Dear Waheed: A mother’s legacy of love and wisdom in thirty unforgettable letters is a poignant collection of letters written by a mother to her son over the course of thirty days against the backdrop of Ramadaan during the pandemic lockdown.

The author found herself vulnerable and alone; her son in one city, and she in another. During her solitude, she embraced the opportunity to delve deep into her spirit and found that, as she wrote, a new pathway to healing appeared. The period was a pivotal experience for Farhana Yunnus, as it was for many. A transformative journey to reflect, heal, and restore. She discovered that her letters were bridging the gap between hearts and cities, silence and uncertainty, and the past and present.

Through her poetic and reflective prose, Yunnus navigates the trials of emotional and spiritual growth during a time when connection and comfort were hard to find. She compassionately explores themes such as faith, mental health, resilience, individuality, family, love, and the powerful bond between a mother and child.

“Pundu is een van die laastes van sy soort,” sê Khaia. “En, Timo, jy is dalk ons enigste hoop om hulle te red.”

Timo het ’n vreemde talent. Van kleins af al kan hy met diere praat. Wel, soort van.

Toe hy en sy troetelrot, Lucky, op ’n dag die koerant haal, is dit die begin van ’n wilde avontuur – die soort avontuur waarvan hy nog altyd net in boeke gelees het.

Waarom is ’n wêreldbekende multimiljoenêr skielik op Timo se spoor? En watter asemrowende geheim steek sy op haar private eiland weg?

As Imogen Zula Nyoni, aka Genie, lies in a coma in hospital after a long illness, her family and friends struggle to come to terms with her impending death.

Genie has gifts that transcend time and space, and this is her story. It is also the story of her forebears – Baines Tikiti, who, because of his wanderlust, changed his name and ended up walking into the Indian Ocean; his son, Livingstone Stanley Tikiti, who, during the war, took as his nom de guerre Golide Gumede and who became obsessed with flight; and Golide’s wife, Elizabeth Nyoni, a country-and-western singer self-styled after Dolly Parton, blonde wig and all.

With the lightest of touches, and with an overlay of magical-realist beauty, this novel sketches, through the lives of a few families and the fate of a single patch of ground, decades of national history – from colonial occupation to the freedom struggle, to the devastation wrought by the sojas, the hi virus, and The Man Himself. By turns mysterious and magical, but always honest, The Theory Of Flight dwells not on what was lost and what went wrong in a nation’s history, but on the personal triumphs and why they matter.

“Parents are constantly concerned about the health and well-being of their children – physical, emotional and developmental – and often turn to various resources with conflicting advice.

I wanted to create a single, trusted resource that parents can use as their “go to” in sickness and in health. ”

Finally. A trusted all-in-one handbook on parenting and paediatrics that keeps it real amid the confusing frenzy of information available on Dr Google and AI.

Prof Claudia Gray, an experienced paediatrician and mother-of-four, has crafted a book which is scientifically sound, realistic and tried-and-tested. Every stage from birth to adolescence is described with expertise and empathy, peppered with humour and personal experiences.

Packed with practical advice, simple checklists and upto-date medical info - helping you feel calm, confident and informed.

At the very dawn of the country’s brave new democracy, Cape Town was at war. Pagad, which started as a community protest action against crime, had mutated into a sinister vigilante group wreaking death and destruction across the city. Between 1996 and 2001, there were more than 400 bombs – most famously at the popular Planet Hollywood restaurant at the V&A Waterfront – and there were countless targeted hits on drug lords and gang bosses.

The police were at their wits end. The new ANC government was alarmed. The citizens of Cape Town were living in fear.

Mark Shaw tells the incredible tale of how the police’s response pulled together former foes – struggle cadres and the apartheid security apparatus – to break the Pagad death squads. It is a story that has never been told in full and was not possible until recently, when many were released from prison or had retired and were finally willing to talk openly about this revealing chapter in South Africa’s recent history.

