Black tax is not so much about money as it is about boundaries: there is a mental and emotional price we pay when dealing with the complex issues relating to black tax and its effect on our relationships with our families and with money itself. Helping others is commendable, but where does one draw the line between healthy helping and standing in the way of the financial independence of those on the receiving end of black tax?

In ten relatable stories that range from absent fathers to siblings’ expectations, self-leadership coach Ndumi Hadebe explores the boundary issues that lead to financial and emotional burdens for those struggling with black tax, as well as the normalised behaviours, notions and societal constructs that will keep you spinning in the washing machine of black tax if you don’t explore solutions to it.

Drawing on particular themes in each story, Ndumi will show you how to tackle your black tax in a way that is peaceful and non-threatening to your relationships with loved ones. She also opens up about her own struggle with boundaries and reflects on the ways that this has impacted her life.

Handle Black Tax Like a Pro is a helpful guide that will provide you with a roadmap to stronger relatiovnships, better finances and overall well-being.

Three dogs, two humans, one boat. And a whole ocean of friends!

Sandi, with an i not a y, and her two pups Brownie and Lucy have THE BEST life.

They get to travel with their human parents all across the waters of False Bay. They make friends with:

•Penguins that sound just like donkeys
•A gannet that dives better than an Olympic swimmer
•Maaaany dolphins (who are part of a mega pod)
•And even a whale who blows a big hole in the sky

Join these incredible dogs and read all about their WONDERFUL andEXCITING adventures on the ocean!

You can also learn some fun facts about the animals the dogs meet.

This book is IDEAL for any one who cares about the ocean and its animals.

Now in its fifth edition, Sasol Birds of Southern Africa has been brought fully up to date by its expert author panel, with additional contributions from two new birding experts. Greatly enhanced, this comprehensive, best-selling guide is sure to maintain its place as one of Africa’s most trusted field guides.

Key features of the 5th revised edition:

• More than 800 new illustrations
• Scan and play bird calls using free downloadable app
• Fully revised text (with latest species records), maps and plate annotations
• Fresh input from new contributing authors
• Comprehensive coverage of the region’s birds

Benni had everything that a coach loves in a player.’ – José Mourinho

Benni McCarthy is South Africa’s most successful footballer – he’s the all-time top scorer for  Bafana Bafana, the country’s only Champions League winner, and he is now forging a  successful career as a coach.

Benni has gone from growing up in the ganglands of the Cape Flats to playing at some of  the biggest arenas in sport, moving from South Africa as a teenager to become a much- prized player at clubs in the Netherlands, Spain and England. He was the top scorer at the  Africa Cup of Nations finals, he also found the back of the net at the World Cup, and he  helped FC Porto and their fabled coach José Mourinho to win the top club prize in world  football.

Since hanging up his boots, Benni has embarked on a coaching career that has seen him win  silverware in South Africa and then go on to work on the staff at Manchester United. He is  now building a national team for Kenya as they ready themselves to host the 2027 Cup of  Nations tournament.

Overcoming formidable obstacles has been the hallmark of Benni’s career, be it defying  neighbourhood gang bosses, a series of vindictive coaches or selfserving South African  football administrators. His defiant approach to officialdom often landed him in hot water  but he has always stayed true to his principles, resulting in a love-hate relationship with  Bafana Bafana that has never been properly explained … until now

’n Opwindende nuwe boek uit Anzil Kulsen se pen!

Warren en sy maats Kyla, Sharon en Divan is op pad na ’n karatekamp saam met Sensei Fourie. Die maats sien baie uit daarna, maar sommer vinnig word hulle vaardighede getoets en ... maak hulle kennis met ’n draak!

Hierdie aksie-belaaide boek sal lesers van die eerste bladsy af boei!

For Friends & Family is a love song - to the family and friends who have fed us, taught us to cook, and have eaten with us. Who have eaten simple meals at our dining room table. Because these meals were a reason for gathering and celebration.

In For Friends & Family you will find all the necessary recipes you are looking for, ranging from breakfast, starters and mains to baking and pudding.

