Soon to be a major motion picture!

Poppie Nogena’s arduous journey covers 40 years of South Africa’s history, sweeping through the riots of Sharpeville, Soweto and Cape Town, on to an indefinite but unpromising future. The plot reflects the brutality and injustice of the Apartheid system, while Elsa Joubert’s characterisations reflects the courage and fortitude of people in the face of hardship and difficulty.

Poppie’s contented childhood in the Cape’s countryside came to an end when she married a migrant worker, and was forced by the authorities to move with him and their young family to the unfamiliar and bewildering city of Cape Town.

No sooner had she established her roots in the new township, when the laws changed and she was informed of her obligation to relocate to the Ciskei, her husband’s homeland. He, as a migrant worker, was permitted to remain in the Cape to work.

Over a ten-year period, Poppie fought the heinous ‘pass law’ system, winning limited extensions to the permit that would allow her to live and work in Cape Town and enable her to keep the family together and provide an education for her children.

Her own anger was shared by thousands and inevitably the brooding undercurrent of discontent exploded throughout South Africa. Suddenly, there were no further extensions. Poppie and her children were forcibly removed from their home and ‘resettled’ in a new township, hundreds of miles away near East London.

The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena is an epic tale of the endless adversity and struggle of a humble black woman under Apartheid laws. Poppie emerges from being a simple country girl to becoming an archetypal heroine of South Africa.

As jy die Groot- en die Klein-Karoo en hulle se stories wil kry, moet jy ’n grootpad soek wat ’n grondpad is, en daarlangs moet jy ry…

Kontreistaaltjies, moordverhale, spookstories en ander vertellings oor besonderse mense en gebeure uit die dorre streke van Suid-Afrika.

1994. The world is about to change. The first truly democratic election in South Africa’s history is about to unite Nelson Mandela’s rainbow nation at the ballot box. And, across the world, those in exile, those who could not return home, those who would not return home, wait. Watch and wait . . .

London. Martin O’Malley isn’t one of those watching and waiting. He is too busy trying to figure out if Germaine Spencer really is the girl for him and why his best friend is intent on ruining every relationship he gets involved in. And then . . . And then Germaine is pregnant and suddenly the world really has changed for Martin O’Malley.

South Africa. A land of opportunity. A place where a young black man with an MSc from the London School of Economics could have it all, would have it all. But what does Martin O’Malley, London born and bred with an Irish surname, really know about his mother’s country? His motherland. A land he has never seen.

Wat gebeur eintlik wanneer reisigers mekaar raakloop, maar dalk miskyk? Kry hulle dan ’n tweede kans om weer te begin of het die noodlot altyd die oorhand?

Die verhaal speel af in die wêreld van Marleen, ’n jong vrou wat snags deur “verdwaaldes” wakker gehou word. Gideon, die blinde man wat die toekoms in visioene sien, is sentraal in Marleen se lewe, maar net sy weet dit. Wat kan Gideon haar oor die “verdwaaldes” vertel en wat weet hy wat sy nie weet nie?

Wat vir sommige mense vreemd is, is vir ander deel van die lewe. ’n Siener wat in geheimsinnige wêrelde leef en wat lig en insigte kan bring vir die wat soek na antwoorde, sal dalk verstaan wat ná die dood met die agtergeblewenes gebeur. Hy weet ook wat word van die wat die oorgang na die ewige lig moet maak. Marleen sal doodeenvoudig met hom moet gaan praat, maar sy vrees vir dit wat hy weet. Soms is dit moeilik om die werklikheid van drome te onderskei.

A run-down block of flats in central Cape Town, home to refugees and illegal immigrants, becomes a young girl's gallery of self-discovery in this moving story of the emotional carnage caused by Africa's civil wars.

Drug dealers from Nigeria, Zimbabwean wire-workers, immigrants from Rwanda and Sudan, a Mozambican refugee - all seeking the peace of a newly democratic South Africa - bear down on her fragile world, then scoop her up into theirs.

Skyline is an unflinching look at one girl's coming of age in the colourful and violent streets of a city waking up to the rest of Africa.

Naa muthu u langula hani tshileme tsha ifa, ngeno a si na zwikili zwa u ita zwivhuya zwe khotsi awe vha sia?

Davha ­la Maviavhathu ndi bugu i vha kombetshedzaho u vhala ine vhabvumbedzwa vhayo a vha tou vha zwine vha ambelwa zwone. Vho ­diimisela kha ndingo dzavho nga – u sa fushea, vhufhura, tshand­a nguvhoni na mabulayo nga mishonga – uri vha bvelele. Fhedzi, hone aya maitele a a sumbedzisa zwiitisi magumoni azwo?