In 2021, is Damian de Jong biesag mette boek oo serial killers. Hy force homself ommie dae te onthou toe hy asse kind innie 90s oppie sandduine gespeel. Die man wattie media ‘The Railway Ripper' noem, het begin coloured boys doodmaak en begrawe in vlak grafte innie bosse en sandduine rondomie Western Cape. Hy praat met ex-detective Michelle Wakefield ma soe meer sy die feite vi Damian ytlê, soe minner vestaan hy wat rêrag daityd gebeerit.

Chloe is feeling angry today. With an annoying big brother and teasing classmates, she can’t help feeling angry.

But with her teacher’s guidance, she paints a beautiful mural that brightens both the school wall and her mood.

This sweet story about a feisty little meerkat teaches children that every emotion is valid, and what matters most is how we respond to what we feel.

Also available in Afrikaans as Diere maniere: Miekie maak haar merk.

‘Pundu is one of the last of his kind,’ said Kayah. ‘And you, Timo, are probably our only chance to save them.’

Timo has a strange talent. Since he was little, he has been able to talk to animals. Well, sort of. When he and his pet rat, Lucky, make news headlines, it is the start of a wild adventure – the kind of adventure that Timo has only read about in books. Why is a world-famous billionaire suddenly after him? And what breathtaking secret is she hiding on her private island?

Available in Afrikaans and English with black and white illustrations throughout.

Fransien Theron, ’n jong kunstenaar, besluit om haarself te gaan afsonder op ’n gasteplaas in die Baviaanskloof. Dis tyd om finaal afskeid te neem van haar baba wat sy twee jaar gelede in ’n ongeluk verloor het, en te aanvaar dat Hein van haar wil skei. Sy onderneem
om die kloof se berg uit te klim en vir oulaas iets van die mooi herinneringe, wat sy en haar geliefdes in gelukkiger tye gedeel het, tydens volmaan te ervaar.

Terwyl sy stap, kruis haar pad onwetend met dié van ’n beseerde luiperdwyfie wat onlangs haar opgeskote welpie in die kake van ’n slagyster verloor het. Instinktief begin hierdie twee bewus raak van mekaar se verlies, en onder die waaksame blik van die maan gebeur
iets wat Fransien se lewe onherroeplik verander. Haar innerlike reis na heelword begin.

In hierdie magiese ruimte waar skoenlappers volgens die eksentrieke Tobie fêries op hul vlerke rondkarwei, begin Fransien weer kleur en vorm sien en leer sy opnuut hoe om voluit te lewe.

Engela Linde-Van Rooyen, ervare redakteur, letterkundige, verhaalredakteur en veral befaamde skrywer. Haar liefdesverhale, jeugverhale en kontreikuns het haar 'n huishoudelike naam gemaak lank voor haar meesterwerk - en toevallig haar honderdste boek - Vuur op die horison verskyn het (laasgenoemde was op die kortlys vir die M-Net-prys).

Geagte skrywer is 'n keur uit die briewe wat sy as verhaalredakteur aan skrywers geskryf het wat verhale aan haar gestuur het.

Liam is afraid of the dark and strange noises. When he has to say no to his friends who want to go on a scary ride at the fair he feels embarrassed. But with some wisdom and guidance from his dad, Liam learns that saying no can be very brave. This sweet story about a scared little elephant teaches children that every emotion is valid, and that courage looks different for each of us. Also available in Afrikaans as Diere maniere: Lukas laat sy lig skyn.

Zazi dreams about dancing, but she’s too scared to try. What if she’s not good enough? What will people say?

With encouragement from her parents Zazi faces her fears and finds the courage to listen to her heart.

Dance to Your Own Beat is an inspiring story about following your dreams and allowing others to support you on the journey. This book is also available in isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho and Afrikaans.

In 1987–1988 the dusty Angolan town of Cuito Cuanavale was the backdrop for the final battles of the Border War. Ever since the war ended, the fighting around Cuito has been the subject of a fierce public debate over who actually won the war.

