The Abundance of God's Love - Large print contains 365 daily devotions by the ever- popular South African author Nina Smit. Her devotions will help you to experience life in abundance. Nina explores a variety of characteristics that should be part of the life of a believer. These devotions will encourage you, give you strength for the day that lies ahead and inspire you to experience the joy of Christ and His endless love. The monthly themes are:

January | Trust

• February | Joy • March | Protection • April | Faith • May | Consolation • June | Gratitude • July | Love • August | Peace • September | Hope • October | Grace • November | Mercy • December | Holiness

“The Lord promises you, as He promised ancient Israel, honey from a rock, abundance and wealth. He still wants to protect and keep you and give you everything you need,” Nina writes.

More than twelve years have passed since deadly xenophobic attacks swept unexpectedly through South Africa’s townships and informal settlements. The wave of violence left more than 60 people dead, hundreds injured and tens of thousands displaced from their homes and having to find refuge in makeshift refugee camps, community halls and police stations.

Now in 2021, xenophobia continues to rise. South African social media timelines are frequently punctuated with inflammatory language steeped in hatred. New episodes of violence are referred to as “cleaning” and refugees and migrants are called “cockroaches”. This is translating into real life violence: migrants were attacked in Durban as recently as this month.

[BR]OTHER is a visual record of this violence over the past twelve years. The foreword, written by former Constitutional Court Judge Justice Edwin Cameron, is accompanied by critical texts by Achille Mbembe, Joao Silva, Justice Malala, Koketso Moeti and others.

In documenting these events, the book aims to draw attention to the dangers that lie in hatred, intolerance and indifference. It is an urgent call to action. We must not ignore the warning signs.

Case studies of metropolitan cities in nine African countries – from Egypt in the north to three in West and Central Africa, two in East Africa and three in Southern Africa – make up the empirical foundation of this publication.

The interrelated themes addressed in these chapters – the national influence on urban development, the popular dynamics that shape urban development and the global currents on urban development – make up its framework. All authors and editors are African, as is the publisher. The only exception is Göran Therborn whose recent book, Cities of Power, served as motivation for this volume. Accordingly, the issue common to all case studies is the often conflictual powers that are exercised by national, global and popular forces in the development of these African cities.

Rather than locating the case studies in an exclusively African historical context, the focus is on the trajectories of the postcolonial city (with the important exception of Addis Ababa with a non-colonial history that has granted it a special place in African consciousness). These trajectories enable comparisons with those of postcolonial cities on other continents. This, in turn, highlights the fact that Africa – today, the least urbanised continent on an increasingly urbanised globe – is in the thick of processes of large-scale urban transformation, illustrated in diverse ways by the case studies that make up the foundation of this publication.

A woman reluctantly takes on the responsibility of putting her eccentric rebellious mother into a retirement home, and managing her care. She has her own daughter to raise and nurture, a marriage and a business to hold together, and her own psychological troubles due in good part to how she was mothered.

My Mother, My Madness is Colleen Higgs’s diary of her mother’s last ten years. It is at once funny, harrowing, mundane, chaotic, and full of insight. It is a rich and moving story which unfolds through its characters like a novel.

Colleen Higgs is the author of two collections of poetry (Halfborn Woman, 2004, and Lava Lamp Poems, 2011) and a short story collection (Looking for Trouble – Yeoville Stories, 2012). She founded Modjaji Books in 2007 and, after publishing more than 150 books, is still Modjaji’s manager and publisher.

Hier’s Armand weer, sonder klere voor jou deur…

Armand se eerste kookboek was ’n wegholsukses. Sy toeganklike benadering tot kos het baie mense oortuig van ’n nuwe manier van eet én leef – vars, onopgesmuk, met sakpas-bestanddele in die keto- en banting-styl. Sy boek het gewys: Van lekker eet kom gesondheid en optimale gewig.

In sy nuwe boek stroop Armand sy gunstelingdisse (en homself) nog verder. Sy selfopgelegde uitdaging was om bestanddele wat reeds in sy koskas was, te gebruik. Dié kreatiewe verkennings lei tot ’n ‘van-plaas-tot-tafel’-aanslag wat wys dat die smaaklikste en gesondste kos eenvoudige kos is.

Armand Kook Kaal 2 bestaan uit 50 banting- en keto-vriendelike disse. Stap-virstap, en met pragfoto’s daarby, wys Armand hoe om heerlike disse te skep uit vars bestanddele sonder om die skaal of beursie te laat ly.

