No. 1 internationally bestselling author Deon Meyer's most thrilling novel to date, Scorpio Rising features Detectives Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido scrambling to solve seemingly unrelated cases in a race against time to avoid catastrophe...

When Detective Benny Griessel is assigned the case of a private eye crushed under a BMW in his garage, it looks a lot like suicide. But Benny’s partner, Vaughn Cupido, knew the deceased, and he says it’s murder. Benny would love to have Vaughn’s help on the case, because so far it’s going nowhere. But his partner is stuck wasting his considerable talents investigating the arson of a remote shepherd’s hut.

Then a caravan explodes on a nearby farm, and the identity of the body inside drives the media into a feeding frenzy just a week before an international security forum comes to town.

Suddenly, Griessel and Cupido’s dead-end cases are burning red-hot, and the flames threaten not just their careers, but those dearest to them.

Local and international threats become perilously entwined in this tautly constructed thriller from a master of the form, as Griessel and Cupido race against time to uncover a plot that could challenge global politics at the highest level . . .

"Love & Lobola honours the meals that shaped our love story. Modern love often feels disconnected from heritage. These recipes show that you can be contemporary, well-travelled, curious, adventurous – and still be deeply rooted in tradition. In our kitchen, chakalaka can sit beside a Frenchstyle cordon bleu chicken. Umngqusho can share a table with crusty Lazy Boy beer bread. A December sheep roasted over fire can be followed by a delicate apple galette. Our love is layered. So is our food."

From first meals together and cooking for the parents to hosting friends and date night, along with the food served over the lobola weekend, and more, this cookbook tells a story that goes beyond ingredients or techniques.

When Markus Jooste died in 2024, he took many of Steinhoff’s secrets with him. But not all of them. The collapse of Steinhoff wiped more than R200-billion from global stock markets and exposed the largest corporate fraud in South African history. For years the full account of what happened remained locked inside a confidential forensic report and was kept from the public.

Now, James-Brent Styan, author of the bestselling 2018 book on Steinhoff, returns to the scandal that shook South Africa’s business world. Drawing on the full forensic report and multiple interviews with key insiders speaking for the first time, Styan uncovers new details about Jooste’s secret lives, the way he ran his company and the silences that allowed the deception to grow.

This gripping sequel reveals how unchecked ambition and blind self-interest outmanoeuvred every corporate-governance safeguard and built a house of cards in plain sight. Until it all came crashing down.

This is more than a rugby story. It’s a story of faith, family, sacrifice and the courage to defy the odds.

"From the dusty streets of Kraaifontein to the biggest stadiums in the world, my journey was never about taking the easy route. Growing up, I was told I was too small to compete. Too small to play at the highest level. Too small to reach the dreams I carried in my heart. My father gave me valuable lessons that shaped my life: Work harder. Stay humble. Never give up. His words became my foundation. Sidestepping the Odds is my story of a boy who dreamed big, worked relentlessly and refused to let other people’s expectations define his future.

It’s a story to inspire those who were told they were too small, too different, too ordinary. It’s for those who faced rejection or impossible odds and wondered if their dreams were worth chasing.

I hope my story shows that your circumstances should not define your future. That purpose is found through perseverance. And that the odds don’t decide who or what you become. YOU do."

Sidestep the odds. Step into your purpose.

Candid and self-reflective, this political memoir is a story about confronting inherited beliefs and crossing divides.

Born into Afrikaner nationalism, Roelf Meyer rose through the ranks of the National Party in the 1980s. As his views on apartheid shifted, he became the NP’s chief negotiator during South Africa’s transition to democracy.

He offers a candid insider’s account of the negotiations, his pivotal relationship with Cyril Ramaphosa, and what it truly takes to negotiate peace.

Chris Hani is remembered as the fearless guerrilla commander and revolutionary leader whose assassination changed the course of South African history. But behind the public icon was a son, husband, father, intellectual, mentor and friend whose life has never before been explored with such depth and intimacy.

