 2004, 68pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R120

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  1. SaferAfrica COMPENDIUM, of small arms and light weapons initiatives applicable to Africa, 522pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R195

  2. Sanders (J.) APARTHEID'S FRIENDS, the rise and fall of South Africa's secret service, 539pp., map, illus., paperback, London, 2006. R190

  3. Scanlon (H.) REPRESENTATION & REALITY, portraits of women's lives in the Western Cape 1948-1976, 318pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R280

  4. Schoeman (K.) KINDERS VAN DIE KOMPANJIE, Kaapse lewens uit die sewentiende eeu, 592pp., colour illus., hardback, d.w., Pretoria, 2006. R207

  5. Segal (L.) et al MAPPING MEMORY, former prisoners tell their stories, 132pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Second edition, Johannesburg, (2006) 2007. R180

A project of Constitution Hill.


  1. [Seidman (A.) et al eds.] AFRICA'S CHALLENGE, using law for good governance and development, 228pp., paperback, Trenton, 2007. R220

Includes "Making Policy for Development in South Africa" by Neva Seidman Makgetla, "Implementing Environmental Policies Through Legislation in Mozambique" by Teodosio Uate.


  1. Shell (R.) FROM DIASPORA TO DIORAMA, the old Slave Lodge in Cape Town, CD-ROM + 29pp brochure, illus, Cape Town, 2007. R165

Contains over 1000 pages of interpretations (by Robert Ross, Jackie Loos, Mogamart Kamedien, Gabeba Abrahams-Willis, Anne Eichmann, Nigel Worden, Margaret Cairns, Sandra Rowoldt Shell, Kerry Ward, Christopher Saunders), newly unearthed eyewitness accounts, three newly commissioned aquarelles by John English and many new sketches and photographs by internationally famous model builder, Peter Laponder. There is also an appendix of 6000 entries: slaves, political exiles, slave voyages to the Lodge, slave cargo lists, lodge censuses, slave lodge deaths and lodge manumissions plus "Bibliographies of Bondage" by Robert Shell and Sandra Rowoldt Shell.


  1. Skjelten (S.) A PEOPLE'S CONSTITUTION, public participation in the South African constitution-making process, 231pp., colour illus., paperback, Institute for Global Dialogue, Johannesburg, 2006. R160

  2. Smith (A.) MY JOURNEY TO THE THREE HOLIEST MOSQUES, 84pp., map, illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R100

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

  1. __________ HIGHLIGHTS 2006, 16pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R80

  2. Games (D.) A NATION IN TURMOIL, the experience of South African firms doing business in Zimbabwe, 125pp., paperback, Business in Africa Research Report No. 8, Johannesburg, 2006. R60

  3. Sidiropoulos (E.) & Chevallier (R.) THE EUROPEAN UNION AND AFRICA, developing partnerships for peace and security, 50pp., paperback, Report No. 51, Johannesburg, 2006. R60

  4. Sidiropoulos (E.) & Meyn (M.) CREATING INCENTIVES FOR REFORM, the EU [European Union] accession process, 60pp., paperback, Report No. 52, Johannesburg, 2006. R60

  5. [White (L.) ed.] IS THERE AN ECONOMIC ORTHODOXY?, growth and reform in Africa, Asia and Latin America, 248pp, paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R95

Contributors include Robert Schrive and Greg Mills.


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South African National Editors' Forum

  1. Ritchie (K.) REPORTING THE COURTS, a handbook for South African journalists, 204pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R175

  2. __________ REPORTING THE COURTS, a desk guide and glossary, 92pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R175

  3. [Stewart (G.) ed.] SPREADING THE NEWS, South African media in the first decade of democracy, a seminar series, CD-ROM, Johannesburg, 2005. R210

Contributors include Jakes Gerwel, Ferial Haffajee, Pius Langa, Guy Berger, Dumisani Hlope, Angelo Fick and many others.


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  1. Standing (A.) ORGANISED CRIME, a study from the Cape Flats, 313pp., paperback, Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria, 2006. R115

  2. Stephan (H.) et al THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA IN THE 21ST CENTURY, a view from the South, 352pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R195

  3. [Stevens (G.) et al eds.] RACE AGAINST TIME, psychology and challenges to deracialisation in South Africa, 353pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R160

Includes "'It's not us, they're spreading AIDS': race, schoolboy masculinities and perception of personal risk in relation to HIV/AIDS among male youth in post-apartheid South Africa" by Kay Govender, "Truth, Reconciliation, Reparation and Deracialisation in Post-Apartheid South Africa: fact or fiction?" by Garth Stevens and much more.


  1. Steyn-Barlow (C.) PUBLISH AND BE DAMNED, two decades of scandals, 368pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R240

Chris Steyn-Barlow wrote for The Citizen, Rand Daily Mail, The Star and The Cape Times and has covered many sensational stories including the Gert van Rooyen case.


  1. [Stolten (H.) ed.] HISTORY MAKING AND PRESENT DAY POLITICS, the meaning of collective memory in South Africa, 376pp., paperback, Uppsala, 2007. R230

Contributors include Saul Dubow, Colin Bundy, Martin Legassick, Christopher Saunders, Bernhard Magubane and Merle Lipton.


  1. Suttner (R.) & Cronin (J.) 50 YEARS OF THE FREEDOM CHARTER, with contributions by Mosiuoa "Terror" Lekota, Dorothy Nyembe, Wilson Fanti, Edgar Ngoyi, Steve Tshwete, Popo Molefe, Bishop Manas Buthelezi, Billy Nair, Cheryl Carolus, Rev. Frank Chikane, Fr. Smangaliso Mkatshwa, 175pp., illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R140

  2. Trollope (A.) SOUTH AFRICA, 2 Vols., 221+224pp., maps, illus., paperback, Reprint, Gloucestershire, (1878) 2005. R298

  3. Uys (I.) FEITEGIDS, 'n kernensiklopedie, 691pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R275

  4. Uys (T.) HOOR WAT SÊ KATLAGER, kookskermstories uit Namakwaland, 208pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R155

  5. van der Bijl (C.) & Maude (S.) LIFE OF LLANDUDNO, a South African story, 128pp., oblong 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, Cape Town, 2006. R325

Llandudno is a seaside suburb of Cape Town.


  1. van der Merwe (P.) DIE TREKBOER, in die geskiedenis van die Kaapkolonie (1657-1842), 334pp., paperback, Reprint, Stellenbosch, (1938) 2006. R205

  2. __________ TREK, studies oor die mobiliteit van die pioniersbevolking aan die Kaap, 312pp., paperback, Reprint, Stellenbosch, (1945) 2006. R205

  3. __________ DIE NOORDWAARTSE BEWEGING, van die boere voor die groot trek (1770-1842), 400pp., paperback, Reprint, Stellenbosch, (1937) 2006. R205

  4. van Dijk (L.) HISTORY OF AFRICA, foreword by Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu, 258pp., illus., maps, paperback, Revised edition, Cape Town, 2006. R125

Originally published in German in 2004 as 'Die Geshichte Afrikas". This is the revised and expanded English language edition translated by Wilhelm Snyman.


  1. van Reybrouck (D.) PLAAG, die stil geknaag van skrywers, termiete en Suid-Afrika, uit Nederlands vertaal deur Daniel Hugo, 263pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2003. R105

First published in Holland in 2001.