Voeg Armand se keto-kruierolletjies, murgpamoen-röstis, en klappermelkpanna cotta tot jou kookarsenaal toe en pluk die vrugte.

Deur elke dag te skryf, kan jy verhalend tot verhaal kom

Probeer sin maak met sinne wat nie wil sin maak nie. Dis die wese van skryfterapie - of journalling. En dis waarmee hierdie boek jou wil help: om deur jou gebrokenheid jouself te vind.

Skryfterapie is 'n bewese manier om deur verlies en trauma te werk, ongeag wat die aard of omvang van jou trauma is - om amper letterlik “tot verhaal te kom”, selfs al dink jy jy kan nie skryf nie.

Of jy jou werk verloor het, of deur 'n egskeiding moes worstel, of die slagoffer van misdaad was, of met 'n ernstige siekte gediagnoseer is, of 'n geliefde verloor het. Hierdie is alles lewensveranderende, traumatiese ervarings. Die antwoord oor die pad vorentoe lê in jouself: skryfterapie.

Dis boonop iets wat jy in jou eie tyd kan doen, en op verskillende maniere, van letterlik 'n dagboek hou op papier, net vir jou eie oë bedoel, tot 'n digitale dagboek soos 'n aanlyn blog. Of selfs dig, of krabbel op papier ... Of dalk selfs jou memoires skryf. Alles help jou “om tot verhaal te kom”. Hierdie boek is jou praktiese journalling-gids met van inspirasie uit die werk van vele skrywers tot praktiese “Maar hoe skryf ek?”-wenke.

Dis die eerste boek in Afrikaans oor skryfterapie. Rabe, 'n bekende in die media, skryf vir die eerste keer hier in boekformaat oor die selfdood van haar seun, waaroor daar al wyd berig is.

This text examines the forces - both destructive and dynamic - which have shaped 20th-century South Africa. The book draws on the rich and lively tradition of radical history writing on the country and weaves economic and cultural history into the political narrative.

Apartheid and industrialization, especially mining, are central themes, along with the rise of nationalism in the Afrikaner and African communities. But the author also emphasizes the neglected significance of rural experiences and local identities in shaping political consciousness. The roles played by such key figure as Smuts, Verwoerd, de Klerk, Plaatje, and Mandela are explored, while historiographical trends are reflected in analyses of rural protest, white cultural politics, the vitality of black urban life, and environmental decay.

The book assesses the analysis of black reactions to apartheid and the rise of the ANC.

"Given South Africa's venerable jazz tradition, it's perhaps surprising it's taken so long for more fundis to be tapped for their responses to our kind of jazz. But it takes a special brew of ingredients for this kind of book to come together. You need an inspired guiding spirit, such as editor and jazzwoman-in-words Myesha Jenkins, and you need a vat in which the ingredients can mix and bubble. You'll find everything here in To breathe into another voice: faithful and fantastical accounts of the jazz life and jazz people as well as reflections on the music as a metaphor for how we live - or, maybe more importantly, how we'd like to live. All you need to do now is open the covers, start reading, and dance joyously about the architecture." --Gwen Ansel

Sunday Times adventure travel writer, Claire Keeton, and photographer Marianne Schwankhart have worked together to make sure you never have to spend another weekend at home wishing you were doing something more exciting.

They’ve collected over 30 great weekend destinations and given you the lowdown on the adventure activities you can do in each – visit Waterval Boven and try climbing, a mountain bike trail or learn to fly fish; take your children on a hike to explore the sandstone formations of the Cederberg; go horse riding in the Drakensberg; or tackle an urban adventure and bungee jump from the Soweto cooling towers.

Decide where you want to go and they’ll tell you what adventures are waiting for you, or decide what activity you want to do and they’ll tell you the best weekend destinations to head for.

In Skeef deel mediapersoonlikheid Renaldo Schwarp op sy kenmerkend spitvondige manier praktiese advies en verhale oor alle aspekte van gay-wees.

Uitkom, boelies, liefdesverhoudings, skooldae, universiteitsjare, ouers, verteenwoordiging, seksualiteit, geloof - geen onderwerp is taboe nie. Schwarp fokus op die leefwêreld van LGBTIQ+-Suid-Afrikaners, plaas dit in internasionale en historiese kontekste en bied 'n woordeskat. Schwarp vertel sy eie storie. Hy klop ook aan by bekendes soos Rian van Heerden, Marc Lottering, Charl-Johan Lingenfelder, Boer Damian en Joe Foster om 'n genuanseerde beeld van eietydse gay-wees te skets.

