The search for answers to the issue of global sustainability has become increasingly urgent. In the context of higher education, many universities and academics are seeking new insights that can shift our dependence on ways of living that rely on the exploitation of so many and the degradation of so much of our planet. This is the vision that drives SANORD and many of the researchers and institutions within its network.

Although much of the research is on a relatively small scale, the vision is steadily gaining momentum, forging dynamic collaborations and pathways to new knowledge. The contributors to this book cover a variety of subject areas and offer fresh insights about chronically under-researched parts of the world. Others document and critically reflect on innovative approaches to cross-continental teaching and research collaborations.

This book will be of interest to anyone involved in the transformation of higher education or the practicalities of cross-continental and cross-disciplinary academic collaboration.

The Southern African-Nordic Centre (SANORD) is a network of higher education institutions from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Universities in the southern African and Nordic regions that are not yet members are encouraged to join.

Ayanda is a South African actress, public figure and artivist best known for playing the title role in the SABC1 sitcom Nomzamo, since 2007. It is her however her current role as Phumemele on Isibaya that has cemented her presence in the acting industry. A role which saw her twice nominated for the Royalty Soapie Awards.

In this personal memoir, Ayanda tracks her journey back to self in a bid to return to her true self and to redefine her worth. Ayanda shares intimate details of her most profound experiences as a young girl in the township in a toxic relationship with a high flying gangster. As young woman falling pregnant out of wedlock and the ostracism she encountered. As a young black woman in a white male dominated corporate environment. As an artist who didn’t quite fit into mainstream popularity and her battle to maintain her authenticity in an industry that recognizes fake over real. As a loyal friend betrayed by someone she loved and trusted. As a mother overwhelmed by the expectations of being a supermom. As a young wife fighting not to lose herself in marriage. As well as finding God by going against the stereotypes that define God for us.

In this memoir Ayanda zooms into and challenges the social expectations, cultural conditioning and people perceptions that sets the narrative that dictates the “self worth” for girls and women. By unlearning and reflecting on the untrue narratives girls and women are told and taught about themselves and learning a different truth, girls and women can begin the ‘Unbecoming To Become’ journey of restoring their identity, reclaiming their power and redefining their self worth.

Toe Vivian op 16-jarige ouderdom haar pa in die winkel se deur sien staan met sy hoed in sy hand het sy geweet haar lewe gaan onkeerbaar verander – haar pa het sy werk verloor. Hulle word uit hulle huis op Paternoster gesit. Vivian dink sy is gelukkig toe die veel ouer John by die werk in haar begin belangstel. Hy belowe om vir haar gesin ’n huis op Vredenburg te kry, maar min weet sy die huis het ’n prys. Vivian word vervreem van haar familie en verval in ’n spiraal van mishandeling. Sy laat haar egter nie onderkry nie, en besluit eendag dat sy genoeg gehad het. Sy begin haar lewe van voor af bou. Vivian het ’n kop vir besigheid, en ná verskeie poste besluit sy om haar eie wynbesigheid te begin. Nou, jare later, het sy haar eerste oes afgehaal en word die wyn na Wallmart uitgevoer. Vivian se verhaal is een van hoop, passie, deursettingsvermoë en die wete dat God daar is, al lyk die omstandighede hoe sleg.

Alles oor Suid-Afrika is reeds sedert 1992 die mees omvattende naslaanboek vir Suid- Afrikaanse skoliere (en hul ouers!) wanneer hulle op soek is na inligting oor die land. Hierdie uitgawe – met hersiene en opgedateerde inhoud en fotografie – sal beslis sy status behou! Hierdie grootformaatboek propvol kennis is hoogs visueel met volkleurfoto’s, -kaarte en -illustrasies en die teks is maklik om te lees en te verstaan. Bykomende belangstelling word geprikkel deur brokkies inligting wat in teksboksies en verlengde opskrifte vervat word. Plekke om te besoek word ook aanbeveel en pas by die betrokke tema wat op die dubbelbladsy-uitleg bespreek word. Die teks is opgedeel in afdelings soos lank, lank gelede; die mense; die kultuur; die gemeenskap; wetenskap en tegnologie; die ekonomie; die land; en die natuurlewe, wat elke aspek van Suid-Afrika dek.