  1. [van Schalkwyk (W.) comp.] ABERDEEN OF THE CAPE, a retreat of the future, its history, unique buildings, mohair and wool farms, Anglo-Boer War personalities and anecdotes which make up this character town, 168pp., maps, illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R176

  2. Viljoen (J.) & Tlabela (K.) RURAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA, trends and challenges, 23pp., map, paperback, Urban, Rural and Economic Development Occasional Paper No. 2, Cape Town, 2006. R65

  3. [Villa-Vicencio (C.) & du Toit (F.) eds.] TRUTH & RECONCILIATION IN SOUTH AFRICA, 10 years on, 204pp., illus., paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (2006) 2007. R165

  4. [Visser (M.) ed.] CONTEXTUALISING COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY IN SOUTH AFRICA, 261pp., illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R260

  5. Walker (M.) SHIPWRECKS OF THE FAR SOUTH, 85pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R125

  6. Walvin (J.) SHORT HISTORY OF SLAVERY, 258pp., paperback, London, 2007. R150

  7. Watson (W.) BRICK BY BRICK, an informal guide to the history of South Africa, 160pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R82

  8. Wegerif (M.) et al STILL SEARCHING FOR SECURITY, the reality of farm dweller evictions in South Africa, 210pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R150

  9. Wessels (A.) et al LAMBRECHTS FAMILIE VAN "KAREEBOOM", Calvinia, 2 April 2005, 232pp., illus., spiralbound paperback, No place, 2005. R140

  10. Westra (P.) & Armstrong (J.) SLAVE TRADE, with Madagascar, the journals of the Cape slaver Leijdsman, 1715, 165pp., b/w & colour illus., maps, paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R195

The verbatim Dutch text and English translation of the journals kept by two slave traders on the Company's slaver Leijdsman.


  1. Wilkinson (R.) text & Kragolsen-Kille (A.) photo. BO-KAAP, inside Cape Town's Malay Quarter, 159pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R170

Includes interviews with residents, historical information and recipes.


  1. [Worden (N.) ed.] CONTINGENT LIVES, social identity and material culture in the VOC world, 612pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R160

Contributors include James Armstrong, Antonia Malan, Laura Mitchell, Wayne Dooling, Susan Newton-King, Robert Ross, Kerry Ward, Deon Viljoen and Nigel Penn. The contents of this book were first presented at an internationial conference held at the University of Cape Town in December 2006.


  1. Wright (J.) & Mazel (A.) TRACKS IN A MOUNTAIN RANGE, exploring the history of the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg, 155pp., map, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R180

AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - RELIGIOUS STUDIES

  1. __________ TRADITION AND MODERNITY, occasional papers in theology and religion, proceedings of the BOLESWA conference held at the National University of Lesotho, 118pp., illus., paperback, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Roma, 2007. R195

  2. Amanze (J.) ECUMENISM IN BOTSWANA, the story of the Botswana Christian Council, 1964-2004, 439pp., paperback, Gaberone, 2006. R950

  3. Boesak (A.) VLUG VAN GODS VERBEELDING, bybelverhale van die onderkant, 158pp., paperback, Stellenbosch, 2005. R145

  4. [Hansen (L.) & Vosloo (R.) eds.] OOM BEY FOR THE FUTURE, engaging the witness of Beyers Naudé, 172pp., paperback, Beyers Naudé Centre Series on Public Theology, Vol. 2, Stellenbosch, 2006. R175

  5. Hermanson (E.) METAPHOR IN ZULU, problems in the translation of biblical metaphor in the Book of Amos, 184pp., paperback, Centre for Bible Interpretation and Translation in Africa, Stellenbosch, 2006. R225

  6. [Kalu (O.) ed.] AFRICAN CHRISTIANITY, an African story, Series 5, Vol. 3, 631pp., paperback, Department of Church History, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 2005. R500

  7. Majawa (C.) INTEGRATED APPROACH TO AFRICAN CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY OF INCULTURATION, 448pp., illus., paperback, Nairobi, 2005. R595

  8. [Mohamed (Y.) ed.] ROVING AMBASSADOR OF PEACE, the lectures of Moulana Abdul Aleem Siddiqui (R) in South Africa, included are his conversation with G.B. Shaw and letter to the Pope, 115pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R95

Moulana Siddiqui (R) visited South Africa in 1934 and 1952. Most of his lectures were delivered in Urdu and are now available for the first time in English.


  1. Mvula (G.) & Lwesya (E.) FLAMES OF FIRE, the history of the Assemblies of God and Pentecostalism in Malawi, spreading the flames at home and abroad, 418pp., illus., paperback, Blantyre, 2005. R550

  2. Nürnberger (C.) LIVING DEAD AND THE LIVING GOD, Christ and the ancestors in a changing Africa, 312pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2007. R95

  3. Paas (S.) FAITH MOVES SOUTH, a history of the church in Africa, with contributions by Klaus Fiedler, 283pp., illus., maps, paperback, Kachere Books No. 27, Zomba, 2006. R195

  4. __________ BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF MUSLIMS, the religion of our neighbours, 182pp., paperback, Zomba, 2006. R125

  5. South African Council of Churches ANNUAL REPORT, 2005, 24pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R85

  6. Strohbehn (U.) PENTECOSTALISM IN MALAWI, a history of the Apostolic Faith Mission in Malawi 1931 - 1994, 194pp., map, paperback, Kachere Theses No. 8, Zomba, 2005. R230

  7. Tengatenga (J.) CHURCH, STATE AND SOCIETY IN MALAWI, an analysis of Anglican ecclesiology, 221pp., paperback, Kachere Theses No. 12, Zomba, 2006. R195

  8. [Vermeulen (K.) & Lovaas (S.) eds.] PRACTISING FAITH IN THE PUBLIC ARENA, advocacy and public policy, 35pp., paperback, South African Council of Churches, Johannesburg, 2006. R95

AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - SOUTHERN AFRICAN LANGUAGES

  1. Bhengu (S.) ABAKWETHU, [My Next of Kin], 104pp., paperback, Durban, 2003. R73

Short stories and essays in Zulu.


  1. Dlamini (J.) & Ndelu (B.) KUYOSALA IZIBONGO, [Only Praises Shall Remain], 56pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2003. R50

Poetry anthology in Zulu.


  1. Duka (M.) UBUSI, [Honey], 55pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2003. R55

Short stories in Xhosa.


  1. Harding Dancing Pencils Writing Club KULOMHLABA KUDLELWA ENQOLOBANENI, 68pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R69

Text in English and Zulu.


  1. Jordan (T.) UKUVUKA KUKAZANEMVULA, [The Resurrection of Zanemvula], 166pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R77

Xhosa novel.


  1. Kgasago (V.) DI NTLETSE DI MPA, 12pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R63

Children's book in Tswana.


  1. Khininda (M.) IZABATHA, [The Traps], 95pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2004. R45

Short stories in Xhosa.


  1. Kula (S.) HLAMBAN' AMEHLO, [Look at a Beautiful Sight], 98pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2003. R60

Short stories in Xhosa.


  1. Litchfield (B.) U THINGO LWE NKOSAZANA, 7pp., colour illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R57

Children's book in Zulu.


  1. Maahlamela (D.) MOSWARATAUKAMARIRI, [poetry], 72pp., paperback, Elim Hospital, 2006. R90

Text in Sotho.


  1. Mafela (M.) MULILANI WA TSHIRA, [On the Enemy's Track], 105pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2003. R70

Drama in Venda.


