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Chris Hani’s assassination in 1993 gave rise to one of South Africa’s greatest political questions: if he had survived, what impact would he have had on the ANC government?
On the 30th anniversary of his murder by right-wing fanatics, this updated version of the best-selling Hani: A Life Too Short re-evaluates his legacy and traces his life from his childhood in rural Transkei to the crisis in the ANC camps in Angola in the 1980s and the heady dawn of South Africa’s freedom.
Drawing on interviews and the recollections of those who knew him, this vividly written book provides a detailed account of the life of a hero of South Africa’s liberation, a communist party leader and Umkhonto we Sizwe chief of staff who was both an intellectual and a fighter.
Business tycoon Patrice Motsepe is never shy to shake up the status quo. He has always followed his instincts to stay ahead of the curve. An icon of corporate South Africa, he is as much known for his leadership in the world of football as for his philanthropy.
He was a top lawyer when he followed his dream of being an entrepreneur, making a deal with Anglo American in the late 1990s that marked the beginning of a series of unique relationships which today define his African Rainbow Minerals empire. As the owner of Mamelodi Sundowns, he led it to becoming one of the most accomplished clubs in Africa. Then came the powerful seats of president at the Confederation of African Football and vice-president of FIFA, football’s global governing body, in 2021. Yet questions linger about his political ambitions because of his close links to the ANC and particularly his brothers-in-law, Cyril Ramaphosa and Jeff Radebe.
In this unauthorised biography, best-selling author and journalist Janet Smith mines public archives, academic papers and international media to find what lies behind this hugely successful, intensely private man, and what may lie ahead.
What does the Economic Freedom Front stand for? How do they propose to nationalise mines, banks and land? Is Julius Malema, founder of the EFF, equipped to legislate or to lead?
These tough questions are asked in The Coming Revolution.
Malema is tackled on his tax woes and on the tenderpreneur label by Janet Smith, executive editor of The Star. Smith asks Malema to explain, contextualise and motivate his political agenda and the genesis of the new party.
Hard-hitting and informative, The Coming Revolution disrupts the dominant South African political narrative.
Puzzled by the difference between a coalition and
confidence-and-supply? Confused about how McKinsey, Trillian and a
bunch of corrupt individuals at Eskom fleeced the utility? Don’t
know your Nhlapo Commission from your Moerane Commission? The third
edition of Jacana’s popular guide has all the information you need
to navigate your way through our complex political scene. With more
than 300 entries covering important terms, events, policies, groups
and individuals, it’s an excellent source of current and historical
data. Highlighting the power brokers and stars as much as those who
are on their way down or captured, this valuable quick research
tool is for anyone interested in where South Africa is at - and
why. What are the links between the Auditor-General and the Asset
Forfeiture Unit? Why do Black Twitter and its political influencers
matter? Who are the diehard reds, and who switched from communism
to capitalism? Who goes by the nickname of “Mkhuluwa” (old man),
and who as “His Excellency”? South Africa is the only African
country that is a member of the G20, but which bright minds
represent it there and in other international arenas? The country
is highly-ranked in platinum, palladium and gold output, but which
are the trade unions and who are the revolutionary leaders fighting
on behalf of workers? You’ll find those answers here too.
Everything you should know, starting with the shack-dwellers’
movement, Abahlahi baseMjondolo, and ending at Jacob Zuma, is
inside. And as a bonus, there’s a quiz at the end to test your
head. The A-Z of South African politics was compiled and written by
newspaper editor and former investigative journalist Kashiefa Ajam,
former editor of three newspapers and award-winning journalist
Kevin Ritchie, former newspaper editor and award-winning journalist
Lebogang Seale, former newspaper editor and award-winning author
Janet Smith and top news editor and award-winning journalist
Thabiso Thakali.