Drawing on years of research and extensive interviews with family members, comrades-in-arms and political contemporaries, acclaimed writer Zakes Mda offers the most complete portrait yet of one of South Africa's most admired – and contested – freedom fighters. From Hani's childhood in rural Cofimvaba and his political awakening, through military training in the Soviet Union, the Wankie Campaign, the underground struggle in Lesotho, the internal conflicts of the ANC in exile, and the negotiations that ended apartheid, this is both the story of an extraordinary individual and the history of a nation in struggle.

Mda moves beyond myth to reveal the contradictions, sacrifices and relationships that shaped Hani's life, exploring his unwavering commitment to justice alongside his deep devotion to family and comrades.

Richly researched and compellingly written, Chris Hani: A Life of Courage and Compassion is a powerful biography of a revolutionary whose integrity, humanity and ideals continue to resonate in South Africa today.

“A truly memorable table is one where abundance is always felt.”

You’re Invited is your guide to effortless, elevated hosting – where generous food, thoughtful details and meaningful moments come together around the table. Born from years of Hush In My Kitchen’s sold-out culinary experiences, this collection brings together recipes for every occasion – from relaxed brunches and intimate dinners to kids tables, impressive entertaining for in-laws, and indulgent desserts.

For life’s bigger moments, discover festive feasts, South African braai culture at its most generous and a dedicated seafood chapter inspired by the Italian-American tradition, Feast of the Seven Fishes.

Full of practical hosting tips and flavour-packed dishes, You’re Invited gives you the confidence to turn every meal into a reason to gather.

Hassan Howa, cricketer and anti-apartheid sports activist, refused to separate sport from political struggle. There could be no normal sport in abnormal times.

Howa was a founding member of the South African Cricket Board of Control (SACBOC) in 1947, which sought to promote cricket among the dispossessed and oppressed. Throughout his tenure he became a known for championing movements for equality and non-racial sport. In his time there he led the organisation in a campaign against ‘white’ cricket which helped ensure South Africa were banned from international cricket.

While sport in South Africa is now seen and known as a key unifier this wasn’t always the case. There was a time when sports were the poster child for the apartheid regime’s façade of a peaceful South Africa. Howa and the people he worked with went to lengths to break that façade.

Hassan Howa – No Normal Sport… A Biography of his Life and Times is his story. Written by journalist Dougie Oakes with the support of Nazeem Howa this bold biography chronicles Howa’s journey into resistance, showing how apartheid turned sport into an ideological and real battlefield. It shows how Howa refused to compromise, how he fought power, apartheid’s overseas friends and, sometimes, even his own allies to demand non-racial sport. With Oakes’ sharp wit and Howa’s powerful story this biography draws readers in and leaves them with a better understanding of the history of sport in South Africa and a man who dedicated himself to it.

South Africa’s illustrious sports history, like all other aspects of its history and culture, can’t be divorced from apartheid and its discriminatory policies. Yet, that is exactly what Hassan Howa and the sportspeople of his time were expected to believe. When apartheid closed South Africa’s fields, courts, pools and pitches to most of its people, Howa stood firm – and thousands stood with him.

Their message rang out in South Africa and across the world: ‘No, no, no to racist sport!’

Howa’s impact went beyond the pitch and his popularity stretched beyond sport – as the photograph of him sitting at the top table with leading activists at the founding conference of the United Democratic Front shows. Oakes takes readers through the long boycotts, the isolation and the risks to life, livelihood and freedom. All these experiences, hardships and risks made Howa the unapologetic and resolute activist we know today.

The Art of Hosting is a deeply personal cookbook-meets-lifestyle book from well-known South African personality Louise Volschenk. A self-taught foodie, Louise believes food brings people together, heals broken hearts, fills empty bellies and turns everyday moments into memories.