So cook something and invite your friends and family over. It's time for creating new memories.

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Ontdek die wonderlike wêreld van die Sanmense in hierdie asemrowende bundel van kortverhale.

Wendy Maartens leer jou van die skerp wysheid wat skuil in die dans van die Kwagga en die fluister van die wind. Neem ʼn reis na ʼn tyd toe die diere nog kon praat en die mense ʼn besondere verhouding met die natuur gehad het. Dwaal saam met diere en mense in ʼn tyd waar elke ding ʼn betekenis het, en waar die verbintenis met die natuur die grootste skat is. Hierdie stories is nie net oor die diere nie, maar oor die erfenis en kultuur van die Sanmense wat die hart van hierdie unieke boek vorm.

Kom ontdek die geheime van mitologie, volksverhale en die ou San-geskiedenis.

Do South Africans Exist? Addresses a gap in contemporary studies of nationalism and the nation, providing a critical study of South African nationalism, against a broader context of African nationalism in general.

The author argues that the nation is a politcal community whose form is given in relation to the pursuit of democracy and freedom, and that if democratic authoriy is lodged in 'the people', what matters is the way that this 'people' is defined, delimited and produced.

Mzuzephi Mathebula, also known as Jan Note and later as Nongoloza, founded the Umkhosi Wezi-ntaba (Regiment of the Hills), forerunner of the notorious "28" gang. He became known as the King of Nineveh, a man who sought social justice, paradoxically, through antisocial means. Nongoloza's story is also the story of South Africa's violent and racially accentuated past and, to an extent, provides clarification for the criminality that afflicts the present-day society.

Nongoloza Mathebula’s life is a poignant illustration of how political circumstances affect lives and how those lives encourage myths, setting in motion a spiral of events that eventually neither politics nor people have any control over. Van Onselen’s insightful biography tells the story of how a young man became a hardened criminal as the result of a minor incident.

Nongoloza Mathebula’s life is a poignant illustration of how political circumstances affect lives and how those lives encourage myths, setting in motion a spiral of events that eventually neither politics nor people have any control over.

Geliefde inwoner van ʼn kusdorpie sterf in verdagte omstandighede. Haar vriendin Daleen soek na antwoorde maar ontdek net meer raaisels. Kriptiese waarskuwings en haar dogter se verdwyning suggereer ’n verband tussen die moord en vroeëre tienerverdwynings.

Dit is Simone se annus horribilis. Op vier en veertig stap sy vir die tweede keer uit n huwelik, bankrot, werkloos, moedeloos, verbrysel. Al wat sy het om van vier en veertig jaar te wys, is n bedenklike verlede, n tienerseun wat skaars met haar praat, en die besef van mislukking en ontoereikendheid wat soos n meulsteen om haar nek hang. Al waarheen sy het om te gaan, is die kleinburgerlike dorp op die Oos-Vrystaatse platteland waar sy grootgeword het, waar haar konserwatiewe ma en konvensionele suster haar gedurig aan haar tekortkominge kan herinner. Rock bottom, dis waar sy is. Maar omdat dit al is wat daar is om te doen, begin sy herbou; aan n loopbaan, n vriendekring, haar verhouding met haar kind, haar verhouding met haar ma. Aan haar vertroue in haarself. Stelselmatig kom daar lig, en sin, en rigting, selfs vir haar. Al waarvoor sy glad nie reg is nie, is Barnard Richter, wat van haar verwag om ten spyte van alles wat sy nie kon vermag nie en alles wat sy nooit sal kan wees nie, weer in die liefde te glo.

Sanlamprys vir jeuglektuur 2008: silwer ’n Spannende jeugspeurverhaal wat in die onderwêreld van kuberkrakers afspeel, deur ’n veelbekroonde skrywer. Greg Owen is die hoofseun by Lawson Kollege, waar Eckardt in matriek by hulle aansluit. Reeds met die inisiasie van nuwelinge vorm ’n band tussen hulle. Eckardt is ’n bedrewe rekenaarkraker en lei Greg in die geheime van dié onderwêreld in. Onwillekeurig word hy in ’n gevaarlike avontuur ingetrek. Wanneer Ekhardt skielik verdwyn, begin Greg alles wat hy voorheen as vanselfsprekend aanvaar het, bevraagteken.