In 'n onthutsend eerlike hoofstuk vertel sy ma, Verenia, van die uitdagings van gaykindgrootmaak. Die raakvatters agter die gewilde Mannetjiesvrou-podsending verwelkom jou ook in die voorkamer van die lesbiër.

Selfs al is dinge soms moeiliker vir LGBTIQ-mense, dra Skeef 'n boodskap van hoop oor vir gay mense, hul ouers en bondgenote. Selfaanvaarding, outentisiteit, gesonde verhoudings en geluk is gays beskore - hierdie boek vertel hoe.

Kintsugi is die Japanese kunstegniek om ’n gebroke keramiekvoorwerp met goud te herstel. Die tegniek maak ’n voorwerp mooier en meer kosbaar as wat dit in ’n ongebroke toestand was. Met die regte ingrype kan gebrokenheid waarde en skoonheid ontsluit. Hierdie idee is die draad wat deur dié boek loop.

In hierdie boek maak tientalle mense van verskillende agtergronde hul harte oop ter bemoediging en om insigte te deel.

In Suid-Afrika ly een uit ses mense aan depressie, angs en middelafhanklikheid en tot ses miljoen aan post-traumatiese stres. Agt duisend mense per jaar staan hul lewens aan selfdood af. Die Covid-epidemie dryf dit verder op die spits. Lees hier vir advies. Daar is hoop.

Hierdie manuskrip was nie bedoel om gepubliseer te word nie. Dit was aanvanklik ’n bestekopname van die skrywer se betrokkenheid by en blootstelling aan die NG Kerk-familie waarin hy gebore is, grootgeword en uiteindelik as predikant gedien het.

Ben du Toit se eerste boek, God? Geloof in ‘n postmoderne tyd, is in 2001 met die gesogte Andrew Murray-prys vir Christelike publikasies bekroon. Dit het ’n woordeskat gebied vir talle ander mense se reis. Amper twee dekades later neem hy die vraag oor God en die relevansie van godsdiens en geloof verder.

Vir baie mense sal hierdie boek nie ’n gemaklike leeservaring wees nie. Daar sal egter lesers wees wat ’n eie bevrydende ervaring in hul verhouding met die kerk, geloof en met God sal beleef deur die boek te lees. En wat ’n woordeskat sal vind.

Net soos Du Toit se eerste boek baie mense minder alleen met hulle teologiese ongemak en kritiese vrae laat voel het, kan hierdie boek ’n wonderlike verrassende volgende fase van hul lewens inlei, soos dit tans met die skrywer die geval is.

Die afronding van die teks het plaasgevind aan die begin van die wêreldwye Covid-19-pandemie. Hierdie boek toon hoe die vraag na die betrokkenheid van God gevra word, net soos telkens in die verlede tydens ander krisisse.

Net soos wat die Covid-19-pandemie ’n nuwe era inlui, kan hierdie publikasie ’n nuwe denkraamwerk ten opsigte van geloof inlui.

Hier word baie name genoem en na vele stemme geluister. Uiteindelik gaan dit nie oor hulle as individue nie, maar wel, kollektief, oor Die Kerk – ’n bepaalde verteenwoordiging van die verskynsel wat Godsdiens genoem word. Maar inderwaarheid gaan dit nie eers oor hulle nie, maar oor God – terwyl die enigste manier waarop ons iets van God kan weet, deur die woorde en lewens van mense is.

The Banting Solution is the definitive book on Banting that will answer ALL your questions about the Banting lifestyle AND provide you with the solution to permanent weight loss!

The Banting Solution not only explains what Banting is all about, but also:

• answers Banters’ most pressing questions;
• busts the myths that have cropped up around Banting;
• provides helpful meal plans and Banting-friendly food lists;
• offers tips on how to avoid weight-loss stalls;
• helps you to understand food labels; and
• teaches you how to Bant on a budget, making this lifestyle accessible to everyone.

Most importantly, it teaches you how to get rid of those unwanted kilos and keep them off forever! With solid research supported by actual case studies and before-and-after photographs, you will now be able to access all the information you need about Banting in just one book.