In Banquet at Brabazan, Patricia Schonstein takes us to the heart of Cape Town's violent inner city. She weaves together a rich and consuming story of a secret love affair between a boss and his secretary who create a fantastical, theatrical life for themselves within the confines of her apartment. Their theatrical existence is intricately entangled with superb food, romance, a cappella, an angel, Shakespearean drama, reflections on South Africa's war in Angola, drug-money, a muti murder, visions of the Afterlife and various works of fine art with flashbacks to the wondrous A Time of Angels. In contrast to their contrived space, outside the apartment exists the real world of loneliness, xenophobia and crime that have come to mark post-apartheid South Africa. Patricia Schonstein deftly leads us through both worlds, allowing the lives of a small group of people, who have not met before, to intersect over a period of ten days at Brabazan Bar & Lodge, in Long Street, Cape Town. Here she reveals a poignant and beautiful patina of hope and love.

Gracie-Jane Coetzee se eerste kleinkind word gebore kort voordat die president die eerste inperking aankondig. Gracie is ’n skrywer en illustreerder van kinderboeke, en nie juis ’n konvensionele ouma nie. Sy verkies die geselskap van haar getroue basset-hond bo enige ander verhouding in haar lewe. Saans wanneer PTS haar tussen die mure van haar huis rondjaag en die gevoel van onheil soos ’n uil op die dak kom sit, dokter sy graag die kompulsief obsessiewe simptome met ’n glasie wyn of twee . . . 

Jare lank al is Lauretta Blom ’n gedienstige huisvrou in haar beige paleis, die eggenoot van Tobias Blom, ’n suksesvolle sakeman met belange in Johannesburg én die Kaap. Maar met hulle seunskinders wat nou groot en uit die huis uit is, begin die stilte en die pynlike netheid van Retta se praghuis in die Johannesburgse sekuriteitslandgoed haar vasdruk. En sy wonder oor al die dinge wat sy nié gedoen het nie en hoe dit haar lewe gevorm het.

Wanneer sy boonop begin vermoed dat Tobie vir haar iets wegsteek, besluit sy dat dit tyd is om dié dinge te doen wat sy nooit tevore aangedurf het nie.

Eerste op die lys is ’n road trip Kaap toe saam met haar hond, Charlie, en haar kunstenaarsvriendin, Leigh. Die reis lei na die ontwaking van ’n nuwe Retta op ’n kleinhoewe buite Bethulie, maar ook na onthullings in die Kaap wat haar hele lewe omverwerp.

Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature: silver (1990)
Alba Bouwer Prize (1990)
C.P. Hoogenhout Award (1990)

Paul kan die ontydige dood van sy pa nie verwerk nie en bly droom van hom. Hy maak vriende met die ou skoonmaker by hulle woonstelgebou, maar konflik ontstaan wanneer hy Paul se pa se ou Buick, sy "droomwa", wil koop.

In a village in Venda, Thandeka has a chance encounter with a business tycoon that offers her the words of comfort she has been longing to hear. They don’t exchange names but she is shocked to learn from a friend that he is a serial womaniser. Gundo is delighted when the beautiful woman he met in Venda shows up as a cleaner at his company in Johannesburg. He would love to get to know Thandeka better. He doesn’t realise that she has been misinformed about his identity and his intentions . . .

Bloedbroers. 'n Vriendskap en totale vertroue gesmee in Angolese pseudooperasies. Carlos Veiyera, die veteraan met 'n duister, gewelddadige verlede. Tex Texeira, sy talentvolle protégé.

En toe is die oorlog verby. Of is dit?

Hoekom, na jare van donker geheime, het Carlos nou die grens oorgesteek as renosterstroper in Mosambiek? Die gevreesde, onaantasbare Kalingono, dood verklaar na ‘n duister operasie … nou moordend terug?

Militêre Inligting soek antwoorde. En Tex Texeira is die enigste operateur wat dit naby hom kan waag. As hy die skietdood van sy eie vrou kan verwerk. En die gevoel van 'n lokval wat hy net nie kan afskud nie ...

With a rich vocabulary that is poetic and uncluttered, this debut novel is nothing short of a masterpiece. It is both a well-written and philosophical book.

The story begins with Nokwakha giving birth at her village home, and when it is discovered that the child is an albino the midwife convinces her that it is a curse and she should snuff the life out of it before it takes another breath. The dreadful deed is done by the river, but the all-knowing one’has other plans...