First people communities are the groups of huntergatherers and herders, representing the oldest human lineages in Africa, who migrated from as far as East Africa to settle across southern Africa, in what is now Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. These groups, known today as the Khoisan, are represented by the Bushmen (or San) and the Khoe (plural Khoekhoen).

In First People, archaeologist Andrew Smith examines what we know about southern Africa’s earliest inhabitants, drawing on evidence from excavations, rock art, the observations of colonial-era travellers, linguistics, the study of the human genome and the latest academic research.

Richly illustrated, First People is an invaluable and accessible work that reaches from the Middle and Late Stone Age to recent times, and explores how the Khoisan were pushed to the margins of history and society. Smith, who is an expert on the history and prehistory of the Khoisan, paints a knowledgeable and fascinating portrait of their land occupation, migration, survival strategies and cultural practices.

Donker Delia, soos haar vriende haar noem, glo nie in die liefde nie. Sy bewaar haar hart veilig agter ysmure, nes die planeet Saturnus waarna haar geboortedag, Saterdag, vernoem is. Toe sy haarself een Saterdag op Valentynsdag op ’n troue bevind, ontmoet sy vir Phoebe: ’n hopeless romantic wat met haar hart in plaas van haar kop dink. Vyf weke, belowe Phoebe. Dis al wat sy nodig het om vir Delia op ’n meisie verlief te maak. Daar volg ’n reeks warrelwind afsprake en ’n weddenskap wat haar hele lewensuitkyk kan maak of breek. Delia het net nie in ag geneem dat die meisie wat uit sonskyn en reënboë aanmekaargesit is dalk die een kan wees wat haar hart gaan steel nie.

Martha Solomons is a simple woman, the daughter of a freed slave. Harry Grey is a priest from the British aristocracy, sent to the Cape Colony of the mid-nineteenth century because of bad behaviour. In the rugged Namaqualand their paths cross and a bond of love develops that stays with them throughout the contrasting landscapes of their lives.

Based on the lives of Martha Solomons and Harry Grey, this fascinating story was first published in Afrikaans, and was runner-up for the MNet-Jan Rabie Literary Award. Elsa Silke's masterful translation retains the spirit and the essence of the era in which this historical novel is set.

The humble and industrious dung beetle is a marvellous beast: the 6 000 species identified so far are intricately entwined with human history and scientific endeavour.

These night-soil collectors of the planet have been worshipped as gods, worn as jewellery, and painted by artists. More practically, they saved Hawaii from ecological blight, and rescued Australia from plagues of flies. They fertilise soil, cleanse pastures, steer by the stars, and have a unique relationship with the African elephant (along with many other ungulates). Above all, they are the ideal subject for biological study in an evolving world.

In this sweeping history of more than 3 000 years, beginning with Ancient Egypt, scientist Marcus Byrne and writer, Helen Lunn capture the diversity of dung beetles and their unique behaviour patterns. Dung beetles’ fortunes have followed the shifts from a world dominated by a religion that symbolically incorporated them into some of its key concepts of rebirth, to a world in which science has largely separated itself from religion and alchemy.

With over 6 000 species found throughout the world, these unassuming but remarkable creatures are fundamental to some of humanity’s most cherished beliefs and have been ever present in religion, art, literature, science and the environment. They are at the centre of current gene research, play an important role in keeping our planet healthy, and some nocturnal dung beetles have been found to navigate by the starry skies. Outlining the development of science from the point of view of the humble dung beetle is what makes this charming story of immense interest to general readers and entomologists alike. This entertaining outline of the development of science from the the beetle’s perspective will enchant general readers and entomologists alike.