  1. __________ LWENDO LWASHU, [Our Journey], 138pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2004. R60

Novella in Venda.


  1. Magona (S.) IMIDA, incwadi yezincoko, 90pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R110

Text in Xhosa.


  1. [Magona (S.) ed.] UMTHI NGAMNYE UNENTLAKA YAWO, namanye amabali, 79pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R110

Short stories in Xhosa.


  1. Magubane (S.) UTHANDO LUYABEKEZELA, 28pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R45

Text in Xhosa.


  1. Magwaza (G.) et al TOYI-TOYI, 98pp., paperback, Reprint, Pietermaritzburg, (1998) 2003. R60

Tsonga short stories.


  1. Malindisa (G.) WANGIBULALA BABA!, [You Destroyed the Father], 156pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2006. R65

Zulu radio drama.


  1. Malindzisa (G.) HAWU BABE!, [Why? Father!], 128pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2005. R60

Swati radio drama.


  1. Maphalla (K.) METJODI YA MARAKWANENG, [The Herd-Boys of Marakwaneng], 53pp., illus., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2004. R40

Sotho novel.


  1. Mathete (M.) TLAISEGO YA MASETLAPELO, [Heart Rending Suffering], 59pp., paperback, Reprint, Pietermaritzburg, (2004) 2005. R35

Pedi novel.


  1. [Mavuso (M.) comp.] INGONO 2, [Nipple], 88pp., paperback, Reprint, Pietermaritzburg, (1993) 2005. R65

Swati poetry.


  1. Mayekiso-Dlulane (P.) LINZINGO SISIFINGO SEMPUMELELO, [There is a Light at the End of the Tunnel], 87pp., paperback, Reprint, Pietermaritzburg, (2004) 2006. R40

Xhosa novella.


  1. Mbovane (W.) NDIXOLELENI, [Forgive Me], 64pp., paperback, Reprint, Pietermaritzburg, (1995) 2007. R43

Xhosa drama.


  1. [Mbovane (W.) comp.] UCWAMBU LWESIHOBE I, [The Cream of Poetry], 74pp., paperback, Reprint, Pietermaritzburg, (2003) 2006. R40

Text in Xhosa.


  1. Mdliva (M.) IZITHEBE ZENJOLI, 118pp., illus., paperback, Reprint, Pietermaritzburg, (1997) 2007. R52

Short stories in Xhosa.


  1. __________ UTHINI NA DLALANI?, [What Do You Say Playboy?], 78pp., illus., paperback, Reprint, Pietermaritzburg, (2002) 2005. R40

One act plays in Xhosa.


  1. Mjwayeli Dancing Pencils Writing Club UKUHLUKUMEZEKA KWEMVELO, 34pp., illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R45

Children's book in Zulu.


  1. Mngadi (M.) USUMENYEZELWE-KE UMCEBO, [The Treasure Has Been Announced], 259pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2005. R90

Zulu novel.


  1. Molope (K.) SIJUXUZA ELUTHULINI, 189pp., paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (2006) 2007. R87

Novel in iXhosa. First published in English as "Dancing in the Dust' in 2004.


  1. Mpembe (N.) SETSOTO, [Something Beautiful and Exciting], 44pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2005. R45

Sotho poetry.


  1. [Mphasha (L.) ed.] TONKULANG MENATETODI, [A Taste of Honey], 94pp., paperback, Reprint, Durban, (2004) 2007. R41

Poetry anthology in Pedi.


  1. Mtuze (I.) LOO MHLA ZIBUYAYO, [When the Day of Reckoning Comes], 118pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2003. R50

Short stories in Xhosa.


  1. Mufamadi (T.) et al IFA LI SA SINI, 82pp., paperback, Princess Dancing Pencils Writing Club, Durban, 2006. R80

Poetry in Venda.


  1. Mvelase (N.) et al SIYATHUTHUKA, 33pp., paperback, Emahhashini Dancing Pencils Writing Club, Durban, 2006. R51

Children's book in Zulu.


  1. Ngcelwane (N.) NDENZENI?, 95pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R110

Text in Xhosa.


  1. Ngobeni (B.) NDZHEKO WA RIXAKA, 113pp., paperback, Timbila Poetry Project, Elim Hospital, 2006. R110

Poetry in Tsonga.


  1. Ngobeni (M.) SWI ENDLIWA HI YINI?, [What are the Causes?], 96pp., paperback, Reprint, Pietermaritzburg, (1992) 2003. R50

Tsonga drama.


  1. Ntuli (D.) NGINGUSOSOBALA MBATHA, [I am Sosobala Mbatha], 153pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R75

Biography in Zulu.


  1. [Ntuli (D.) ed.] UGQOZI OLUMAPHIKO, [Lofty Inspiration], 119pp., paperback, Reprint, Pietermaritzburg, (2002) 2006. R51

Anthology of Zulu poetry.


  1. Saule (N.) VULEKA MHLABA, [Nowhere to Hide], 238pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R82

Novel in Xhosa.


  1. __________ UMLIMANDELA, [At the Crossroads], 272pp., paperback, Reprint, Pretoria, (1998) 2007. R75

Novel in Xhosa.


  1. __________ IDINGA, [Destiny], 122pp., paperback, Reprint, Pretoria, (1994) 2001. R70

Novel in Xhosa.


  1. __________ UMTHETHO KAMTHETHO, [Mthetho's Law], 122pp., paperback, Reprint, Pretoria, (2002) 2006. R70

isiXhosa novel.


  1. __________ AMAZWI!, [Words], 97pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2003. R45

Novel in Xhosa.


  1. Sebola (E.) et al SEMOTWANA, [Bean Porridge], mohlomongwe ke tlhabologo, 87pp., paperback, Reprint, Pietermaritzburg, (2000) 2005. R40

Short stories in Pedi.


  1. Sebola (M.) TSHETSHEMA, [Slow Motion Running of an Elephant], 60pp., illus., paperback, Reprint, Pietermaritzburg, (2001) 2005. R35

Anthology of Pedi poetry.


  1. Sekele (K.) RE LEBE KAE?, [Where Must We Go?], 108pp., illus., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2006. R55

Novel in Pedi.


  1. Senzele Mpophomeni Dancing Pencils Writing Club ISIGQI SENTSHA, 82pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R80

Children's book in Zulu.


  1. __________ MTHAKATHI OKHULUMAYO, 39pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R52

Text in English and Zulu.


  1. Shabangu (P.) UTHISHA OTHANDO I ZINGANE, 8pp., illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R57

Children's book in Zulu.


  1. Shange (M.) UTHANDO LUNGUMANQOBA, [Love Conquers], 91pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2005. R50

Zulu novella.


  1. Shasha (W.) NGXE MAWETHU, MASIBAXOLELE, [Fellows, Let Us Forgive], 84pp., paperback, Reprint, Pretoria, (1998) 2006. R67

Xhosa poems.


  1. __________ UMSILA WEMBULU, [Things Are Not What They Seem at First], 70pp., paperback, Reprint, Pretoria, (1992) 2006. R65

Xhosa poems.


  1. Sibiya (N.) KUXOLELWA ABANJANI?, [What Kind of People Can Be Forgiven?], 294pp., paperback, Reprint, Pietermaritzburg, (2004) 2006. R80

Zulu novel.


  1. [Sibiya (N.) ed.] IZIMBALI ZESIZWE, [Flowers of the Nation], 84pp., illus., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2005. R55

Zulu poetry anthology.