While the leadership of the former South African Defence Force (SADF) claims it was never defeated, the supporters of the Angolan MPLA government, Cuba and SWAPO insist that the SADF was vanquished on the battlefield. They contend that the SADF wanted to overrun Cuito Cuanavale and use it as a springboard for an advance on Luanda.

But was Cuito Cuanavale ever really an objective of the SADF? Leopold Scholtz tackles this question by examining recently declassified documents in the SANDF archives, exploring the strategic and tactical decisions that shaped the six main battles, from the SADF’s stunning tactical success on the Lomba River to the grinding struggle for the Tumpo Triangle.

His incisive analysis untangles what happens when war, politics and propaganda become entwined.

Meet Daisy De Melker, who 'lovingly' prepared a flask of strychnine-laced coffee for her son. She is very different from Najwa Petersen, who carefully planned a 'house robbery' to eliminate her musician husband. Chané van Heerden placed her victim's facial skin in the freezer for preservation, yet Phoenix Racing Cloud Theron wished to dispose of her mother's body before it was even cold. And Dina Rodrigues? She 'wouldn't harm a fly' - but then went and organised a hit on a baby.

Women are not paragons of virtue who cannot commit murder. Nor are they always insane when they do deliberately cause death. And the women with 'blood on their hands' are not homogeneous.

In Blood on Her Hands, award-winning journalist Tanya Farber investigates the lives, minds and motivations of some of South Africa's most notorious female murders, from the poisonous nurse Daisy de Melker, to the privileged but deeply disturbed Najwa Petersen, to the mysterious Joey Haarhoff, who died before revealing the fate of her victims. Written in a style lighter than the subject matter might suggest, Blood on Her Hands will keep you reading until late at night.

City Of Broken Dreams brings the global debate about the urban university to bear on the realities of South African rust-belt cities through a detailed case study of the Eastern Cape motor city of East London, a site of significant industrial job losses over the past two decades. The cultural power of the car and its associations with the endless possibilities of modernity lie at the heart of the refusal of many rust-belt motor cities to seek alternative development paths that could move them away from racially inscribed, automotive capitalism and cultures. This is no less true in East London than it is in the motor cities of Flint and Detroit in the US.

Since the end of the Second World War, universities have become increasingly urbanised, resulting in widespread concerns about the autonomy of universities as places of critical thinking and learning. Simultaneously, there is increased debate about the role universities can play in building urban economies, creating jobs and reshaping the politics and identities of cities.

In City Of Broken Dreams, author Leslie Bank embeds the reader's understanding of the university within a history of industrialisation, placing-making and city building.

About 50km outside of Cape Town lies the beautiful town of Stellenbosch, nestled against vineyards and blue mountains that stretch to the sky. Here reside some of South Africa’s wealthiest individuals: all male, all Afrikaans – and all stinking rich. Johann Rupert, Jannie Mouton, Markus Jooste and Christo Weise, to name a few.

Julius Malema refers to them scathingly as ‘The Stellenbosch Mafia’, the very worst example of white monopoly capital. But who really are these mega-wealthy individuals, and what influence do they exert not only on Stellenbosch but more broadly on South African society?

Author Pieter du Toit begins by exploring the roots of Stellenbosch, one of the wealthiest towns in South Africa and arguably the cradle of Afrikanerdom. This is the birthplace of apartheid leaders, intellectuals, newspaper empires and more. He then closely examines this ‘club’ of billionaires. Who are they and, crucially, how are they connected? What network of boardroom membership, alliances and family connections exist? Who are the ‘old guard’ and who are the ‘inkommers’, and what about the youngsters desperate to make their mark? He looks at the collapse of Steinhoff: what went wrong, and whether there are other companies at risk of a similar fate. He examines the control these men have over cultural life, including pulling the strings in South Africa rugby.