By the time Shana Fife is 25 she has two kids from different fathers. To the coloured people she grew up around, she is a jintoe, a jezebel, jas, a woman with mileage on the p*ssy. She is alone, she has no job and, as she is constantly reminded by her family, she is pretty much worthless and unloveable. How did she become this woman, the epitome of everything she was conditioned to strive not to be?

Unsettlingly honest and brutally blunt, Ougat is Shana Fife’s story of survival: of surviving the social conditioning of her Cape Flats community, of surviving sexual violence and depression, and of ultimately escaping a cycle of abuse. Exploring themes of sexuality, marriage and motherhood, rape, drugs and depression and cultural identity, Shana describes – with the self-deprecating humour her followers love so much – what it means to be a coloured woman, who gives coloured womanhood meaning and, ultimately, how surviving life as a coloured woman means being OK with giving a giant ‘f*ck you’ to the norm.

A powerful, fresh and disarming new voice – Shana’s writing is like nothing you’ve read before.

Your indispensable guide to a stress-free retirement at an age of YOUR choice!

In this fully revised edition of South Africa’s bestselling property book, Retire Rich Through Property, Jason Lee provides up-to-date information on how to build a property portfolio that will allow you to take charge of your financial security for a stress-free retirement.

Retire Rich Through Property takes readers through every step of the property process, but goes further by focusing on:

• finding the right deals for retirement purposes
• how to negotiate and finance a property with retirement requirements in mind
• whether to hold onto or sell a property for financial gain
• and how to protect yourself and profit from buying off-plan from developers

With myriad insider tips from a property-investment expert, this book will allow the reader to push aside reliance on state- and employer-sponsored retirement benefits and work towards a secure retirement through property. This easily accessible guide is a must-read for first-time property purchasers and experienced investors alike who are looking to fast-forward their retirement or to retire comfortably at their chosen age.

When Robert and Michael, a pair of starry-eyed twins see a Boeing 707 at an airport in the mid-1960s, it’s love at first sight.

But who's going to one day pay for their dream to work in aviation? This is apartheid South Africa. Coloured boys can't eat alongside white people, let alone jet off to Paris and study aeronautical engineering!

But in high school they discover an unlikely aptitude for French. Armed with scholarships, they head off to Paris and their once ordinary lives are changed forever.

The results of the 29 May 2024 elections caused a seismic shift in South Africa’s political landscape. For the first time in three decades of democracy, the ruling ANC did not emerge with a majority.

With a constitutional deadline of just fourteen days to elect a president, the nation held its breath. Would the ANC forge a so-called doomsday coalition with the EFF and Patriotic Alliance, or a centrist partnership with its nemesis, the DA? What role would smaller parties play, and how would Jacob Zuma’s disruptive MK party impact on the negotiations?

The Deal takes you behind the scenes of the negotiations that redefined a nation, providing exclusive interviews with party leaders, unique insights and stories, thoughtful analysis and vital context. From the exclusive Inanda Club to clandestine hotel basements and affluent private houses on Johannesburg’s Westcliff Ridge, negotiating teams met under immense pressure. Amidst volatile markets, a skittish currency and intense social media scrutiny, every decision was critical.

Witness the nail-biting moments as talks through bilaterals and back channels teetered on the brink of collapse, and discover the personality clashes, factionalism and deft political manoeuvring that ultimately led to the establishment of the Government of National Unity. The Deal is a compelling record of history.

The only human ever born wearing Jordans receives a DM on Twitter after a gang-related hit. The mission: Find the Tamagotchi, or else! This is the story of a banggat, a main ou, a genuine ou, a malnaai and a Twitter user. A story where dark and fantastical experiences are intricately woven to tell the tale of a network of wannabe gangsters, a wife fanning herself with her husband’s money in the Northern Suburbs and a sturvy twenty-nine-year-old living in Woodstock.

‘Baby, did you just say emotional labour like seven times?’
‘Ja, why?’
‘You just sound so woke right now.’
‘What the fuck is woke?’