This book is therefore more than a collection of recipes; it’s about creating beautiful moments around the table, whether you’re hosting an elegant dinner party, sharing a cozy lunch with friends, or catching up with your family at the end of a long day. It’s your invitation into Louise’s world, where she will show you how to elevate your hosting game so that the next time people come over, you’re not stressed or rushing; you’re simply making your space feel effortlessly beautiful and inviting.

The Art of Hosting is filled with easy, approachable recipes and thoughtful hosting ideas that anyone can follow. So, whether you’re throwing a glam dinner, laying on a Christmas or Easter feast, or just feeding the troops on a weeknight, Louise has the recipes, styling tips and entertaining inspiration to enable you to host with confidence, creativity and heart.

In order to get to the truth, we might have to burn the house down and rebuild it. It has been said that only rats come out to play at night, yet eagles don’t sleep. South Africa has been captured by criminals who seek to go nameless, but there is one man whom everyone fears. South Africa is an illicit treasure and The Big Five are controlled by the Ghost who lives with lions.

On 6 July 2025, a press conference sets off a domino effect in a country that has a bleeding heart. The kidnapping of a man opens a Pandora’s Box that leads to a career criminal and his mysterious bosses. While he tries to run from the truth, he makes a deadly mistake that might bring down the entire pyramid.

While the General is weeding out criminals, Imani Lebone meets a man whom she will never forget. A young pilot running a private emergency-rescue company, Imani struggles to cope with her mother’s death as she clings onto her fragile business, the same one that propels her into the hands of the man the General has been seeking. Many will watch as their lives are upended and people disappear.

In this thrilling love-and-hate story depicting the most powerful figures in the land, the truth finally reveals itself. Gibson Kente is no ordinary businessman, but his desire to possess Imani distracts his focus and, in one moment of pleasure, the truth is finally set free.

The Big Five Cartel reveals the state of South Africa’s hidden mafias, from their after-nine sex orgies to human trafficking and Machiavellian traits.

A raw and unfiltered man can only have one love …

Jacob Zuma never had an ideological project – a vision of the nation or a mission of genuine upliftment. Rather, his ambition was rooted in personal interests: to evade the law and assuage his dire financial circumstances. Anomalous as his presidency was, his rise to the highest office, and his abuse of it, can be explained.

Leading political scientists Mcebisi Ndletyana and Mashupye Maserumule recount the full story of what happened – the plots, the proxies and the power plays – to transform the ANC from a party of principle to one of rent-seeking. With Zuma’s ascendancy, the split in the party was no longer about ideology; it was between the looters and the constitutionalists. Who caved? And who stood firm? As they reconstruct what happened, the authors uncover the chilling tools used by the Zuma faction: suspensions and sidelinings, slurs, bribes, rape allegations, muti . . . even assassination.

Yet this is not a story with a single villain. At every turning point – every court ruling, every caucus vote, every nomination declined – a different choice was possible. The Zuma years did not have to unfold as they did.

Examining Zuma’s personality and ethnic background, the legacy of exile, and the intricacies of inter-ANC rivalries, The Zuma Effect shows why populism and ethnic mobilisation are so powerful – and dangerous. Drawing on more than 50 interviews with key insiders, this is the definitive account of the Zuma presidency.

As the world gets to grips with sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s monstrosity, one dimension of his network has remained largely hidden: South Africa. Award-winning investigative journalist Hazel Friedman tracked down South African women whom Epstein had recruited and convinced them to share their stories.

Drawing on extensive research and interviewing sources who had not spoken out before, Friedman searches for answers: What attracted Epstein, notorious for his aversion to ‘dark girls’, to Africa? How did Cape Town become his hunting ground? And why did he want to buy a home in Bantry Bay?

As The Devil Wears Sneakers shows, Epstein’s South African exploits were not confined to luring aspirant models. In his murky world, wealth, espionage and geopolitics intersected with organised crime, and Friedman explores Epstein’s ties with politicians, powerbrokers and covert intelligence.