  1. Sikhosana (S.) ITHEMBA ALIBULALI, 27pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R45

Text in Zulu.


  1. Tlale (P.) KWEETSENG YA PELO, [In the Depth of the Heart], 51pp., paperback, Reprint, Pietermaritzburg, (2003) 2006. R45

South Sotho poetry.


  1. Wanda (M.) KUNJALO-KE, [That's How Things Are], 177pp., paperback, Reprint, Pietermaritzburg, (2004) 2006. R65

Novel in Zulu.


  1. [Wela (T.) ed.] INHLIZIYO EYOPHAYO, [A Bleeding Heart], 115pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2006. R55

Short story anthology in Zulu.


  1. Yawa (S.) UBUNZULU BENTLIZIYO, [Secrets of the Heart], 96pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2005. R50

Novel in Xhosa.


  1. Zola Primary School Dancing Pencils Writing Club IMFUNDO IFA LAPHAKADE, 63pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R63

Children's book in Zulu.


AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - SPORT, LEISURE (including wine & food) and TRAVEL (including guidebooks & maps)

  1. __________ WINE TOURISM HANDBOOK 2007, South Africa's ultimate guide to the Cape winelands, 192pp., maps, colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R89

  2. __________ VISITOR'S GUIDE TO CAPE TOWN, & the Peninsula, 24pp., 4to., maps, colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2004. R40

  3. Badenhorst (J.) text & van Rensburg (R.) photo. VAN DIE KAAP TOT KILIMANDJARO, 'n voetspore-reis, 240pp., map, colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R175

  4. Black (B.) FLY-FISHING SOUTH AFRICA'S RIVERS, LAKES AND SURF, 119pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R160

  5. Branch (B.) et al TRAVELLERS' WILDLIFE GUIDES, SOUTHERN AFRICA, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Lesotho, and southern Mozambique, 488pp., map, colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R240

  6. Broom (D.) et al THE SOUTH AFRICAN WHISKY HANDBOOK, 2007, 128pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R75

  7. Clarke (J.) et al BLAZING SADDLES, the true story behind the Tours de Farce, with interruptions by Harvey Tyson, 170pp., map, colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R140

Six South African men, "in various states of decrepitude" make an annual bike trip in Europe.


Cookery

  1. __________ KOCHEN, in Namibia, 191pp., illus., spiralbound paperback, Windhoek, 2005. R175

Text in German.


  1. Bedford Hall (L.) FABULOUS FOOD, 200pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, Cape Town, 2007. R190

  2. Cheifitz (P.) LAZY DAYS, contemporary country-style cooking, 189pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R248

  3. Cheifitz (P.) et al SOUTH AFRICAN COOKBOOK, 400pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, Reprint, Cape Town, (1985) 2006. R280

  4. Sauvage (S.) EDGE OF FUSION, 168pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R275

  5. Snyman (L.) text & Dare (M.) photo. FRUIT ART, 176pp., colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2006. R275

  6. Trapido (A.) & Reinarhz (C.) TO THE BANQUETING HOUSE, African cuisine, an epic journey, 207pp., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2006. R295

  7. Williams (F.) text & Mills (L.) illus. CAPE MALAY ILLUSTRATED COOKBOOK, 80pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R110

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  1. Cooper (M.) & Goodenough (T.) IN THE ZONE, with South Africa's sport heroes, how to achieve top performance in sport and life, 256pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R140

  2. Cottrell (T.) NEDBANK RUNNERS' GUIDE 2007, to road races in South Africa, 340pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R90

  3. __________ NEDBANK RACE DATES, January - June 2007, 64pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R15

  4. de la Harpe (R.) TOP TOURING SPOTS IN SOUTH AFRICA, 144pp., 4to., maps, colour illus., hardback, d.w., Second edition, Cape Town, (2002) 2005. R170

  5. Dobson (P.) et al THE BADGE, a centenary of the Springbok emblem, 220pp., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2006. R480

  6. Hawthorne (T.) NATALIE DU TOIT, tumble turn, 208pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R130

Natalie du Toit's leg was amputated in 2001 after a scooter accident. In 2002 she swam the able-bodied 800m freestyle final at the Commonwealth Games and broke another two records at the 2006 Paralympic World Cup.


  1. Hilton-Barber (B.) & Hopkins (P.) PLACE, a collection of South African travel & landscape quotations, 211pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R120

Hunting

  1. Cowie (D.) AN AFRICAN GAME RANGER ON SAFARI, 227pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2006. R395

  2. [Marsh (B.) ed.] HUNTING BLACKBEARDS OF BOTSWANA, 248pp., 4to., map, b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2007. R495

The Blackbeard family have hunted in Botswana for over seventy five years.


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Lonely Planet Travel Guides

  1. Fitzpatrick (M.) SOUTH AFRICA, Lesotho & Swaziland, 680pp., b/w & colour illus., maps, paperback, Seventh edition, London, (1993) 2006. R290

  2. __________ MOZAMBIQUE, 224pp., map, colour illus., paperback, Second edition, London, (2000) 2007. R250

  3. Hardy (P.) & Firestone (M.) BOTSWANA & NAMIBIA, 424pp., maps, colour illus., paperback, London, 2007. R290

  4. Murphy (A.) et al SOUTHERN AFRICA, 812pp., maps., b/w & colour illus., paperback, London, 2007. R345

'Clarke's Bookshop stocks an unsurpassed range on South Africa....".


  1. Richmond (S.) CAPE TOWN, city guide, 258pp., colour illus., maps, paperback, Fifth edition, London, (1996) 2006. R240

"Clarke's stocks the best range of books on South Africa and the continent, and has a great second-hand section. If you can't find what you're looking for here, it's unlikely to be at the many other bookshops along Long St".


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Maps

  1. __________ TOURING MAP OF NAMIBIA, Etosha Pan, Windhoek and Fish River Canyon, 1: 1 500 000, 27.5 x 38cm, folded, Johannesburg, 2007. R70

  2. Africa on Paper ZAMBIA, travel map, 1: 588 000, 27 x 40cm, folded, Cape Town, 2007. R75

  3. __________ MALAWI, travel map, 1: 900 000, 27 x 40cm, folded, Cape Town, 2006. R75

  4. __________ MOZAMBIQUE, travel map, 1: 500 000, 27 x 40cm, folded, Cape Town, 2007. R75

  5. __________ WESTERN CAPE TRAVEL MAP, Cape Town, West Coast and the Garden Route, 27 x 40cm, folded, Cape Town, 2006. R75

  6. Globetrotter MOZAMBIQUE, 1:2 300 000, 28 x 39cm, folded, Third edition, London, 2006. R90

  7. Map Studio AFRICA, road atlas, 272pp., 4to., colour illus., maps, paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R180

  8. __________ SOUTHERN & EAST AFRICA, road atlas, 173pp., 4to., colour illus., maps, paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R100

  9. __________ BOTSWANA MAP, 1:1,650,000, 27 x 28cm, folded, Cape Town, 2007. R80

  10. __________ TABLE MOUNTAIN, road map, 6 nature escapes, Table Mountain, Kirstenbosch, Oudekraal, Silvermine, Cape of Good Hope, Boulders Beach, 27.5 x 35cm., folded, Second edition, Cape Town, (2004) 2007. R80

