Random House Struik: 161 books
by Chris Harvie
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
Tired of tragic stories, Chris Harvie sets out to see the positive side of the ‘Dark Continent’ and to enjoy its life and laughter. Do Not Take This Road to El-Karama is the entertaining account of an epic road trip that takes him from his home outside the Kruger National Park to the banks of...
Angels of Mercy
Foreign Women in the Anglo-Boer War
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
After the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War, hundreds of women left their countries for South Africa, some in search of adventure, others with a strong desire to help the victims of war. They came from all over the world – from Britain and its colonies, and from pro-Boer countries in Europe. But, whatever...
Pale Native
Memories of a Renegade Reporter
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
Max du Preez has one hell of a story to tell. In his career as a renegade reporter, he’s survived three dismissals, seven libel suits, thirteen criminal cases, four aeroplane crashes, a bombing, two assassination attempts and was a regular on right-wing hit lists. He was in Soweto on 16 June 1976,...
32 Battalion
The Inside Story of South Africa's Elite Fighting Unit
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
Every war has at least one - a unit so different, so daring, that it becomes the stuff of which legends are made and heroes are born. Among the South African forces fighting in Angola from 1975 to 1989, that unit was 32 Battalion. Founded in utmost secrecy from the vanquished remnants of a foreign...
Politically Incorrect
The Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2012
Throughout his tenure as the first black Springbok coach, Peter de Villiers was in the news, and not always for the right reasons. His battle to be accepted and respected by the rugby fraternity started from the moment his appointment was announced, when his new boss admitted that De Villiers had...
Days of the Generals
The untold story of South Africa’s apartheid-era military generals
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
What really happened during South Africa’s military involvement in Angola? Did the military leaders always see eye to eye with the politicians – and with each other? Was South Africa responsible for the death of Mozambican President Samora Machel? What was the extent of South Africa’s nuclear...
Killing for Profit
Exposing the Illegal Rhino Horn Trade
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
A terrifying true story of greed, corruption, depravity and ruthless criminal enterprise … On the black markets of Southeast Asia, rhino horn is worth more than gold, cocaine and heroin. This is the chilling story of a more than two-year-long investigation into a dangerous criminal underworld where...
Zulu Zulu Foxtrot
To Hell and Back with Koevoet
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
‘Both my guns are jammed. I’m dead meat, a sitting duck. All the insurgent has to do is pull the trigger of his RPG-7 rocket launcher. My heart surges, pumping pure adrenalin through my body and my mind.’ Arn Durand was a member of Koevoet, the most deadly fighting force involved in the Border...
by Brian Pottinger
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
In September 2008, Thabo Mbeki was ‘recalled’ as president of South Africa, seven months before his term was due to end. This book takes stock of Mbeki’s presidency, by focusing on a simple question: how has South Africa prospered or weakened under his stewardship? The Mbeki Legacy considers...
by George Bizos
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2011
"In October 1941 a young boy and his father disembarked at Durban harbour from a large liner commissioned into emergency service by the Allies. They were Greek refugees from their German-occupied motherland. They spoke no English. They had little money and no prospects. They were heroes, but...
Rat Roads
One Man’s Incredible Journey
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
In this extraordinary book, celebrated journalist Jacques Pauw gives a human face to some of the most tumultuous events in recent African history. Rat Roads chronicles the remarkable journey of Kennedy Gihana, a young Tutsi man who fought against the genocidaires in Rwanda, but was part of an army...
Zulu Zulu Golf
Life and Death with Koevoet
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2011
‘There is no dignity in death. Six bodies are piled up in front of me, shot to shit. I can see that their bones are white, their blood is red and their brains are yellow. I’ve done this; I’ve helped to kill them.’ A unit of the South African Police, Koevoet was the most deadly fighting force...
by Cameron Blake
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
For over half a million white South African males conscripted before 1994, National Service was a compulsory, demanding and intense experience that had a powerful impact on them. This book is a compilation of recollections by more than forty former conscripts about their time in the South African...
An Unpopular War
From afkak to bosbefok
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2011
In the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, hundreds of thousands of young men were called up for military service, most of them going through extreme physical training and many being sent to fight the war in northern Namibia and Angola. This book is a collection of reflections and memories of that time,...