The fact is that the role, relevance and contribution of the Black
Consciousness philosophy is more warranted now than ever. See,
Black Consciousness does not die. It remains relevant even when it
is apparently dormant. Its approach and method are always readily
available to be used by the oppressed when the need arises to
confront particular and universal challenges posed by institutional
racism and violence. Black Consciousness has turned up the heat
against oppressive rule, exploitation and racism in South Africa
and around the world, as young people and politicians, academics
and campaigners reconfigure a global socioeconomic revolution. Long
linked with universal freedom movements, Black Consciousness has a
particularly profound and proud history in the country that gave
birth to Steve Biko. An intrinsic part of international solidarity
actions, it still captures the imagination of resistance fighters
young and old. Embracing African liberation, the Black Panthers,
Black Power in England, Marxism in the Caribbean and remarkable
links even to Mao Tse-tung's Cultural Revolution, it remains at the
centre of struggles for people's power. First published in 2017,
the year of the 40th anniversary of Biko's murder by the apartheid
regime, The Black Consciousness Reader has been revised and updated
as an essential collection of history, interviews and opinions
about the philosophy. A contribution to the world's Black cultural
archive, it examines how the proper acknowledgement of Blackness
brings a greater love, a broader sweep of heroes and a wider
understanding of intellectual and political influences. Although
Biko is a strong figure within this history, the book documents
many other significant Black Consciousness personalities and
actions, as it predominantly focuses a South African eye on its
influence on power, feminism, land, art, music, society and
religion. Keorapetse 'bra Willie' Kgositsile and his son, American
rap prodigy Earl Sweatshirt are inside it. So too Onkgopotse Tiro,
Vuyelwa Mashalaba, a young Nomzamo Winnie Mandela, Bobby Seale,
Assata Shakur, Neville Alexander, Thomas Sankara, Walter Rodney,
Lefifi Tladi, Ready D, Ntsiki Biko, Nina Simone, Barney Pityana,
Zulaikha Patel and many others. It looks at links between K-Pop and
Black Consciousness, militancy in Harlem and the uprisings in
Soweto, Black theology and the bible's red commandments. This
amalgam of facts, ideas, images and moving pictures is written and
compiled by political journalist Baldwin Ndaba, culture writers
Therese Owen and Masego Panyane, columnist and poet Rabbie
Serumula, author and political analyst Janet Smith and multimedia
specialist and church leader Paballo Thekiso.
There had been so mush to learn - so much that was different. In
London, Diane has started school in a class with mostly white
children. In Johannesburg, the only white children she had seen
were the ones riding on the plastic horses at the Oriental Plaza.
Diane struggles to find her feet back in South Africa after eight
years of living in exile. Her main difficulty is the pain she feels
after her father's violent death. Although supported by friends and
relatives her grief remains hidden until Joe Cassidy starts to
share her guarded existence. Then she discovers a secret about him,
which changes both their lives...
Cotton Rock is a fictional memoir set on the White River of the
Ozarks. Four narrative voices tell the story: John Sinclair, is a
professor who comes to live in his Grandfather's cabin while on
Sabbatical. He agrees to teach a writing class at the Cotton Rock
library, and there he encounters the other three narrative voices.
Anna McKerry, a native of the Ozarks, is an older woman who is
caring for her mother (who has Alzheimer), and her daughter, Leah
(who has lost her courage), and her granddaughter, Harlo, (an
intense little six-year-old who is worried about many things.) Anna
attends the writing class to "pull the scabs off old wounds," and
"to find her way out of the swamp." Emmet McDougal is an avid
fisherman who writes a fishing report, and tells us that
"fly-fishing is as tricky as straddling a barbed-wire fence while
standing on two sore feet." Finally, Lucy Freeman believes that
children have guardian angels. She titles her writing, "Angel
Gossip," because she figures that there "must be quite a passel of
angels on the playground over at the Cotton Rock school house.
Those angles are bound to swap stories with one another, and I've
taken to writing them down. I'm no angel, course, but my sister,
Opal, teaches at the school, and between her stories and my Sunday
School kids, I've got more stories than freckles on a turkey egg."
These four voices combine to tell a story filled with love and
loss, hope and heartache, glory and shame-a story of romance,
mystery, a drowning, a missing body, and a plethora of rich Ozark
language and life.
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