  11. National Geographic TABLE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, including Cape Town & Peninsula, 1: 55 000, 25.5 x 38cm, folded, Cape Town, 2006. R100

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  1. Marais (C.) & Hopkins (P.) 101 BELOVED BARS, of southern Africa, 216pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R95

  2. Michler (I.) VICTORIA FALLS & SURROUNDS, the insider's guide, 154pp., map, colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R190

  3. [Morgan (P.) & Griffiths (J.) eds.] IRB WORLD RUGBY YEARBOOK, 2007, 575pp., illus., paperback, London & Johannesburg, 2006. R170

  4. Mountain Club of South Africa DIAMOND YEARS, 1931-2006, the Mountain Club of South Africa, Johannesburg section, 64pp., 4to., oblong, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R125

  5. [Owen (L.) ed.] GOLF DIRECTORY, 2007, 296pp., colour illus., maps, paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R140

  6. Parsons (W.) TELKOM SWIMMERS' GUIDE 2006-7, to open water swimming in South Africa, 212pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R85

  7. Player (I.) MEN, RIVERS & CANOES, 232pp., folding map loosely inserted at back of book, illus., hardback, d.w., Second edition, Empangeni, (1964) 2007. R240

"Ian Player can justly be called the founding father of canoeing in South Africa. His expedition in 1950 reconnoitring the daunting path from Pietermaritzburg to Durban down the Umsindusi and Umgeni rivers started the Dusi Canoe Marathon".


  1. Ratcliffe-Wright (J.) SPIT OR SWALLOW, a guide for the wine virgin, 112pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R95

  2. Roodt (V.) SHELL TOURIST TRAVEL AND FIELD GUIDE OF BOTSWANA, 244pp., maps, colour illus., paperback + 1: 1 750 000, 23 x 33cm folded map, Fourth edition, Gaborone, (1996) 2006. R170

  3. Solomon's Guide SOUTHERN AFRICA, travel guide, 304pp., colour illus., maps, paperback, Thirty-seventh edition, Cape Town, 2007. R90

  4. Spicer (S.) & Nepgen (J.) THE SOUTH AFRICAN CHILD-FRIENDLY DIRECTORY, the definitive guide to holiday accomodation that welcomes you and your kids, 128pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R120

  5. [van Aswegen (L.) et al eds.] TIME OUT CAPE TOWN, winelands & the Garden Route, 280pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, London, 2007. R208

This is what Time Out says about Clarke's: "You can't help but leave Clarke's with a feeling that you've had something of an education. Owner Henrietta Dax is the bibliophile's bibliophile and she carries an impressive range of biographies on local political players as well as excellent books on the history of South Africa. Take time to pop upstairs and marvel at the collection of rare Africana too".


  1. [van Zyl (P.) ed.] JOHN PLATTER SOUTH AFRICAN WINES 2007, the guide to cellars, vineyards, winemakers, restaurants and accommodation, 611pp., maps, hardback, Cape Town, 2006. R130

  2. Zett (L.) photo. OCEAN VIEW, MASIPHUMELELE, IMHOFF, 72pp., colour illus., hardback, The Southern Cape Peninsula - Vol. 5, Cape Town, 2007. R120

AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - FICTION

  1. Abani (C.) BECOMING ABIGAIL, a novella, 105pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R95

  2. Akabor (M.) FLAT 9, a collection of short stories, 130pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R91

Anthologies & Journals

  1. [Chapman (M.) ed.] OMNIBUS OF A CENTURY OF SOUTH AFRICAN SHORT STORIES, 868pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R250

This edition includes all the stories from "A Century of South African Short Stories" 1978, the revised edition 1993 and "The New Century of South African Short Stories" 2004.


  1. [de Kock (N.) comp.] VIERSPRONG, die ongewone engde, 237pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R135

  2. [Fryer (C.) comp.] KINDERS VAN AFRIKA, 161pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R50

Short stories by K Sello Duiker, Petra Muller, Marita van der Vyver and others.


  1. Isulabasha Dancing Pencils Writing Club JOURNEY OF OUR MINDS, an anthology of poems, short stories and essays, 116pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R97

Text in English and Zulu.


  1. [Kozain (R.) comp.] SOUTH AFRICAN SHORT STORIES, since 1994, 224pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R87

Contributors include Johnny Masilela, Phaswante Mpe, Nadine Gordimer, Ahmed Essop, Rayda Jacobs, J.M. Coetzee, Ivan Vladislavic and others. Includes notes for high school students.


  1. [Malan (R.) comp.] BEING HERE, modern short stories from southern Africa, 212pp., paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (1994) 2006. R92

Includes notes for high school students.


  1. __________ NEW BEGINNINGS, short stories from southern Africa, 208pp., paperback, Second edition, Cape Town, (1995) 2006. R87

Includes notes for high school students.


  1. South African Centre of International PEN AFRICAN PENS, new writing from Southern Africa 2007, 273pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R120

Winning stories selected by J.M. Coetzee. First prize winner is Henrietta Rose-Innes for "Poison".


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  1. Ashby (N.) TIME PIPS, 270pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R145

  2. Boetie VRYVAL, 284pp., illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R170

Novel based on the experiences of a member of the South African Airforce 1983-1986. Boetie is a pseudonym.


  1. Boetie (D.) FAMILIARITY IS THE KINGDOM OF THE LOST, edited with an afterword by Barney Simon, 198pp., paperback, Reprint, Johannesburg, (1969) 2007. R100

  2. Botes (A.) SABBATSREIS, 296pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R140

  3. __________ TRIPPEL SEWE, 272pp., paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (1995) 2007. R130

  4. Brink (T.) DIE HEMELKLIP, 121pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R95

  5. Brooks (A.) THE BORDER, 299pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R145

Novel set against the background of South Africa's Border War in the 1980s.


  1. Brownlee (F.) CATTLE THIEF, 234pp., illus., paperback, London, 2007. R100

Originally published as "Ntsukumbini" in 1929. Also includes "Chats with Christina", Brownlee's last long work that has not previously been published.


  1. Cartwright (J.) THE SONG BEFORE IT IS SUNG, 276pp., paperback, London, 2007. R180

  2. Chirere (M.) SOMEWHERE IN THIS COUNTRY, short stories, 93pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R75

  3. Courtenay (B.) WHITE THORN, 682pp., paperback, Reprint, Victoria, (2005) 2007. R100

  4. de Nooy (R.) SIX FANG MARKS AND A TETANUS SHOT, 210pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R145

  5. Dido (E.) 'N ANDER EK, 254pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R140

  6. Dow (U.) THE HEAVENS MAY FALL, 191pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R120

  7. Dowling (F.) FLYLEAF, 253pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R110

  8. du Plessis (M.) PENVERE, 195pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2004. R103

  9. du Plessis (P.) DIE PERDEKOMBERS, en ander stories uit die jagveld, 126pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R120

  10. du Toit (M.) TOTEM AND CANDIDATE, SING BABYLON, 95+83pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R100

  11. Engelbrecht (J.) KAFFERTJIE, 212pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R120

  12. Engler (H.) BUTTONS FOR GAIA, 288pp., paperback, No place, (c.2006). R95

  13. Erapu (L.) KHAYALETHU, the promised land, 376pp., illus., paperback, Vanderbijlpark, 2005. R95

  14. Fitzpatrick (P.) JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD, edited by Linda Rosenberg, illustrated by E. Caldwell, 269pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Reprint, Johannesburg, (1989) 2007. R135

"The language has been modernised...the prejudicial racial references have been eliminated".