Like so many of her generation, Lwando Xaso came of age alongside the beginnings and growth of South Africa’s constitutional democracy. Her journey into adulthood was a radically different one from that of earlier generations, marked by hope that changing perceptions would usher in a new and free society.

Made in South Africa – A Black Woman’s Stories of Rage, Resistance and Progress is a vibrant collection of essays in which Lwando examines with incisive clarity some of the events that have shaped her experience of South Africa – a country with huge potential but weighed down by persistent racism and inequality, cultural appropriation, sexism and corruption, all legacies of a complicated history.

As a young lawyer intent on climbing the corporate ladder, Lwando’s life’s direction was changed by a personal experience of the oppressive capacity of a supposedly democratic government when it unjustly fired a close family friend and mentor from a senior government position. She found herself on his legal team and the turmoil the case created within her led her to further her studies in constitutional law, and to pick up her pen and share with a wider audience her views of what was happening in her beloved country.

Her outlook was further shaped by her experience of clerking at the Constitutional Court for Justice Edwin Cameron, which deepened her respect for the South African Constitution, and what it really means for a resilient people to strive continually to live up to its moral and legal standards.

Lwando’s writing reflects her unflinching resolve to live according to the precepts of our groundbreaking Constitution and offers a challenge to all South Africans to believe in and achieve ‘the improbable’.

Growing up in small-town South Africa, Sophia Lindop mostly felt like an outsider but she always told people, with great pride, that she was Lebanese. As a child, her only link to the mysterious country called Lebanon, the country she was told they came from, was through its food. After school and on weekends, it was in the kitchens of the women in her family that she found her belonging, and it was in those flavours that she found her identity. A promise to her Dad in the dark hours of the night on which he left earth took her to the land of her forefathers.

She was going home. Going Home tells the stories behind the rich Lebanese food culture.

Come and be seated at Sophia’s Lebanese table and relish the meaning of life – togetherness, sharing, laughter, and above all, good food.

Interracial and intercultural relationships in South Africa are still seen as out of ordinary. Based on the experiences, challenges that Andisa and others who are exposed to these dynamics, Andisa was inspired to write this book reflecting to the Bible to find answers relating to frequently asked questions and stereotypes faced by those who are either in interracial relationships or intercultural relationships in South Africa.

In this book Andisa speaks of the origin of race from a biblical perspective and science, challenges faced by the interracial and intercultural relationships. She explores ways that we can overcome these challenges and be united.

This books opens our eyes on the different backgrounds and how they affect our everyday lives. This books talks about different cultures and also the beauty of difference.

"I'm stuck, feel unfulfilled, I am not succeeding. I don't know where to start, I'm not sure what to fix and I really not sure what to do or which direction to take."

This dilemma can happen to us at any age – and this is when we need to find the tools to create a clearer picture about who we are, what we want and how to go about reaching our true potential.

This is the work of Linda Dirmeik, creator of Attimo – Attitude - Image – Motivation. "AIM For What You Want" is a Workbook developed and nurtured from Linda's own life experience and research, grew from her observations and concern that somewhere along the way, we lose the power to be all we can be. Negative reinforcements about who we are and what we can do – from the home, school or work environment – add layers of negativity, which seep into our attitude and approach to life. We eventually believe these thoughts, stories and attitudes and use them over and over again, eroding the courage, confidence and belief that we can be any different.

The "AIM For What You Want" workbook creates a reality (devoid of the thinking that limits our potential) around five key areas of life: our social circle, our family, our physical being our ethical being and our career/education.

Creating this reality is a powerful mechanism towards change, growth and unlocking our potential. Linda encourages moms and educators to explore these life management skills for the people whose lives they influence.

Dit is die jaar 1967. ‘n Tienjarige seun in ‘n disfunksionele mynwerkershuis op die Wesrand is aan die woord. Met gestroopte verse vertel hy van die mense wat instaan en help om sin te gee aan wat om hom gebeur.

Deur hierdie gedigte ervaar die leser die absurditeit van die staatsstelsel in die 60’s asook die wyse waarop ‘n kind sin maak van wat in die grootmenswêreld aangaan.

Sewe van die gedigte is verlede jaar in die bundel Nuwe Stemme 6 opgeneem en het uiters positiewe reaksie ontlok.

Living In South Africa is a comprehensive and practical guide handbook to working in and enjoying life in South Africa.