A book that taps into the current debate around resource rentals in South Africa, and outlines practical steps that can be taken to a different tax regime.

Land rent can provide jobs for all if we just collect it instead of taxing those who create wealth or seek merely to survive. This rent, or the locational advantage of each piece of land, is owed to the community, whose grant of security of tenure enables the owner to enjoy its man-made and natural advantages. Rent has been a phenomenon since the time of the Physiocrats and Adam Smith, but its potential has been ignored and the world has got lost in an economic jungle of its own making.

This book is based on a very simple proposal: replace most taxation with collection of land and other natural resource rentals. It shows the way to the broad uplands of prosperity for all, and explains why it is time for us to talk about rent! It taps into the current debate in the media and economic and political circles around resource rentals in South Africa, and outlines practical steps that can be taken to a different tax regime. This book is highly relevant and topical, and offers much to stimulate further debate whilst offering something positive and workable.

In June of 2010, William Kentridge asked Denis Hirson to join him in a public conversation at the opening of Cinq Thèmes, the artist’s retrospective exhibition at the Jeu du Paume in Paris. So fruitful was this event that the two decided to have further conversations, public and private, whenever the time and the occasion seemed right. Nine engagements followed, allowing them to explore at great length the many issues and themes arising from Kentridge’s work. These conversations, in which a writer and an artist grapple with the enormous complexities of making art, grow out of a friendship that stretches back to the 1980s and that is deeply entwined in the fortunes of the city where they both grew up and the country that is the wellspring of their work.

Born in Cambridge in 1951, Denis Hirson lived in South Africa until the age of twenty-two, studying social anthropology at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. In 1975 he settled in France, where he has worked as an actor and lecturer at the École Polytechnique. He has written seven books, almost all of them at the frontier between prose and poetry and concerned with memories of South Africa in the time of apartheid. The most recent of these is the novel The Dancing and the Death on Lemon Street. He has also assembled and edited three anthologies of South African writing, including In the Heat of Shadows: South African poetry 1996–2013. Ma langue au chat, a book in French about the delight and torture experienced by an Anglophone when speaking and writing in French, is forthcoming from Les Éditions du Seuil in October 2017.

William Kentridge was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1955. He is a graphic artist, filmmaker and theatre artist renowned for his humanist and poetic perspective on apartheid, colonialism and totalitarianism, and on their lingering effects. Best known for his allegorical animations of charcoal drawings that he erases and appends frame by frame, Kentridge has explored disciplines ranging from sculpture to books, stereoscope to opera. His works are included in numerous international collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Modern, London; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam and the Albertina Museum, Vienna. His acclaimed production of Wozzeck travels to the Metropolitan Opera, New York, for the 2019–20 season.

Vuurvas is ‘n digbundel deur die bekende Carel Anthonissen.

Die gedigte gaan oor die onskuld en verwagtinge van ‘n kind in sy eerste landskap, die ontnugtering en vervreemding wat die volwasse bestaan meebring, en die uiteindelike aanvaarding en omarming van pyn, siekte, ouderdom en dood.

Vuurvas is nie alleen ‘n verwysing na die onvernietigbare kiem van hoop, regskapenheid en welwillendheid in die mens nie, maar dien ook as ‘n voorbeeld van aandagtige en gevoelige omgang met taal en verwoording.

Hallo, Hekel is ’n hekelboek soos min, waar ’n enkele patroon geneem word en op vier verskillende maniere vertolk word na gelang van jou styl – hetsy boheems, kunstig, klassiek of romanties. Patrone, wat wissel in moeilikheidsgraad, sluit mooi goed vir jouself, jou huis, babas en kinders en selfs geskenke in. Daar is ook voorstelle om dieselfde patroon vir meer as een projek te gebruik. Hallo, Hekel is net die ding as hekel jou passie is.

Klim op die Bant Wagon en geniet heerlike tuisgemaakte en voedsame Banting-geregte. In hierdie kookboek is daar maklike en goedkoop resepte vir ontbyt, middagete en aandete, asook trooskos vir die wintermaande en veerligte geregte wanneer die lente sy verskyning maak. Daar is selfs geregte vir Saterdag wanneer niemand voor die kospotte wil staan nie. En om alles te kroon: dekadente poedings. Gaan na www.thebantwagon.com vir nog Banting-wenke en begin jou reis na ’n gesonder leefstyl.