  1. Fölscher (B.) BLIND FAITH, 286pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R145

  2. Garisch (D.) ONCE, TWO ISLANDS, 286pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R140

  3. Gien (P.) THE SYRINGA TREE, 262pp., hardback, d.w., New York, 2006. R214

  4. Glass (L.) YEAR THE GYPSIES CAME, 267pp., paperback, Reprint, London, (2006) 2007. R80

  5. Golightly (W.) AMAZULU, being the many divers adventures of the Induna & the boy among the People of the Sky in the time of Shaka KaSenzangakhona, King of Kings, 591pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R195

  6. Gordimer (N.) GET A LIFE, 189pp., paperback, Reprint, London, (2005) 2006. R120

  7. Gray (A.) FENCE, 223pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R145

  8. Handler (R.) KATY'S KID, 381pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R110

  9. Harries (A.) NO PLACE FOR A LADY, 376pp., paperback, Reprint, London, (2005) 2007. R130

  10. Holman (M.) FATBOY AND THE DANCING LADIES, 245pp., paperback, Edinburgh, 2007. R150

By the author of "Last Orders at Harrods".


  1. Jaffa (P.) THE JACKAL'S HEAD, 397pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R107

  2. Johnson (S.) NATIVE COMMISSIONER, 283pp., paperback, Reprint, Johannesburg, (2006) 2007. R110

"The Native Commissioner" was the 2007 winner of the Best Book in Africa Commonwealth Writers' Prize.


  1. Jooste (P.) STAR OF THE MORNING, 333pp., paperback, London, 2007. R176

  2. Kalmer (H.) GROCERIES, 56 stories oor huishoudelike produkte, 143pp., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R135

Illustrators include Clive van den Berg, Ingrid Winterbach, Jacobus Kloppers, Peter Sibanda and others.


  1. Keegan (T.) TROMP'S LAST STAND, 303pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R145

  2. Kotze (E.) WIND STAAN OOS, 152pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R125

  3. Lakhan (R.) THE PUPPETEERS, 232pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R115

  4. Lee (S.) THE STORY OF MAHA, 286pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R140

  5. Leipoldt (C.) STORMWRACK, edited and introduced by T.S. Emslie, 459pp., paperback, Second edition, Cape Town, (2000) 2007. R171

"Stormwrack" was written in the early 1930s. It was published in a shortened version in 1980. It was also published in 2000 in the historical trilogy "The Valley" with "Gallows Gecko" and "The Mask". This is the first unabbreviated independent publication, re-edited but faithful to the original.


  1. Louw (A.) KRONIEK VAN PERDEPOORT, 375pp., paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (1975) 2007. R130

  2. Madima (T.) THRILL OF A LIFETIME, 117pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2001. R55

  3. [Madima (T.) translator] VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES, E.S. Madima's celebrated novel, "A Si Ene", translated from the original Venda by Tenda Madima, 116pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2005. R55

First published in 1955.


  1. Mahala (S.) WHEN A MAN CRIES, 162pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2007. R130

  2. Makholwa (A.) RED INK, 234pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R95

  3. Mann (S.) QUARTER TONES, 193pp., paperback, London, 2007. R192

  4. Matlwa (K.) COCONUT, 190pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R95

Kopano Matlwa is winner of the European Union Literary Award.


  1. Matthee (D.) OM 'N MAN TE KOOP, 286pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R140

  2. __________ 'N HUIS VIR NADIA, 190pp., paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (1982) 2006. R120

  3. Mda (Z.) CION, 286pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R150

Tolok, the professional mourner introduced in Mda's earlier novel "Ways of Dying" travels the world in search of new ways of mourning.


  1. Mofolo (T.) TRAVELLER TO THE EAST, 88pp., illus., paperback, New edition, London, (1907) 2007. R90

Originally published by the Morija Sesuto Book Depot in 1907.


  1. Murray-Theron (E.) VERBLYF, 245pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R103

  2. Mzamane (M.) CHILDREN OF SOWETO, a trilogy, 256pp., paperback, Revised edition, Vanderbijlpark, (1982) 2005. R95

  3. Nagtegaal (R.) ABRA K'DABRA, 'n roman, 317pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R165

  4. Nkadimeng (A.) LONELY HEARTS, 78pp., paperback, Sekhukhune, 2004. R110

  5. Nzewi (M.) OKEKE, music, myth and life: an African story, 234pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R110

  6. Omotoso (K.) COMBAT, with an afterword by the author, 115pp., paperback, Reprint, Johannesburg, (1972) 2007. R100

  7. Pepetela JAIME BUNDA, secret agent, story of various mysteries, translated from Portuguese by Richard Bastle, 294pp., paperback, Wiltshire, 2006. R110

First published in Portugal in 2001. Pepetela is the pen name of Artur Pestana. He lives in Luanda, Angola, where he teaches sociology at the Agostinho Neto University.


  1. Phillips (F.) DIE DONKER GOD, 190pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R130

  2. Pillay (S.) SHADOW PEOPLE, 302pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R145

  3. Pinnock (P.) SKYLINE, 191pp., paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (2000) 2007. R140

  4. Price (O.) PRODIGY, 245pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R170

  5. Rapola (Z.) BEGINNINGS OF A DREAM, 179pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R125

  6. Schoeman (K.) NA DIE GELIEFDE LAND, 184pp., paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (1972) 2007. R135

  7. Schonstein (P.) QUILT OF DREAMS, 367pp., paperback, Reprint, London, (2006) 2007. R112

  8. Sepamla (S.) A RIDE ON THE WHIRLWIND, 288pp., paperback, Second edition, Vanderbijlpark, (1981) 2005. R95

Smith (Alexander McCall) The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series

  1. Smith (A.) GOOD HUSBAND OF ZEBRA DRIVE, 218pp., hardback, d.w., London, 2007. R180

The eighth in 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' series.


  1. __________ BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS, 242pp., paperback, Reprint, London, (2006) 2007. R100

The seventh in 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' series.


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  1. Strauss (G.) CHAPTERS OF CHILDHOOD, 164pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R90

  2. Strauss (P.) TUSSEN KOKERBOOM EN KAIINGKLIP, 184pp., maps, paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R90

  3. Swart (H.) KLUTSKLOON, 281pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R175

  4. Tagwira (V.) UNCERTAINTY OF HOPE, 368pp., paperback, Harare, 2006. R180

  5. Tlali (M.) AMANDLA!, 256pp., paperback, Reprint, Vanderbijlpark, (1980) 2005. R95

  6. Troost (H.) PLOT LOSS, 207pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R130

  7. van de Ruit (J.) SPUD, the madness continues..., 341pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R100

  8. van der Merwe (C.) NO MAN'S LAND, 206pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R130

  9. van der Vliet (E.) PAST IMPERFECT, 318pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R110

  10. van der Vyver (M.) THERE IS A SEASON, translated from Afrikaans by K.L. Seegers, 280pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R145

First published in Afrikaans as 'Vergenoeg' in 2003.


  1. van Niekerk (M.) text & van Zyl (A.) illus. MEMORANDUM, a story with paintings, translated by Michiel Heyns, 140pp., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2006. R245

Marlene van Niekerk is the award-winning author of "Triomf" and "Agaat".