Die woord “weduwee” is ’n verdrietige woord, ’n toestand waarmee sy haarself moeilik vereenselwig. Maar hier waar Cato in die vliegtuig sit, is dit ongelukkig haar werklikheid. Haar man is dood, ’n skamele drie jaar ná hul troue. Sy is op pad terug Stellenbosch toe, waar haar ondersteuningsnetwerk is. Of dit ’n goeie plan is om terug te gaan na die plek waar sy vir Neil ontmoet het, weet sy nie, maar in dié stadium wil sy nêrens anders wees nie. Veral nie alleen in Londen nie. Êrens tussen die tyding van die motorongeluk, die blyke van waardering, die roudiens en die werklikheid van ’n leë plek langs haar in die bed, het sy haarself verloor en in haar plek ’n bang vreemdeling gevind. In Stellenbosch wag ook die gewilde Big Pink-teaterrestaurant. Hoe sy kans gesien het om dié onderneming te koop, weet sy nie, en wens dis net ’n nare droom. Dit help ook nie dat die vreemdeling langs haar op die vliegtuig vir haar sê daar bestaan nie iets soos beter dae nie…

South Africa’s general election of 2024 saw the African National Congress losing its majority at the national level for the first time since the arrival of democracy in 1994. To maintain its rule, President Cyril Ramaphosa led his party into a Government of National Unity (GNU) centered around a hitherto unlikely coalition with the opposition Democratic Alliance. Election 2024, South Africa: Countdown to Coalition presents the first comprehensive analysis of this historic process.

It outlines the extensive social and economic crisis that preceded the election; provides detailed analyses of the election campaigns of the political parties; highlights the dramatic rise Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto we Sizwe Party; places the GNU against the recent experiences of coalition formation at provincial and local level; offers comprehensive summaries of voter participation and both the national and provincial results; and discusses prospects for the GNU’s survival and its possible long-term consequences.

Written in a highly accessible style, Election 2024, South Africa is an indispensable resource for all those wanting to understand South Africa’s contemporary politics.

Stel kleintjies bekend aan die bekendste Bybelverhale! Leer hulle oor Noag se drywende dieretuin, dapper klein Dawid, en saggeaarde Jesus. Veertien geliefde verhale word oorvertel met eenvoudige, onvergeetlike rympies wat kleuters sal koester.

Dis perfek vir voorlees en as geskenk vir 'n doop, ooievaarstee en Kersfees.

Introduce little ones to treasured Bible stories! Watch their eyes light up as they discover Noah's floating zoo, brave little David, and gentle Jesus. Fourteen timeless tales come alive through simple, memorable rhymes that toddlers will treasure.

Perfect for shared reading moments, and as gift for baptisms, baby showers, and holidays.

Being Black In The World, one of N. Chabani Manganyi’s first publications, was written in 1973 at a time of global socio-political change and renewed resistance to the brutality of apartheid rule and the emergence of Black Consciousness in the mid-1960s.

Manganyi is one of South Africa’s most eminent intellectuals and an astute social and political observer. He has written widely on subjects relating to ethno-psychiatry, autobiography, black artists and race. In 2018 Manganyi’s memoir, Apartheid and the Making of a Black Psychologist was awarded the prestigious ASSAf (The Academy of Science of South Africa) Humanities Book Award. Publication of Being-Black-in-the-World was delayed until the young Manganyi had left the country to study at Yale University. His publishers feared that the apartheid censorship board and security forces would prohibit him from leaving the country, and perhaps even incarcerate him, for being a ‘radical revolutionary’. The book found a limited public circulation in South Africa due to this censorship and original copies were hard to come by.

This new edition is an invitation to a younger generation of citizens to engage with early decolonialising thought by an eminent South African intellectual. While the essays in this book are clearly situated in the material and social conditions of that time, they also have a timelessness that speaks to our contemporary concerns regarding black subjectivity, affectivity and corporeality, the persistence of a racial (and racist) order and the possibilities of a renewed de-colonial project. Each of these short essays can be read as self-contained reflections on what it meant to be black during the apartheid years. Manganyi is a master of understatement, and yet this does not stop him from making incisive political criticisms of black subjugation under apartheid. The essays will reward close study for anyone trying to make sense of black subjectivity and the persistence of white insensitivity to black suffering.