Kom loop saam! nooi die skrywer. Tel op jou kruis, en bring al jou bagasie. Jy sal agterkom dat die bagasie stuk-stuk minder word soos die reis vorder. En die kruis dalk al hoe swaarder. Maar jou bestemming heet Hoop. En hoop is die eerste lig van ’n splinternuwe dag. Hierdie reis na hoop is ’n hartsreis vol moontlikhede. Dit help jou om nuwe gewoontes aan te leer en uitgediendes af te sweer. Dit leer jou om in die spieel te kyk en te sien hoe jy vir jou medemens lyk, en vir God.

Fly-fishing is a multifaceted sport that will absorb you in its reality, taking you to places of exceptional beauty, to explore and to revel in the solitude. It is so often spoken of as an art form while fly-tying, inextricably linked to fly-fishing, is in its own right a form of artistry.

South African Fishing Flies is a celebration of this artistry – the innovation, the talents of the originators and their vision of imagination, masters of the craft – and of all the fly-tyers of South Africa. It is not an exhaustive reference to all South African flies, but is rather an anthology of those that by virtue of their innovation in design, materials used and tying techniques have helped shape and, in some cases, change the thinking on fly-tying in this country.

It is also a visual celebration of these flies, the waters we fish, an introduction to some of the individuals in our fly-fishing community, and creators of South African flies.

This book, geared towards students, clinicians, those involved in the helping professions, and interested members of the public, deals with the topic of traumatic stress from a number of angles. Traumatic stress, and posttraumatic stress more particularly, has gained international prominence as a condition or disorder that affects people across the globe in the wake of exposure to extreme life events, be these collective or individual. Given the history of political violence in South Africa, extremely high levels of violence against women and children, and the prevalence of violent crime, South Africa has the unfortunate distinction of being considered a real-life laboratory in which to study traumatic stress. Taking both a historical and contemporary perspective, the book covers the extent of and manner in which traumatic stress is manifested, including the way in which exposure to such extremely threatening events impacts on people's meaning and belief systems. Therapeutic and community strategies for addressing and healing the effects of trauma exposure are comprehensively covered, as well as the particular needs of traumatised children and adolescents. Illustrative case material is used to render ideas accessible and engaging. The book also provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of theory and practice in the field of traumatic stress studies, incorporating both international and South African specific findings. The particular value of the text lies in the integration of global and local material and attention to context related challenges, such as how trauma presentation and intervention is colored by cultural systems and class disparities. The text will be of particular interest to scholars and practitioners working with traumatic stress in developing countries or in settings in which assessment and intervention resources are limited. The book highlights both psychological and socio-political dimensions of traumatic stress and emphasises insights derived from working in the South African context that have potential relevance for shaping the direction of traumatic stress studies.

Eczema is a skin condition that is characterised by inflammation and redness, leading to constant itching.

In this book you will get to know what eczema is, what causes it, how to treat and keep it under control, who gets it, and a help list.

It also includes tips and case studies.

Racist thinking – that intelligence is influenced by racial origin, for example – was part of mainstream science a century ago and, surprisingly, is still endorsed by maerick scientists at some of the world’s most respectable institutions today. The myths being perpetuated on genetics, race, IQ and general intelligence are what Black Brain, White Brain challenges – precisely, systematically and in painstaking detail.

In this immensely readable book Evans tackles highly complex subjects, from the origin of humans and the genesis of intelligence to athletic performance and genes, IQ and cleverness, in a fluent and engaging style that makes science accessible and the facts absorbing. Persuasive, without being didactic or sermonising, and lightened by a wry sense of humour, Evans’s text weaves it all together in such a way that one is keen to follow all the threads the better to see the larger tapestry.

Carefully balancing claims, testing dodgy propositions and presenting fairly the theories of modern scientists and evolutionary psychologists, Evans shows just how uniform we are, genetically, as a species and that it’s mainly the environment we grow up and live in that’s the strong determining factor in general intelligence.

Waarom "haak mense se koppe uit"?