  1. Vladislavic (I.) THE RESTLESS SUPERMARKET, 339pp., paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (2001) 2006. R125

  2. Walton (C.) SOUND BITES, 190pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R125

  3. Wanner (Z.) MADAMS, a wildly provocative novel, 210pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R110

  4. Weideman (G.) NEWELIG, stories loop nie padsaam nie, 135pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R145

  5. Wessels (M.) KORT-KORT STORIES, 128pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R110

  6. Worsnip (M.) REMITTANCE MAN, 222pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2007. R120

  7. Zondo (B.) POTATO DANCE, the story of a man who was not willing to let his country down, 116pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R102

AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - POETRY & PLAYS

  1. Alfred (M.) POETIC LICENCE, 88pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R80

Anthologies & Journals

  1. __________ GENUGTIG!, 2006, 104pp., illus., paperback, Vol. 1, Cape Town, 2006. R100

  2. [Cummiskey (G.) ed.] GREEN DRAGON, poetry & prose, 90pp., paperback, No. 4, Johannesburg, 2006. R85

  3. [Ellis (G.) et al eds.] OFF THE WALL, an anthology of poetry, 60pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R70

'Off the Wall' meets every Monday evening at 8pm at A Touch of Madness in Observatory, Cape Town. This is a selection of the poems that have been read there and includes work by Gus Ferguson, Jacques Coetzee, Siyabulela Mkangisa and many others.


  1. [Ferguson (G.) ed.] CARAPACE 63, poems, graphics, molluscana, 28pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R30

  2. __________ CARAPACE 62, poems, graphics, moluscana, 28pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R27

  3. __________ CARAPACE 61, poems, graphics, molluscana, 28pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R18

  4. [Krog (A.) curator] SPIER POETRY FESTIVAL, 2007, 40pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R35

Poets include Gabeda Baderoon, Ingrid de Kok, Comrade Fatso, Harry Garuba, Jitsvinger, Kgafela oa Magogodi, Marlene van Niekerk and others.


  1. Mongwe (T.) & Ramaano (M.) TWILIGHT, (four South African tragedies), 134pp., paperback, Elim Hospital, 2006. R175

  2. [Moolman (K.) ed.] FIDELITIES XIII, a selection of contemporary South African poetry, 2006, 80pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R70

  3. Princess Dancing Pencils Writing Club THE ROOT OF LIFE, 66pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R91

  4. [Tal (M.) & Schuster (A.) eds. & comps.] LIVING ON THE FENCE, poems by women who are refugees from various countries in Africa, 96pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R130

Preface by Gabeba Baderoon.


  1. Univen Dancing Pencils Writing Club THE PALM OF ORANGE LIFE, 157pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R125

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  1. Asad (F.) LANDSCAPES OF THE SOUL, a collection of poetry, 57pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R110

  2. Asvat (F.) CELEBRATION OF FLAMES, 94pp., paperback, New edition, Fordsburg, 2007. R116

  3. __________ TIME OF OUR LIVES, 87pp., paperback, New edition, Fordsburg, 2007. R116

  4. __________ THE WIND STILL SINGS SAD SONGS, 121pp., paperback, Fordsburg, 2006. R116

  5. __________ BRA FROOKS, 41pp., paperback, Fordsburg, 2006. R60

  6. Bekker (P.) STILLERLEWE, 115pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2002. R93

  7. Bosman (M.) LANDELIK, 85pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2002. R72

  8. Breytenbach (B.) DIE WINDVANGER, 178pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R150

  9. Cloete (T.) HEILIGE NUUSKIERIGHEID, 144pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R130

  10. [Coan (S.) & Tella (A.) eds.] MAMEENA, and other plays, the complete dramatic works of H. Rider Haggard, 411pp., illus., hardback, Pietermaritzburg, 2007. R375

  11. Crous (M.) BRIEF UIT DIE KOLONIES, 71pp., illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2003. R83

  12. Cummiskey (G.) APRIL IN THE MOON-SUN, 18pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R45

  13. de Villiers (P.) TALLER THAN BUILDINGS, 76pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R100

  14. de Wette (J.) TUSSEN DUINE GEBORE, 64pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2002. R72

  15. Dendy (G.) LADY MISSIONARY, 94pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R120

  16. Dikeni (S.) PLANTING WATER, 74pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2007. R130

  17. du Plessis (P.) WOORDWEER, gedigte uit de twintigste eeu, 76pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2004. R103

  18. Eppel (J.) WHITE MAN CRAWLING, a collection of short stories and poems, 83pp., paperback, Bulawayo, 2007. R75

  19. Espin (M.) FALLING FROM SLEEP, 62pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R80

  20. Ferguson (G.) DUBIOUS DELIGHTS, of ageing and other follies, 55pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R85

  21. Fourie (P.) EK, ANNA VAN WYK, [play], 101pp., paperback, Reprint, Pretoria, (1984) 2002. R72

  22. Fugard (S.) THE MAGIC SCATTERING OF A LIFE, 39pp., paperback, London, 2006. R115

  23. Govender (R.) INTERPLAY, a collection of South African plays, 204pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R90

  24. Hambidge (J.) DAD, 58pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R95

  25. Johaardien (A.) HAPPY ENDINGS ARE EXTRA, [play], 47pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R175

  26. Kaganof (A.) BALLAD OF SUGAR MOON AND COFFIN DEADLY, 72pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R120

  27. Kgositsile (K.) THIS WAY I SALUTE YOU, selected poems, 63pp., paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (2004) 2007. R120

  28. Kombuis (K.) DIE GEEL KAFEE, 106pp., paperback, Reprint, Pretoria, (1985) 2003. R93

  29. Lombard (C.) DRIEMASTER, 55pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2004. R83

  30. Maclennan (D.) SELECTED POEMS, 178pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R114

  31. Marais (J.) PLAASLIKE KENNIS, gedigte, 79pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2004. R83

  32. Moolman (K.) SEPARATING THE SEAS, 51pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2007. R140

  33. __________ BLIND VOICES, a collection of radio plays, 168pp., paperback + CD-ROM, Johannesburg, 2007. R100

  34. Motadinyane (I.) BELLA, collected poems, 79pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R80

  35. Murcott (L.) PRIVATE PART, poems and drawings, 78pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R80

  36. Murray (S.) OPEN SEASON, poems, 83pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R95

  37. Naudé (C.) AGAINST THE LIGHT, 131pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R125

  38. Nel (G.) OM TE LEWE IS ONNATUURLIK, eenvoudige spoorweg stories, gedigte, 48pp., illus., paperback, Second edition, Cape Town, (1993) 2006. R90

  39. Nzimande-Khoza (N.) EPICS OF ZEBRA PATHWAYS IN BLACK AND WHITE, a free verse poetry anthology, 104pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R108

  40. Pillay (S.) BE STILL, capture the moments, 60pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R100

  41. Pretorius (W.) EN KYK NA DIE OMOWIT ENGELE OP DIE ROLBALBAAN, 64pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2003. R83

  42. Price (C.) A COUNTRY OF THE MIND, poems from Zambia, 92pp., paperback, Lusaka, 2006. R195

  43. [Sargeant (R.) adaptation] CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY, the play, a story of comfort in desolation, 128pp., paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (2006) 2007. R80

Based on the novel by Alan Paton.