Ahead of its time, the ideas in this book are an exemplary demonstration of what a thoroughgoing and rigorous de-colonial critique should entail. The re-publication of this classic text is enriched by the inclusion of a foreword and annotation by respected scholars Garth Stevens and Grahame Hayes respectively, and an afterword by public intellectual Njabulo S. Ndebele.

In 1916 keer Caleb Kelly, ’n jong WOI-veteraan, getraumatiseerd en geskend terug na die Oos-Kaap. Die afgryse wat hy in Frankryk beleef het, is ingebrand in sy wese.

Kort ná sy terugkeer vernietig olifante die windpomp op sy plaas.

Caleb is woedend en gereed om wraak te neem. Maar dan gebeur iets onverwags en sy toorn maak plek vir ’n vriendskap met ’n trop wat bedags tussen die ruigtes naby die plaas skuil.

Intussen word grootskaalse landbou-ontwikkeling in die Sondagsriviervallei deur die regering van stapel gestuur. Dewald Troskie word aangestel om die olifante in die omgewing uit te dun.

Deur historiese feite met fiksie te verweef neem Bakkes lesers op ’n reis vanaf 1919 tot die stigting van die Addo-olifantpark in 1931. Soetdoring in die ruigtes is meer as ’n historiese roman – dit is ’n meditasie oor trauma en genesing, oor die mensdom se vermoë tot
beide vernietiging en verlossing. Die onbreekbare band tussen Caleb en sy trop olifante sal lesers ontroer, uitdaag en inspireer.

When two people find out their online crushes are actually their IRL enemies, they must figure out a way to work with each other in this charming and geeky enemies-to-lovers romcom perfect for fans of Olivia Dade.

When your favorite player turns out to be your very real boss, the rules are a lot more complicated.

Elizabeth Gordon-Bettencourt is rebuilding her life on her own terms, starting with a new internship, a shot at her dream job as a civil engineer, and a whole lot of distance from her family’s drama. With her life full of change, the one constant is @theanswerisno, a charming gamer who seems to just . . . get her. Even if he has no interest in meeting her in real life.

Elizabeth would feel a lot more confident about her job if her new boss wasn’t so hard to read. Lincoln Carden is quiet, demanding, and adamant about avoiding small talk—especially in the office. What she doesn’t know is that online, he’s someone else entirely: quick, confident, and a little bit flirty. And his favorite player to team up with is @pancakesareelite, the one person who never makes him feel like he has to try so hard. As their two worlds start to collide, Elizabeth and Lincoln start to wonder: with their careers on the line and their online friendship at risk, is a romance IRL worth it?

Edited by Kerry Hammerton, this is an anthology of flash fiction and non-fiction.

Contributors:
Sally Cranswick | Stephen Symons | Werner Labuschagne | Sue Woodward | Karen Jennings | Yvonne Sliep | Siphosethu Siwaphiwe Zazela | Chantal Stewart | Sarah Buchner | Karina M. Szczurek | Máire Fisher | Kerry Hammerton | Stephen Devereux | Cynthia Kistasamy | Lerato Mahlangu | Nontobeko Mtshali | Erica Livingston | Anne Schlebusch | Bonnie Espie | Wentzel Lombard | Mary Grace McGeehan | Colleen Higgs | Gemma Allan | Megan Ross | Charisse Louw

Lewensgeluk begin by liefde vir die Here – Spreuke 1:7

Geliefde kinderboekskrywer Wendy Maartens span saam met bekroonde illustreerder Zinelda McDondald om die mees gepaste tekste uit die boek Spreuke in kinders se taal lewend te maak.

Aangevul deur 'n leestukkie, iets om te doen en 'n gebed sal hierdie boek jou kind help om die kuns van die lewe aan te leer en ’n gedissiplineerde lewenstyl te handhaaf.

Spreuke vir kleingoed is 'n aanwins op enige kind se boekrak en sal 'n lewenslange liefde vir God se woord by jou kind kweek.