Chris Mahlangu, wat vir Eugene Terre'Blanche vermoor het, het hom nie net doodgeslaan nie. Daar is berig dat Terre'Blanche se liggaam 28 keer met 'n ysterpyp, 'n afgebreekte stuk staaldiefwering, geslaan en gekap is. Dit terwyl hy op sy rug gele en slaap het. Dit was 'n bloedbad. Een jong man slaan 'n verpleegster met 'n stuk hout in die veld dood en haar kerel tot in die hospitaal se waakeenheid. 'n Ander slaan beide sy aanneemouers bewusteloos met 'n krieketkolf en dan steek hy hulle meer as 20 keer elk in die bors met 'n mes voor hy sy pa keelaf sny. 'n Manlike prostituut slaan sy vriend soveel keer met 'n knopkierie oor sy "onsedelike voorstelle" dat die sterf aan 'n skedelbreuk. Waarom sal 'n heteroseksuele man wat by prostitute slaap 'n seun by winkelsentrum oplaai en met hom lol?

Vyf gevallestudies oor Suid-Afrikaanse geweldsmisdadigers, vertel deur ervare ware misdaadskrywer Carla van der Spuy en kliniese sielkundige dr Henk Swanepoel. Die boek bevat inligting oor persoonlikheidsversteurings, elke misdadiger se agtergrond, die dag van die misdaad, die hofsaak, onderhoude en bevindings tydens die verhoor, tot die opvolgtronkbesoek - van aangesig tot aangesig met die oortreder.

"Elke gedig is ’n uiting van die sibille. "Die woorde deur Sowjet-digter Marina Tswetajewa eggo in Juanita Louw se debuutbundel, In die grot van die sibille, waar digkuns gelykgestel word aan die magiese woord wat deur die mitologiese profetes in haar grot gespreek is. Die leser gaan as't ware die grot binne waar klankryke, evokatiewe verse met droomagtige, eksotiese beelde die menslike kondisie belig. Louw werk met fassinerende stof uit ander kulture wat op prikkelende manier ontgin word.

This non-fiction book is about the illegal activities in the vehicle and vehicle finance industries. It is factual with hard evidence for all the statements made in the book.

The car industry has been ripping off the public regarding illegal costs that they charge. These include the so called “On-the-road-fees”, “Agents fees”, “Admin fees”, etc. There are also explanations of what goes on behind the scenes at the dealerships – date of 1st registration, which affects your insurance premium, warranty, maintenance /service plan and your eventual trade in. (A 2017 model sold as a 2018).

According to the National Credit Act and the National Consumer Act these fees are illegal. The only fees that may be charged are for registration, licensing, number plates and fuel. In addition to this, they may not make profit on 3rd party “add-ons”, like “Smash & Grab”, “VPS”, etc. which is however done. The banks are not allowed to finance these illegal fees, but do so. This exposé should be read by the whole public as these activities need to stop and the money should be returned to the customers. The book also explains how it is in the process of a Class-action suit against these industries, and they may join in to become part of this.

At this stage the authors have accumulated sufficient material for a sequel, which will be forthcoming in 2019.

ANC land reform started on a good footing with the RDP, but has since moved to a policy of supporting entrepreneurial emerging middle-class black farmers rather than the immiserated rural subsistence farmers. This has shifted government funding and support towards the urban areas leaving rural areas destitute.

In State Power in Land Reform, the author relies on a robust theoretical frame, extensive policy analysis and empirical data to advocate for a new engagement with local communities through rejuvenated municipalities, that is, through strong local institutions.

State Power in Land Reform provides a valuable analytical account for both the historian and the archive.

This artist's portfolio of 25 watercolour prints of architectural Cape Town is a feast of colour, character and perspective. The late Ronald Cohen, architect and artist, spent a lifetime capturing his surroundings on paper. His first love was the urban scene, where he never tired of recording the lines, volumes and details of beautiful buildings, and the play of light on their facades. Assembled here loose leaf, on A3-sized, high-quality art paper, are 25 of Cape Town's iconic scenes, from soaring classical edifices to rows of flat-roofed semis, and incorporating schools, mosques, churches and homes, from grand to humble. A booklet is included, in which each work is discussed, giving some history about the site, its architect, influences and inhabitants. For lovers of Cape Town and its building and history, or anyone with an interest in painting, this is a wonderful collection to have, to enjoy, to frame - and it makes an inspired gift.