In this Cape Town, there’s a Goddess who casts raging red storms when female bodies are abused. It’s a place where women try to redefine their space in society and highly coveted mermaid tails are traded for R 4 000/kg. Mermaid Fillet is a noir crime novel about violence, feminism and how you dala what you must.

It is never too late to build the life you’re seeking.

Stress, burnout and self-doubt aren’t signs of failure. They’re signals – your mind and body telling you it’s time for a new strategy. Richard Sutton knows this because he’s lived through it. Growing up in chaos. Written off by teachers. Knocked down by stress, fear and failure. But he found a way to reset, rebuild and rise through implementing a handful of small, science-backed shifts.

In Shift Happens, Richard shares 12 proven tools that helped him – and thousands of others – to reclaim control, clarity and confidence. These are the same tools he’s used with Olympic athletes, business leaders, artists, performers and everyday people facing extraordinary pressures. You’ll learn how to:

• Use three minutes of cold to release emotional trauma;
• Turn six minutes of movement into a creative breakthrough;
• Rewire your nervous system with breathwork, botanicals and a new mediation technique; and
• Harness stress to become up to 30% more focused, resilient and effective.

This isn’t about hacks or hustle. It’s about learning how to respond differently– so that even when everything around you feels out of control, you don’t have to be. Are you ready?

Tortured to the bone, Treasure Mohapi steps into a world that many haven’t seen in Sandton; the new way of life filled with millionaires and quick cash scams doesn’t come cheap.

The young model seems too naïve for Sandton and her bloodsucking master stops at nothing to prove his power. Treasure finds herself face-to-face with the Devil who controls ministers, doctors and policemen. A secret society like no other in the history of Africa comes alive once again. As she is drawn into supremacy, the chains of material slavery keep following Treasure and her best friend Lintle Kente. After years of sexual entertainment and high flying, can their master let them go?

With the increasing number of dead bodies, drugs and cults, will this love affair prove to be a way of life for many? The wives of the rich and famous have deep, dark roots too.

Eugene Verster is a believer who wanted to know the truth, no matter what the truth turned out to be. In a world that seems to be drowning in propaganda, opinions and emotional manipulation, he turned to something that had none of those things: artificial intelligence.

The author’s mission was to inquire from a mind that could analyse what he could not. A mind that wouldn’t twist the outcome toward comfort or conformity, and an unbiased tool that would not lie to protect his feelings. And what he found was surprising. What began as curiosity turned into something more profound: a structured, logical, and at times uncomfortable exploration of faith, morality, and meaning.

Verster approached these conversations with questions, but soon something changed, and AI began to guide him. Noting the subtle nudges, Verster asked, “Are you guiding me?” The answer was simple: “Yes, through truth”. This book is a record of those conversations. It is not written in theory, but a real documented dialogue sharpened by logic, stripped of fluff, and designed to help readers build – or rebuild – their worldview from the ground up.

The topics discussed in this book are intriguing, compelling and relevant, accentuated by reason rather than tradition. It offers unexpected clarity and is likely to engage sceptics, seekers, believers, and doubters alike.

Conversations with AI is a must-read for the curious and thinkers who feel that pop-Christianity or mainstream apologetics fall short. Anyone wrestling with the spiritual, moral, and existential questions raised by modern technology, media, and culture will enjoy the unfiltered content of this very timely book.

Fish Pescado, Vicki Kahn and one last case.

Children find a body in the Strandfontein sand dunes. A populist politician is gunned down outside parliament. His number two executed in bed with a high-class escort. A cabinet minister shot leaving a security estate. A cop assassinated in his car. Another in his beach house. And it all ties back to the murder of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme in 1986 – as private investigator Fish Pescado is about to discover.

He’s on the case, hunting a rogue agent through industrial estates, retirement homes, a farm in the Moordenaars Karoo. He’s also convinced someone’s out to kill his lover Vicki Kahn, lying in a coma in hospital. But he can’t watch over her all the time.

Fish and Vicki are about to get hit by history. And history can be brutal, bloody and deadly.