With an assured voice and eloquent prose, Magubeni invites us into the life of this extraordinary being, Nwelezelanga, the child who should not have been, contrasting the themes of darkness and light, embracing the unknown and unseen in a way no one else has – or can.

Ná Elmien haar verlowing verbreek, stuur haar pa haar vir ʼn wegbreek na ʼn geheimsinnige bestemming om die hartseer van die mislukte verhouding te verwerk.

Vanaf die eerste oomblik word sy betower deur die Wildekus en Sewes Streicher, ʼn man met blou oë en krullerige bruin hare wat sy onweerstaanbaar vind. Daar is 'n sterk aantrekkingskrag tussen hulle, maar daar is iets waarop sy nie haar vinger kan lê nie.

Hoekom kry sy die gevoel dat sy al voorheen hier was? Hoekom voel Sewes en sy ma vir haar so bekend? En hoe pas haar pa by alles in?

A taut and unsparing novel about a community plagued by violence, drugs, corruption, and prejudice—but where love and justice prevail.

The unidentifiable remains of a body are discovered in a field in Shadow Heights, a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. Ley, the youngest detective at her precinct, is assigned the case. Soon after, Ley receives a phone call saying that Carl, a friend struggling with a meth addiction, has gone missing after being linked to the Drug King of Shadow Heights. Meanwhile, a local church group believe they are cleansing the area by burning sinners, starting with homosexuals.

The search for Carl leads the reader through the vibrant lives of the residents of Shadow Heights to experience the problems plaguing the neighbourhood but also to feel the love and acceptance found among friends and family in the shadows of everyday life. A pioneering work of fiction in which the dispossessed tell their own stories, In the Shadows is a haunting yet hopeful novel that wrestles with the demons of a community where lives intersect through ruthless brutality, but the bonds between people lead to justice being done.

Duma is at a cross roads in life. Living in an informal settlement in Soweto with his father and young sister, Duma is expected to make a contribution to the household since he does not work. The easy way has been to steal electricity cables. But when his friend gets caught, Duma decides to try a new way of life. The road to a new beginning does not come easy as he goes back to the canoe club at Power Park and he quickly learns that paddling a canoe is not as easy as he remembered. He finds himself drawn to the water and is inspired by Steve an experienced paddler who is determined and pushes himself but lately the gold has been out of reach. Duma goes out on a limb and asks Steve if they can train together for the Dusi. Will Duma and Steve's partnership in the water work out? This is an inspirational story of two men from different backgrounds, coming together to tell their story.

Nadat Ella Neser as moordspeurder uit die polisie bedank het, het sy op plesierbote in die Karibiese See gaan werk. Toe kom die virus, en sy is verplig om na Suid­Afrika te repatrieer. Nou sit sy sonder werk en sonder toekoms. Sy word gevra om 'n private ondersoek te loods op die dorpie Osspruit in Mpumalanga. Vier jong manne het oënskynlik besluit om voor en tydens die inperkingstyd weg te loop, maar meer sinistere gebeure word agter hulle verdwynings vermoed . . .

Die aksie speel binne vier dae in Julie af, tydens die grendeltyd. Hoe dieper Ella begin krap, hoe meer besef sy daar is 'n gewetenlose brein wat agteraf konkel met die steenkoollorries na Eskom as rookskerm. Ella is genoodsaak om haar eie intuïsie te vertrou ten einde by die waarheid uit te kom – maar dit gebeur nie sonder verdere hikke en bloedlating nie.

Man uit die dode verskyn as krimi­vervolgverhaal op Netwerk24 en daarna in boekvorm by H&R. Dit speel af net voor die aanvang van Die versoeking van Thomas Maas.

Jare gelede het Amelia Henning haar hart gesluit vir enige vorm van die liefde. By Enigma, die wildreservaat waar sy werk, staan sy bekend as die katvrou met haar kennis en liefde vir luiperds.

Amelia vind dit moeilik om vriende te maak totdat sy vir Justin Mills ontmoet. Met sy grasgroen oë en terglustige glimlag help hy haar om uit haar dop te kruip. Hoe meer tyd hulle saam deurbring, hoe sterker word haar gevoelens vir hom. Sy veg daarteen, maar tog kan sy nie ontken dat sy begin verander nie. Sy is nie meer die kwaai, stroewe mens van voorheen nie en weet Justin is deel van die verandering.

Haar verlede bly egter in die pad staan van haar emosies. Gaan sy toelaat dat die verlede haar toekomstige geluk steel, of gaan sy haar hart oopmaak teenoor Justin?