Does God exist? What caused the big bang? What is our purpose in life? Why does pain and suffering exist? Does science free us from religion? Which ‘god’ is the real ‘God’?

Deluded Gods is unique in the simple and concise manner in which it answers some of mankind’s age old questions. The reader is taken on a journey of discovery and is made to lay aside all presuppositions as they venture from the miniscule realm of quantum particles to the vast expanse of astrophysics. From start to end, the book is an exciting journey of discovery which leads to bold and interesting conclusions.

Whilst this book is written from a Christian perspective, it is respectful and considerate to all worldviews. Anyone with an open mind will be challenged to question their unconscious biasness and presuppositions.

Yusuf is at it again, but this time bringing us some epic stories of his three kids which he calls his dragons.
From the one dragon almost being airlifted by an eagle, to the other dragon who decided to use the Sun City pool as his toilet.. My little dragon is now pulling out as many feathers of that eagle as she can. Is mos self-defense. The Trainer is going befukkk, as half a bird has been plucked already. Just then I'm thinking of applying for a job for this child at County Fair. This child mos knows how to pluck man.

Seks, leuens en die internet is ’n rou, eerlike vertelling deur ’n vrou wie se hart gebreek is, maar weier om moed op te gee. Op 50 lyk al die prinse en perde bra gehawend, maar vasbeslote durf sy die wilde wêreld van aanlyn afsprake aan, moedig op soek na haar sielsgenoot. Hierdie boek is deel van die immergewilde selfhelp-genre en kombineer die onderwerpe van verhoudings; seks en selfondersoek. Dis ’n eerlike en soms skreeusnaakse memoir - maar ook ’n nuttige gids oor die wêreld van aanlyn afsprake.

We Are No Longer At Ease is a collection of personal articles, essays, speeches and poetry mainly from voices of young people who were part of the student-led protest movement known as #FeesMustFall which began in 2015. It tells the journey of a youth that participated in a movement that redefined politics in post-apartheid South Africa and is the evidence of a “born free” generation telling their own story and leading discourse as well as action on transforming South Africa.

The collection includes works by the young student leaders turned academic and public commentators such as David Maimela, Thapelo Tselapedi and Sisonke Msimang; student newspaper journalists that were covering the protests like Natasha Ndlebe; public writing commentators with aims to inform and teach the broader South African society about the aspects of the movement like Yamkela Spengane and Rofhiwa Maneta; lecturers who were assisting the students articulate and find clarity in the way they shaped and voiced their ideas such as Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni and then of course others were foot soldiers on the ground leading students through the police brutality of rubber bullets and pepper spray like Loverlyn Nwandeyi, Ntokozo Qwabe and Ramabina Mahapa.

Wat is die geheim van selfgemaakte miljoenêrs, dié uitgelese groep wat welvaart skep, hetsy as entrepreneurs, professionele lui of as salaristrekkers, selfs te midde van uitdagings en ná terugslae? Die skrywer, ’n onafhanklike finansiële adviseur, het oor jare heen ontdek dat sekere strategieë suksesvolle welvaartskepping aan die hand werk. Hierdie boek bevat 68 welvaartstrategieë asook suksesstories van ’n diverse groep gewone Suid-Afrikaners wat soms van voor af oor moes begin maar steeds ’n uitdagende omgewing suksesvol kon navigeer.

Dié boek bied praktiese advies asook toerusting om oor elke strategie na te dink, jou eie finansiële posisie te verbeter en selfs, uiteindelik, inkomste vir ander te skep. Dit sal jou help om ’n kopskuif te maak en moontlikhede in ’n bitter moeilike ekonomiese klimaat te identifiseer. Die stories sal jou inspireer en ook help om hierdie strategieë in jou daaglikse handel en wandel toe te pas.

A politically incorrect, thoroughly unscientific and exceptionally funny “guidebook” that identifies – and makes fun of – the people of the Rainbow Nation.

Written for all the South Africans it parodies, the book is satirical to its core, noting from the start that “Blacks”, “English Whites”, “Afrikaners”, “Coloureds”, “Indians” and “Miscellaneous” are the primary races to be encountered in the land, and they all have their own interesting and sometimes hilarious hang-ups about life in the new South Africa.