Jonathan Ball Publishers: 173 books
by Elsa Joubert
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Voted one of the hundred most important books published in Africa during the last century. Winner of the WA Hofmeyr Prize, the CNA Literary Award and the Louis Luyt Prize.Sharing the language and religion or the Afrikaners bent on her people's subjugation, Poppie Nongena - a Xhosa woman born in an...
Death of An Idealist
In Search of Neil Aggett
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
Death of an Idealist is the biography of Neil Aggett, the only white person to die while being held in custody by South Africa’s apartheid security police. A medical doctor who worked most of the week as an unpaid trade union organiser, Aggett’s stark non-materialism, shared by his partner Dr...
Lawfare
Judging Politics in South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
What happens when South Africa’s tumultuous political life becomes entangled in the courts of law?
Throughout the past 50 years, the courts have been a battleground for contesting political forces as more and more conflicts that were once fought in Parliament or in streets, or through strikes...
Seamless Leadership
A passion to perform in South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2015
For most of the lifespan of the new South Africa, leadership consultant Adriaan Groenewald has interviewed and written about top political, corporate, entertainment and sports leaders. His leadership model embraces the legacy of Nelson Mandela - to unselfishly unite people around the creation of positive...
by Brian Kantor
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2017
In Get South Africa Growing Brian Kantor advances spirited economic arguments for freer markets and less government intervention in the economy. Kantor adds significantly to an understanding of how our economy works and offers a succinct review of all the drivers that determine a modern economy’s...
In Kill Zone
Surviving as a Private Military Contractor in Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
When Neil Reynolds was first asked in 2003 whether he’d like to work in Iraq as a private military contractor, he didn’t even know where it was on the map. But he would soon learn the ins and outs of working and surviving in one of the world’s most violent conflict zones.
Reynolds was...
Like Sodium in Water
A memoir of home and heartache
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
“Dad thinks lots of things are right-wing. He even thinks He-Man is right-wing. I ask Dad who we are and he says left-wing. Left is opposite to right. If right is bad, then we’re the opposite of that, which means we’re good.”
It’s post-independence Zimbabwe and an atmosphere of nostalgia...
The Runaway Horses
A sweeping family saga of love, loyalty and betrayal in the time of the Boer war
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Two sets of cousins, Boer and Brit, find their destinies inexorably intertwined in the politi and mayhem that led up to and encompassed the Anglo Boer War of 1899 - 1902. From Transvaal to Victorian England, the cousins form strong bonds that are tested on the battlefields of South Africa. Martin...
From Playground to Prostitute
Based on a true story of salvation
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
After a desperate and impoverished childhood Engela, as a rebellious teenager, becomes mixed up with Satanism, alcohol and drugs. She eventually flees to Bloemfontein because the leader of the Satanic Group 13 wants to kill her. Her path crosses with Pieter, a friend of her brother’s, who turns...
by Fiona Snyckers
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2010
At last - South African chick-lit with all the wit and charm to hold its own against international bestsellers. 'If I hear the word "Struggle" one more time, I swear I'm going to strangle someone.' Trinity Luhabe is so OVER the whole Robben Island thing. Sure, her dad was one of the last...
by Fiona Snyckers
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2010
Following the popular success and critical acclaim of her first novel, Fiona Snyckers is back with the second book in the beguiling Trinity Luhabe series. The much-anticipated sequel to Trinity Rising picks up the story four years on, when Trinity is 23 and living in Johannesburg. Trinity On Air is...
The Mirror in the Ground
Archaeology, Photography and the making of an archive
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
An important and original contribution to the study of the archive, The Mirror in the Ground approaches the discipline of archaeology in South Africa from the perspective of an interest in visualities. Author Nick Shepherd argues that it makes sense to talk about an archaeological aesthetics. The...
The Eight Zulu Kings
From Shaka to Goodwill Zwelithini
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2018
In Eight Zulu Kings, well-respected and widely published historian John Laband examines the reigns of the eight Zulu kings from 1816 to the present. Starting with King Shaka, the renowned founder of the Zulu kingdom, he charts the lives of the kings Dingane, Mpande, Cetshwayo, Dinuzulu, Solomon and...
The Madiba Appreciation Club
A Chef's Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Once, chef Brett Ladds was given a cigar by Fidel Castro, he talked weightlifting with Swazi king Mswati III and his cooking made Quincy Jones sing. For many years he also served Nelson Mandela many cups of rooibos tea and made him his favourite meals.
Ladds was the executive chef of the SA...