Hans van Kraaienburg is mos nie onder ’n kalkoen uitgebroei nie, en hy ken geldsake. Hý sal hom nie met ’n piramideskema laat vang nie . . . of hoe?

Toe Huis Madeliefie se mense onder ’n gladdebek-skelm deurloop en hul kosbare geldjies soos mis voor die son sien verdwyn, trek Hans sy kuite styf. Dié swendelaar se akker gaan nie ongekraak bly nie, besluit hy. Toe die polisie ’n beloning uitloof aan enigeen wat hulle na die skurk kan lei, neem Hans die handskoen met mening op. Met behulp van ’n mankolieke bussie en karavaan, mannemoed en vrouedaadkrag gaan Hans en trawante op die oorlogspad, Weskus toe. Javel Davel sál hul geld teruggee, of Hans laat los Nella en haar magtige bloomers op hom . . . Maar twee geslepe broers, Hans se paranoïese dogter en ’n venynige Valke-kaptein belemmer Hans se Sherlock-speurtog telkens.

In die mees avontuurlike Hans-verhaal nóg vorder ons geliefde ouetehuiskommando tot by Paternoster se Panty Bar, en anderkant uit. Maar gaan hul beursies maer bly?

In Julie 1905 kry Siegfried Bock van die Kaiserliche Landespolizei te kampe met ’n plaaslike boer se grudood, spoke uit sy verlede en ’n Berlynse besoeker wat ’n dodelike wrok koester. Hy worstel met Duits-Suidwes-Afrika se onstuimige politiek en ongenaakbare natuur. As hy geregtigheid wil laat seëvier, moet hy dít, asook strominge in sy eie gemoed, te bowe kom. 'Tweegevreet bied, soos sy voorganger, Die vertes in, spanning én stof tot nadenke.

Markus Gerlach en sy kameraad Domingos Magadzi vlug oor die grens van Suid-Afrika na die noorde van Mosambiek omdat hulle vrees dat hulle van die moord op drie mense aangekla sal word. Vir Phoebe Maritz, ’n kleindorpse joernalis, is dit ’n kans om eindelik ’n storie van internasionale belang na te jaag en sy sit die twee met die hulp van ’n veiligheidskontrakteur, Paul Fryer, agterna.

Sy hoop om ’n eksklusiewe onderhoud met Markus los te slaan en die waarheid te ontbloot. Maar Cabo Delgado, waar Markus wegkruip, word deur verwoestende terreur geteister en niemand is daar veilig nie.

Gou bevind Phoebe haar in die middel van ’n plofbare botsing tussen gevreesde insurgente, kastige filantrope, private militêre kontrakteurs, agente van internasionale olie-en-gasmaatskappye en – erger nog – ’n bloeddorstige reeksmoordenaar.

Treasure is a naïve dreamer tossed into this unforgiving reality. Intent on supporting herself, she walks out of her dysfunctional family home in Westonaria and straight into the greedy heart of Jo’burg, disguised as the city of gold and black diamonds, to chase the illusion of fame and a happy ending.

But living a life of luxury in a society of artificial human beings comes at a hefty price. She is wooed by a wealthy man who grooms her into a power-hungry machine... but is the pleasure worth the pain and endless sacrifices? What can she offer a man who has everything but a soul? As her life crumbles around her, can Treasure alter her fate before it’s too late?

This inspirational novel is for all those who see one side to life; it's time to open your eyes to both sides of the coin.

In die 1980’s verower die sanger genaamd Ober die Afrikaanse musiektoneel.

Jare later belig sy vriend en agent, Sybie de Waal, Ober se lewensloop in ’n plakboek van woorde – van hulle skooldae af, deur die jare toe Obermania die publiek beetgepak het, tot die terreurdaad toe alles tot ’n einde kom.

Die onsigbare pou is ’n verhaal van ambisie en kreatiwiteit, roem en anonimiteit, vriendskap en verraad. In Zirk van den Berg se pittige, poëtiese vertelstyl.

Nadat ’n bemoeisieke tante haar neus in haar sake steek, begin Nian teësinnig ’n nuwe pos by die familiesaak Durandt Ingelyf. Sy stamp egter dadelik koppe met die knorrige grootbaas…

Reese Durandt moet as uitvoerende hoof ’n voorbeeld aan sy personeel stel. Daar is ’n rede hoekom maatskappybeleid romantiese verhoudings tussen kollegas verbied. Nian vryf hom buitendien uit die staanspoor verkeerd op.

Hoekom kan die twee dan nie ophou om aan mekaar te dink nie? En wat voer daardie rooikopfeeks in Durandt se kantoor in die mou?