This guide is useful to all interested in embracing life in South Africa.

The carefully researched information is complemented with personal experience and includes helpful hints and recommended resources.

Ritmes En Rites is ʼn keur uit die koerantrubrieke van Cas Wepener wat die afgelope sewe jaar in die dagblaaie Beeld en Die Burger, aanlyn op Netwerk24, asook in Vrye Weekblad verskyn het.

Met sy pen verken hy die alledaagse lewens van Suid-Afrikaners, die netwerk verhoudings waarin hulle staan en karteer so veranderende tye.

Life under lockdown has been a dramatic event. The fourth annual AVBOB Poetry Competition coincided with the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Yet the competition attracted a record number of entries. An excess of 41 000 poems were entered by writers between 7 and 98 years of age.

Six specially commissioned poems by established poets in each official language (66 poems with English translations) appear in this volume, as well as the three winning poems in each of South Africa’s 11 official languages (33 poems with English translations). To round out the collection, those 99 poems are completed by 4 contemporary Khoikhoi poems.

As voices from the past reach into the present, so the voices in this anthology will stretch into the future, when they will be read as a reflection of this terribly interesting time.

These words of beauty and balm by some of South Africa’s finest poets will offer readers a definite taste from diverse voices. The poems on these pages will comfort and console the bereft. Immerse yourself and be inspired, as these flights of imagination uplift your spirit.

TEENAGERS ARE THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW. THIS BOOK IS AN EMPOWERING GUIDE THAT WILL BUILD A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS WHO ARE READY TO MAKE THEIR MARK AND OWN THEIR SPACE IN THE WORLD.

Teenage years can be tumultuous with all the challenges teenagers face and all the choices they have to make. Many of these choice affect their future and the consequences (good or bad) are often visible all the way into adulthood. Maneuvering Teenage Life is much more than just an all-encompassing life manual; it is an accountability partner and a go-to-guide to help teenagers navigate this very important season of their lives with ease.

The power of this guide lies in the practical principles that teens can apply in their everyday lives. Each chapter has a “Teaching Lesson” which reinforces specific concepts for adulthood, as well as a “declaration” section with exercises for them to do. The book outlines the various challenges teens face in different settings such as home, among their peers in society and at school. It offers practical strategies for helping a teen manage and win. Topics range from career, mental & physical wellness to business to money handling.

This book is for teens and adults looking for an inspirational book that encourages them to reach for the stars. In addition to this, Princess’ personal story will inspire teens to stop making excuses and start making plans. Born into poverty in the dusty streets of a township in Mpumalanga, she was determined to defy the odds and break belief barriers; she went on to be the first of her 7 maternal siblings to graduate from high school and pursue education as her way of escaping her hard childhood environment.

Transition from childhood to adulthood with the life changing information in this companion book.

Kan ʼn rock-ster op ʼn Karooplaas bly en werk? Natuurlik, dis presies wat Mianke van den Hever van Hanover is en doen.

Dié besondere plaasnooi, wat met Down-sindroom gebore is, boer en leef haar uit tussen perde, skape, beeste, wild, klein diertjies in die veld, haar honde en die plaasmense op Beestekuil. Pa GP het vertel dat Mianke van kleins af ʼn boek wou skryf, maar dat die verstaan van letters en woorde haar nie beskore is nie. GP vra of ek kan help om dié droom te verwesenlik?

Sy het haar netjies voorbereide storie uit haar kop aan my vertel en dit is hier op skrif gestel, soos sy dit wou hê.

The Flexitarian Foodie is a collection of proudly South African, budget-approved, family-friendly recipes that show how achievable it is to eat delicious real food and live consciously and mindfully, no matter the situation.

With just a few tweaks, even the most carnivorous amongst us can be convinced that eating more veggies and less meat is attainable and enjoyable. Eating and living an eco-friendly lifestyle doesn’t have to be a complicated, expensive, big-life change – in fact, with just a few simple changes it can be accessible to everyone wanting to improve their health and the health of our planet.

A great self-help book written for personal motivation, inspiration and growth. Extensive research were done prior to publication, which is supported by qualified psychologists.

The author had initially penned Letter from A Father as a letter to his children some 50 years and only recently transformed into a book. It contains powerful lessons on issues such as character, peer pressure, socialization, ethics and success, amongst others.

It is also packed with encouragement, practical strategies and solutions to many real-life issues. It is also rich with impactful quotes