But this is not solely a story of predation and impunity. It is also about silence, trauma – and survival. The Devil Wears Sneakers is a work of relentless reporting and unflinching courage that proves some truths cannot stay buried.

A South African cookbook that brings authentic heritage recipes into your home kitchen.

Featuring recipes shared by elders from across South Africa, every dish comes with a story. Born from Chef Mash's own story of finding her love for cooking during a family crisis, this book is packed with authentic South African meals made simple, relatable, and budget-friendly.

From mastering kitchen basics to sitting down for a proper breakfast or lunch, this book covers every occasion and every table. Whether it's a relaxed simple supper, a special date night for two, a traditional Sunday meal, or a full heritage feast – Chef Mash has you covered. And for those who love to entertain, the hosting chapter ensures that every guest leaves happy.

More than just a cookbook, Heart, Heritage & Home will teach you to cook with confidence, celebrate who you are, and create meals that bring people together.

Steven Kitshoff, the formidable former Springbok prop, is much loved on field and off for his discipline and determination – and for his humility, honesty and warmth. Now he takes us beyond the bruising scrums and World Cup trophies to reflect on a rugby career defined by an unwavering commitment to what is best for the team.

This book charts his journey from schoolboy prodigy in the Western Cape to captaining the Stormers and reaching the pinnacle of international rugby as part of the team that won the World Cup twice in a row under Siya Kolisi’s leadership. The big man the fans call ‘Kitsie’ and the ‘Spicy Plum’ delves into the magic of the Bomb-Squad strategy, his forced retirement due to a devastating neck injury and finding purpose after rugby. Some of the biggest names in world rugby, including Rassie Erasmus and Tendai ‘The Beast’ Mtawarira, also give their personal recollections of a man they all admire.

Co-Written by Michael Vlismas – author of the bestselling Elon Musk and Just a Moment, the memoir of Schalk Burger Snr – Kitsie is honest and inspiring. An unforgettable memoir.

When properly prepared, venison is one of the tastiest and healthiest proteins, offering a lean, nutrient-dense alternative to more traditional meats like beef and pork.

In Karoo Venison, Annatjie, a home economist with deep Karoo roots, shares her knowledge of game meat, from processing and preserving it to freezing it and turning it into delicious family meals.

The book is divided according to cuts, with mouth-watering recipes for each. Create versatile venison dishes such as roasted steak cubes with garlic sauce, biltong salad, deboned game roulade, smoked sausage, creamy barley risotto, Karoo curry, and, of course, Ouma's game pie - a timeless favourite.

You'll find all the information you need to prepare healthy, delicious meals that dispel the notion that game meat can be tough or dry.

Karoo Venison belongs in every South African kitchen, so grab your apron and impress your family and friends with sustainable, organic game dishes!

‘You only need to win a game by one point.’ – Jacques Nienaber after South Africa’s tournament opener against Scotland in the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

Little did the coach know that it would take three one-point games to propel the Springboks into the history books as four-time winners of the Webb Ellis Cup.

In 2017 the Boks looked punch-drunk as Jacques Nienaber and Rassie Erasmus watched them being overpowered by Ireland. The following year, the coaching duo took up the reins little more than 18 months before the 2019 RWC in Japan. And so began a journey that was to end in victory in the Stade de France six years later.

Twice the Glory goes deep inside the Bok story of that historic era.

Filled with drama, cheers and tears, it will have you on the edge of your seat as you relive each nail-biting moment. It’s all here: the Covid disruption, Siya Kolisi’s rise to the captaincy, Rassie in hot water over that video, injury blows and the emergence of new talent as they head off to France. The book also includes penetrating analysis and insights from the self-effacing Nienaber into how this team became the finest the world has seen.

A recurring theme is the friendship between Jacques and Rassie that goes all the way back to their university days, and why they decided to come home to South Africa to ‘turn things around’.

