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Malawi native Mandala (history, U. of Rochester, New York) tells
two stories, one based on linear time and the other on cyclical
time, or rather two versions of a larger story that cannot be
understood without considering both perspectives. He looks at how
the production and consumption of food has changed over a century
and a half in the Tchiri Va
Gedurende die Grensoorlog het die Spesiale Magte se 4 Verkenningsregiment tientalle klandestiene seewaartse operasies saam met die SA Vloot uitgevoer. Van Cabinda in Angola tot Dar es Salaam in Tanzanië het hulle strategiese teikens soos oliedepots, vervoerinfrastruktuur en selfs Russiese skepe aangeval. Die bestaan van 4 Recce is grootliks geheim gehou, ook in die SAW.
Ystervuis uit die see beskryf 50 operasies deur 4 Recce, ander Spesmagte-eenhede en die SA Vloot. Daaronder tel Operasie Kerslig (1981), waartydens ’n operateur dood en ander beseer is in ’n aanval op ’n olieraffinadery in Luanda, en Operasie Argon (1985) toe kaptein Wynand du Toit in Angola gevange geneem is.
Die skrywers, wat self aan etlike van die operasies deelgeneem het, het ook toegang gekry tot uiters geheime dokumente wat intussen gedeklassifiseer is. Hul dramatiese vertellings wys hoe veelsydig en doeltreffend hierdie elite-eenheid was.
Die omvattende boek is ’n moet vir enigeen met ’n belangstelling in die Spesmagte. Dit neem jou na die hart van die aksie, die adrenalien en vrees van seewaartse operasies.
Eight Days in September is a riveting, behind-the-scenes account of
the turbulent eight-day period in September 2008 that led to the
removal of Thabo Mbeki as president of South Africa.
As secretary
of the cabinet and head (director-general) of the presidency at the
time, Frank Chikane was directly responsible for managing the
transition from Mbeki to Kgalema Motlanthe, and then on to Jacob
Zuma, and was one of only a few who had a front-row seat to the
unfolding drama.
Eight Days in September builds substantially on
the so-called Chikane Files, a series of controversial articles
Chikane published with Independent Newspapers in July 2010, to
provide an insider's perspective on this key period in South
Africa's recent history, and to explore Thabo Mbeki's legacy.
This book examines the role of tradition and discursive knowledge
transmission on the formation of the 'ulama', the learned scholarly
class in Islam, and their approach to the articulation of the
Islamic disciplines. This book argues that a useful framework for
evaluating the intellectual contributions of post-classical
scholars such as Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Dardir involves preserving,
upholding, and maintaining the Islamic tradition, including the
intellectual "sub-traditions" that came to define it.
How different is the ANC from the former apartheid oppressors? Is it a small sin when a Black is robbed and oppressed by a fellow Black, but a big sin when that robber and oppressor is a White? Does sin have skin colour? This book borrows from existing research to unearth the truth about the history of oppression in South Africa. It demonstrates that the history of South Africa is not about the oppression of Blacks by Whites, or the liberation of Blacks from apartheid, but about greed and desire to dominate others. The book further demonstrates that the ANC’s power is stolen power; first stolen when they wrestled control of the party from then President, Albert Luthuli. Then they went on a campaign to miseducate the poor, in order to steal their vote. Then they enriched themselves by mercilessly robbing them – the very people who voted them into power. Who do the ANC represent? Do Black lives matter to them?
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