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The poems in ‘predicaments’ explore women’s responses to the constraints and consequences of choices they have made. Their responses are not much changed through the millennia of myth, history and into contemporary times.
The poet reflects on significant moments in the lives of women such as Helen of Troy, Delilah and Joan of Arc, and the predicaments they are faced with in a man’s world.
The Game Ranger, The Knife, The Lion And The Sheep offers spell-binding stories of some amazing, little known characters from South Africa, past and very past. Let us introduce you to some of the characters you’ll meet inside.
Starting with Krotoa, the Khoi maiden who is found working in the Van Riebeeck household as both servant and interpreter. In time she becomes the concubine of Danish surgeon Pieter Merhoff and later his wife. But did she jump (allured by the European glitz and good food) or was she pushed (abducted or sold to the Van Riebeeck’s by her uncle Atshumatso, otherwise Herry)? Was she raped or a willing sexual parter of Meerhoff? Women, like fresh meat and vegetables, were in short supply in those early colonial years in the Cape.
Then there is Mevrou Maria Mouton who preferred to socialise with the slaves than her husband on their farm in the Swartland, and with whom she conspired to murder him. What became of them is … best those gory details are glossed over for now.
And the giant Trekboer Coenraad de Buys, rebel, renegade, a man with a price on his head who married many women (none of them white) and fathered a small nation. The explorer Lichtenstein called him a modern-day Hercules. Then there are the men of learning and insight, such as Raymond Dart and Adrian Boshier, who opened up the world of myths and ancient artefacts so we now better understand the ancients and the world they created for us to inherit. Or James Kitching who broke open rocks in the Karoo to reveal creatures that inhabited this region long before even Africa was born.
And so, without further ado, we give you our selection of stories about remarkable characters from the veld. These stories will excite, entertain and enthral you! You will finish reading them wishing you had more!
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Anderkant die Gariep, in die harde, wye wêreld van die Noord-Kaap, het sedert die vroeë 1900’s pioniersmense gewoon wat deur g’n stof of droogte, g’n lamsiekte of beespes ondergekry kon word nie.
Dit was ’n tyd voor selfone en kitsoplossings, toe ’n man se woord nog sy woord was, en ’n afspraak ’n afspraak; ’n tyd toe jagtogte, Boeredanse en familietroues mense saamgesnoer het en swaarkry en verlies bloot ’n deel van die natuurwette was.
In hierdie wêreld word drie geslagte Bredenkamps groot – en maak die leser kennis met mense wat in die wêreldgeskiedenis maar klein sandkorreltjies is, maar wie se vreugdes en plesier; sweet en trane die fondament gelê het vir ’n koersvaste, trotse nageslag.
Workbook with an access code for Online Practice with interactive,
automatically-graded activities and multimedia for learners to
practice the language taught in the Student's Book.
Our World Phonics with ABC, Second Edition, is a three-level series
plus alphabet book that uses National Geographic content to
introduce young learners to the English alphabet and help them
learn, practice, and understand the sounds of English and
sound/spelling relationships.
Die plaag is tegelykertyd reisverhaal, avontuurverhaal,
speurverhaal, natuurkundige artikel, letterkundige studie en
historiese ondersoek. Die skrywer – 'n Belgiese joernalis – reis na
Suid-Afrika op soek na die "dowwe spoor" van Eugene Marais, en word
uiteindelik met veel meer as dooie historiese gegewens beloon. Die
Nederlandse uitgawe van Die Plaag het die Debuutprijs vir 2002
verower en was op die kortlys van die Gouden Uil-literatuurprys vir
2002. Die vertaling van Van Reybrouck se Nederlandse teks in
Afrikaans deur die bekende digter en omroeper doktor Daniel Hugo is
’n onmisbare toevoeging tot Afrikaanse lesers se kennis van die
merkwaardige Eugene Marais se lewe. Hiermee word kultuurgoedere wat
deur ’n Vlaming nagespoor en opgeteken is as ’t ware huis toe
gebring.
Lesers wat nie ’n annerlike kontrei se taal kan slat nie, hoef nie
daaroor kop te vreet nie. Hierdie omvattende woordeboek plaas die
gewoonlike Afrikaans uit die kontreie op skrif vir inkommers en vir
ingesetenes wat wil klont oor kontreitaal. Die eienaardig mooie
woordeboek ontgin annerlike Afrikaans op so ’n manier dat geen
leser meer uitgesluit hoef te wees van diegene wat eenspaaierig
handel nie want alles wat hierin opgeteken is, is koek van een
deeg. Dit kouboe die taal vir oueres wat daarmee vertroud is en vir
jongeres is dit brandhout om vir die oudag bymekaar te maak.
Impact helps teenage learners to better understand themselves, each
other, and the world they live in. By encouraging self-expression,
global citizenship, and active participation, Impact motivates
students to explore who they are and who they want to be, all while
learning English!
Reinaard die Vos breek weg van die tradisie van ou fabels of
diereverhale. Die vosverhaal is ’n bytende satire op die destydse
politieke, sosiale en godsdienstige (wan) toestande. Die dinge wat
deur die skrywer aan die kaak gestel word, is vandag nog deel van
ons samelewing. Henri van Daele het die oorspronklike
Middelnederlandse rymende eposse naatloos aanmekaargelas en in
soepel prosa herskryf. Daniel Hugo se Afrikaanse vertaling maak dit
ook Suid-Afrikaanse volksbesit.
Summertown Readers are aimed at young adults/adults studying
business English or using English at work. The storylines offer
intrigue, murder and mystery to capture the reader and encourage
reading for pleasure. Each reader is supported by an audio CD and
comes with a unit glossary. Londoner Mike Carrington has never been
further afield than France before he is sent by his company to meet
some prospective future colleagues in Brazil. From the moment he
arrives things are not quite as he anticipated. He mysteriously
blacks out in the car leaving the airport and wakes up in a locked
room with his suitcase unpacked and his laptop missing. There has
been a case of mistaken identity. Will the local police and London
CID piece together the clues before time runs out for Mike?
Ben is ’n Indiaan, skatsoeker en kaskarbestuurder. Ben is sommer
enigiets wat hy wil wees. En sy troeteldierskilpad gaan oral saam.
Of hulle nou as dapper Indiane (skelmpies) Ben se ouboet se
boomhuis gaan verken, of in die spruitjie gaan toets of Meneer
Skillie nie dalk vinniger in die water is as op land nie ... Enige
uitstappie is pret, en ’n wereld van avonture wag op hulle. Die
stories is vanuit die seuntjie se perspektief vertel en is hartlik
en snaaks.
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