Eben Etzebeth is the most-capped player in South African rugby history. A towering lock, his intelligence, energy and aggression on the pitch is feared, respected, often imitated but never matched.

He is the heart and soul of a historically successful Springbok team and a key part of their astonishingly successful run that encompasses two consecutive World Cups and a current two-year-stint at the top of the world rankings. In this frank and disarming account, Eben uncovers the key factors in his extraordinary success, and how he keeps focussed, both on and off the pitch. From his humble beginnings in Goodwood, a Cape Town suburb where nothing came easy, through his early club career and on to his hard-won place within the South African squad, UNLOCKED reveals the personal side of an astonishing professional career.

This is an inspiring story of a man who has led from the front, and played against the best in the world.

In Timeless South African, renowned cook and food writer Ilse van der Merwe has compiled a list of the top 101 iconic South African dishes – meals not only seen as ‘heritage food’, but dishes that are still relevant, recognisable, loved and prepared in many South African communities today. Well-researched and based on formal and informal discussions with chefs, members of the public and food lovers of different backgrounds, this book celebrates the country’s diverse cultures and culinary traditions, highlighting the history of each recipe as well as the modern ways in which they have been reinvented.

The dishes in this book – whether humble or celebratory – are paired with classically styled and vibrant photos.

Do you know your vetkoek from your amagwinya? Or your koeksisters from your koesisters? And do you know the interesting histories of bobotie, the gatsby, hertzoggies and Durban naan?

The more we share our food and our stories, the more we’ll be able to celebrate what unites us: being South African.

Throughout Cariema Isaacs’ life, amid myriad defining moments, her pursuit of tracing her culinary lineage remained paramount. So, despite life’s demands, Cariema made the pivotal decision to uncover the origins of Cape Malay traditional dishes by travelling to Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, the Netherlands and France. The journey expanded beyond the quest for spices and flavours, delving into profound self-discoveries at every turn.

In Singapore, she savoured teh tarik pandan, a delightful beverage that mirrored the cardamom-spiced tea her Ouma used to make. In Jakarta she tried Indonesian rendang and discovered it closely matched the flavours of Cape Malay denningvleis. While in the Netherlands, she was pleasantly surprised to discover a strong Dutch influence in Cape Malay baking and the similarities between the soetkoekie and speculaas. The French flair for delicate pastries and fruit preserves echoed in South Africa’s love affair with konfyt and éclairs.

In The Cape Malay Culinary Masterclass, Cariema intertwines the delicate threads of her lineage with the diverse influences on Cape Malay gastronomy from the dishes of these countries. This collection of more than 100 recipes, presented with clear step-by-step photographs, holds the gems of Cape Malay culinary heritage, including the stories, traditions (both culinary and cultural) and cherished memories of cooking and baking.

The Cape Malay Culinary Masterclass stands as a tribute to the enduring culinary prowess of the Cape Malays, where each dish carries the essence of generations past and the promise of many more to come.

“Ek wil met Karla praat of ek skiet almal dood.”

AO Karla Blanckenberg, gyselaaronderhandelaar by die SAPD, staan buite ’n dameskoshuis in Stellenbosch. Die toneel is ’n barrikade. Dooie meisies lê voor die ingang. ’n Gewapende jong man het sy pad in die gebou in geskiet, en ’n groep vrouestudente gyselaar geneem.

Blanckenberg is spesifiek ontplooi. Die jong man het vir haar gevra. Hulle het al vantevore ontmoet. AO Colin Menck staan langs haar. Sy dogter is self ’n student, so die toneel voel heeltemal te persoonlik.

Terwyl Blanckenberg die jong man moet leer verstaan, grawe Menck in sy verlede om uit te vind wat hom tot hierdie punt gedryf het. Maar hoe meer hulle leer, hoe meer onvoorspelbaar raak die situasie, en hoe groter die lewensgevaar vir die gyselaars.

