Tafelberg imprint: 257 books
Not the movie of the week
Frightening flops and fabulous flicks
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2011
Shaun de Waal’s movie reviews are masterpieces in the genre of reviews, and have become celebrated for their wit and insight. The collection includes almost 100 reviews – of classics and trash, blockbusters and art films – organised by theme. The defining South African book about close-ups, red carpets and sad endings.
Writing What We Like
A new generation speaks
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
From the serious to the lighthearted, this book presents a snapshot of what smart young South Africans think about living in South Africa today. From black tax, whitesplaining and colourism, all the way to hip hop and kinky sex, it is provocative, fearlessly honest and often very funny. Shaka Sisulu...
As by Fire
The End of the South African University
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
What are the real roots of the student protests of 2015 and 2016? Is it actually about fees? Why did the protests turn violent? Where is the government while the buildings burn? Former Free State University vice-chancellor Jonathan Jansen delves into the unprecedented disruption of universities that...
Dare We Hope?
Facing our past to find a new future
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
'It is a gruesome tale - how we have moved so rapidly from the era of hope to the bleak landscape ushered in by Zuma's ascent to power ...' Yet Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, acclaimed author and international expert on reconciliation, wants to rekindle our hope. As a clinical psychologist who has worked...
Time Bomb
A Policeman's True Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The true story of an ordinary policeman who served in the South African Police Force at the height of apartheid. With graphic scenes of violence and sex, it exposes the realities of being in the police force in the seventies and eighties when brutality was commonplace and men didn’t cry.Johan Marais...
The Long Way Home
A journey through South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
Renowned travel writer Dana Snyman goes in search of his roots as he grapples with his place in South Africa today. He starts this distinctly South African story with the first Snyman, born of a white father and a slave mother. His travels take him off the beaten track, and his encounters with the...
From Corner Café to JSE Giant
The Famous Brands Story
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Famous Brands Ltd, as it is known today, started as a single Steers restaurant in the early 1960s, and now comprises more than 2100 restaurants across a portfolio of 20 brands, as well as extremely lucrative logistics, manufacturing and retail components. George Halamandres's family came to South...
Behind Palace Walls
In the service of a Saudi princess
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Cay Garcia was given only a few hours to pack up her belongings and leave Riyadh for good. She had dared to confront her employer, a young Saudi princess, about the treatment of her staff. In this book, she shares the intrigues of Riyadh's expat community and exposes the nasty underbelly of the extravagant...
The De Zalze Murders
The Story Behind the Brutal Axe Attack
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
The Van Bredas were the perfect family. Wealthy, successful and well-liked. In a luxury estate just outside Stellenbosch they lived what seemed like a dream life. But everything changed overnight. The gruesome murders of Martin, his wife Teresa and their son Rudi shocked South Africa. Julian Jansen,...
The Lost Boys of Bird Island
A shocking exposé from within the heart of the NP government
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2018
It is the late 1980s. Serious allegations surface against three prominent National Party cabinet ministers, one of them the second-most powerful man in the country. They are, it is said, regularly abusing young boys on an island just off the coast of Port Elizabeth. From opposite ends of South Africa,...
by Frans Cronje
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
What will South Africa look like in 2030? And how will the next fifteen years unfold? South Africa has undergone dramatic change in recent years. Political tensions are on the up, economic performance has weakened, and more and more South Africans are taking their frustrations to the streets. What...
by Clem Sunter
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
What do you call people who are vaguely right about the future, but seldom precisely wrong? Foxy futurists. In the latest addition to this top-selling series of books, Clem Sunter explores the methodology of foxy futurists as well as their propensity to turn their thoughts into action. This book is...
Peaceful Revolution
Inside the War Room at the Negotiations
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2017
It is the early 1990s and South Africa is on a knife-edge. Nelson Mandela is free at last, but a peaceful political transition looks virtually impossible. Both sides of the political divide, the left and the right, are poised to take up arms. In the midst of this threat of violence, with the future...
by Lesley Mofokeng
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
Gold digger, chancer, attention whore – Khanyi Mbau has been called all of that and more. While her flamboyant and daring personality have made this actress a darling of the media and a sought-after guest at parties, her flashy lifestyle and relationships with older (and often married) men have...