  1. Sefali (M.) YOUR SPRING HAS COME, inspiring and life transforming poems, 62pp., paperback, Roma, 2006. R215

  2. Shapiro (S.) OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE, haiku, 46pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R60

  3. Stander (C.) DIE VLOEDBOS SAL WEER VLIEG, sewentig vry verse, 135pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R110

  4. Stockenstrom (W.) DIE STOMME AARDE, 'n keur, met 'n inleiding deur Ronel Foster, 135pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R140

  5. __________ THE WISDOM OF WATER, selected poems translated by Johann de Lange, 71pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R125

  6. Tsehlana (H.) POEMS AND SONGS FROM THE MIRE, 80pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R110

  7. [Walters (M.) translator] AKI NO KURE, herfsskemering, 'n bloemlesing Japannese gedigte, 80pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R104

Japanese poetry translated into Afrikaans.


  1. Warner (B.) SCATOLOGICAL VERSE, illustrations by Tony Grogan, 64pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R120

  2. Zandberg (C.) DIE MAAN BLOEI, 68pp., paperback, Windhoek, 2005. R150

AFRICA CURRENT PUBLICATIONS - JUVENILE & YOUNG ADULT

  1. Anderson (D.) text and illus. WHISPERS FROM THE BUSHVELD, 52pp., colour illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R50

  2. Benatar (E.) text & Johnson-Ackerman (D.) illus. GIFT FOR MADIBA, 15pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R55

  3. Bester (M.) text & Bester (S.) illus. COOL NGUNI, 21pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R80

Also available in isiZulu, isiXhosa and Afrikaans.


  1. __________ THREE FRIENDS AND A TAXI, 19pp., oblong 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R80

Also available in isiXhosa, isiZulu and Afrikaans.


  1. Bloch (C.) et al text & Hitchens (R.) illus. REMEMBERING MOMMY, 16pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R25

Also available in Afrikaans, isiXhosa, Sesotho, isiNdebele, Sepedi, siSwati and Xitsonga.


  1. Bloch (J.) & Heese (S.) I AM AN AFRICAN, stories of young refugees in South Africa, 80pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R72

Also available in Afrikaans and isiXhosa. Suitable for Grade 10 to 11.


  1. Brodrick (S.) ROCKFACE, 192pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R87

  2. __________ GAP, 240pp., map, paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R87

  3. __________ RUNOUT, 284pp., map, paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R87

  4. Cadman (M.) EXPLORING OUR PROVINCES, Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape, Western Cape, 9 vols., 70pp each, maps, colour illus., hardback, Johannesburg, 2007. R1,170

Suitable for schools.


  1. Clarke (N.) A DESERT SAFARI, a young explorer's guide to southern African deserts, 64pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R90

  2. de Vries (A.) ONDER HOE STERRE, kersverhale, waterverftekeninge deur Jan Vermeiren, 80pp., colour illus., hardback, Pretoria, 2007. R165

  3. Donne (R.) text & van Heerden (M.) illus. SAN TALES FROM AFRICA, 111pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R100

Ekurhuleni Department of Education Dancing Pencils Writing Club

  1. Ekurhuleni West District Officials and Educators DINNER IS NOT READY & OTHER STORIES, combined anthology, 28pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R45

Text in English, Sotho and Zulu.


  1. Machete (T.) et al KATLEHONG LEARNER'S ANTHOLOGY, 19pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R40

  2. Madolo (S.) I NEED A WIFE, 7pp., colour illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R57

  3. Mporetji (L.) LIGHT OF BEAUTIFUL DAYS IN LIFE, a book of poetry, 15pp., colour illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R63

  4. Ngwenya (P.) JABU ASKS HERSELF WHAT THE WORD "TOLERANT" MEANS, 8pp., illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R57

  5. Ngwenya (P.) & Madolo (S.) IZIBUKO PRIMARY ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES, 20pp., illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R40

  6. Ramorola (S.) MIRACLE STONE TSWIME AND THE OLD WOMAN, 8pp., colour illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R62

  7. Ramotsidisi (N.) et al SÍJABULÍLE SECONDARY SCHOOL ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES, 25pp., illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R50

  8. Zingelwa (N.) TRAGEDY, 11pp., colour illus., paperback, Durban, 2006.

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  1. Ezamukuthula Dancing Pencils Writing Club LET IT SHINE, 72pp., illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R57

  2. Grainger (L.) STORIES GOGO TOLD ME, illustrations by Celia von Poncet, 190pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R120

  3. Grobbelaar (P.) text & (Harries (K.) et al illus. 'N KONING GENAAMD LEEU, Afrikaanse oustories, 120pp., illus., paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (1983) 2007. R70

  4. Jadezweni (M.) text & Morris (H.) illus. UTSHEPO MDE, tall enough, 30pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R70

Text in English & isiXhosa.


  1. Jeynes (K.) & September (E.) FLIPSIDE, 81pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R35

  2. Krog (A.) text & Moodie (F.) illus. FYNBOS FAIRIES, 32pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2007. R140

Also available in Afrikaans.


  1. Marques (H.) text & Gull (L.) illus. "POOR SHONGOLOLOS!", an African counting tale from 1 to 10, 17pp., colour illus., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2006. R53

  2. Mazibuko (N.) A MOZAMBICAN SUMMER, 84pp., paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (2005) 2007. R35

  3. Mhlophe (G.) OUR STORY MAGIC, 96pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, Pietermaritzburg, 2006. R145

  4. Mhlophe (G.) text & Lugg (P.) illus. ITHEMBA MEANS HOPE, 22pp., colour illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R30

  5. Ramotsidisi (N.) NOISE!, 8pp., colour illus., paperback, Dancing Pencils Writing Club, Durban, 2006. R57

  6. Savory (P.) LITTLE WISE ONE, African tales of the hare, 224pp., illus., paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (1990) 2006. R80

  7. Smith (C.) FROM BELHAR TO BOLLYWOOD, 88pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R35

  8. van der Vyver (M.) THE HIDDEN LIFE OF HANNA WHY, 168pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R70

  9. Venter (S.) FREEDOM DAY 27 APRIL, exploring our national days, 69pp., b/w & colour illus., hardback, Johannesburg, 2007. R130

  10. Vilane (S.) & Laurence (M.) NO MOUNTAIN TOO HIGH, amazing people, 24pp., maps, colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R52

The biography of Sibusiso Vilane, the first black African to climb Mount Everest.


  1. Xaba (A.) E.Z. GANG, 24pp., paperback, Phendukani Dancing Pencils Writing Club, Durban, 2006. R45

MISCELLANEOUS CURRENT PUBLICATIONS

  1. Henderson (W.) OP GRIEKSE LIER, 268pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2004. R155

Greek lyric poems explained and translated into Afrikaans.


  1. Machiavelli (N.) DIE PRINS, Afrikaanse vertaling en kommentaar deur Delamaine du Toit, 126pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R115

  2. Michelstaedter (C.) PERSUASION AND RHETORIC, translated from the Italian by Wilhelm Snyman and Giuseppe Stellardi, 153pp., hardback, d.w., Pietermaritzburg, 2007. R275

Carlo Michelstaedter (1887-1910) committed suicide after completing this devastating treatise on the human condition and the course of western civilisation.


  1. Prozesky (M.) CONSCIENCE, ethical intelligence for global well-being, 176pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2007. R120

  2. van Haute (B.) FLEMISH PAINTINGS, of the seventeenth century in South African public collections, 182pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R490

  3. Vos (C.) & Human (D.) LIEFDE IS DIE GROOTSTE, oor erotiek en seksualitet, 434pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R150