Blinde Kol is ’n intense ondersoek van die donker idees van ons tyd en wat kan gebeur wanneer hulle in die verkeerde psiges posvat.

As the day of the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup dawned, and the Springboks faced New Zealand's all-conquering All Blacks, more was at stake than a sporting trophy. When Nelson Mandela appeared wearing a Springboks jersey and led the all-white Afrikaner-dominated team in singing South Africa's new national anthem, he conquered the hearts of white South Africa.

Playing the Enemy tells the extraordinary human story of how that moment became possible. It shows how a sport, once the preserve of South Africa's Afrikaans-speaking minority, came to unify the new rainbow nation, and tells of how - just occasionally - something as simple as a game really can help people to rise above themselves and see beyond their differences.

Revised and updated with a bright new cover to match, The new official K53 manual is a comprehensive and cost-effective guide to passing your learner’s licence and K53 driver’s licence the ?rst time. Covering both light and heavy motor vehicles, and motorcycles, each chapter discusses the knowledge and skills expected of the learner driver/rider. The learner’s section explains the K53 defensive driving principles, road signs and rules of the road, with questions and detailed answers to test the learner’s knowledge. At the end of this section there is a mock test similar to that compiled by traffic departments. A new and useful section which summarises additional items in the legislation has been slotted in after the test. The driver’s section explains how candidates are tested and what examiners look out for, with step-by-step instructions on how to perform every manoeuvre in both the yard and road tests. With detailed, full-colour illustrations throughout, this is the definitive manual for both the learner’s and driver’s tests. The manual’s content is also the basis for an optional link to an online self-test facility.

Tissue salts are minerals that our bodies need to ensure optimal health. They are found in the Earth’s rocks and soil, and in food that is grown organically in mineralrich soil. Considered to be the basic constituents of our bones, blood, organs and muscles, they are easily absorbed by the human body, with no side-effects. In this book, Margaret Roberts draws on decades of experience to advise readers on using the 12 key tissue salts to slow the ageing process, promote vitality and enhance health. Each tissue salt is presented in its own chapter, with tips on treating specific ailments; and advice on increasing the intake of the salts through the diet. An ailment chart is included for quick reference. An indispensable guide for anyone interested in health, wellness, and using natural remedies to ease the effects of ageing.

Are you ready to scale your business but not entirely sure how? Then Jason Goldberg’s book, The Art of Scale, is what you need.

Tailored for scale-ups in the tricky 10 to 200 headcount zone, and catering for the important differences faced by emerging market businesses, this comprehensive guide demystifies the obstacles to scale, the path to scale, the science of scale, and the art of scale, giving you the practical toolkit you need. The Art of Scale distils vast amounts of collective scale-up expertise from a network of seasoned scale-up leaders and coaches, and the top 120 business growth books. It skips the theory and cuts straight to proven principles, leadership models, and actionable tools that successful scale-up leaders use every day.

The book is divided into six parts: Part 1 covers the science of scaling a business; Parts 2 to 6 are playbooks for the five critical disciplines in the ‘Art of Scale’ – Strategy, People, Execution, Money and Scale-Up Leadership. Each chapter offers essential principles, ready-to-use downloadable tools, and handpicked reading recommendations for those craving deeper mastery. With real-world stories woven throughout, this book is an engaging, practical guide that invites you to dive in and immediately start applying what you learn.

Coupled with over 50 free tools and 150 book summaries available online, this scale-up guide is what you need to grow with confidence and clarity, armed with the proven principles and tools you need to turn your vision into reality.

The Hawks, South Africa’s elite crime-fighting force, have put scores of our worst criminals behind bars. In this book, investigative journalist Graham Coetzer offers us a rare glimpse into the secretive world of this top police unit.

While exposing the deviousness of South Africa’s dangerous criminals, Hunting with the Hawks is also an ode to the hard work and dedication of the best of our police service.