Tafelberg imprint: 257 books

The extraordinary life story of South African tycoon and philanthropist Dr Anton Rupert._x000D_ _x000D_ It is the story of a Karoo boy who grew up during the Depression, struggled to find enough money to study science, and then made good as a businessman - spectacularly so, reaching...

'Clem Sunter is South Africa's pre-eminent scenario planner' - Daily Maverick Like true foxes, South Africans invariably rise to the challenge of adapting to whatever the future throws at them. All that is needed is leadership of the right kind. The latest in Clem Sunter's top-selling...

Africa should accept that its present malaise is largely due to its own mistakes: greed, poor policies and a lack of leadership. Blaming colonialism for Africa’s failings belongs to the past. Africa has been lessed with great wealth, but where has this wealth gone? Why are so many countries in need...

Margo Diederichs kom op die Vrystaatse dorp Winburg vrede maak met die ma wie se stryd sy nooit verstaan het nie. Vier jaar lank het Margo gaan heel word in Israel, maar nou moet sy die kompleksiteit van haar herkoms en identiteit kom uittorring. Haar tyd op Winburg raak ’n ontdekkingstog deur die...

In die skemer van haar lewe kry Colette Cronjé ’n brief van 'n lank vermiste familielid. Dit kom uit Portugal en dit dwing haar om alles te onthou wat sy 'n leeftyd lank probeer vergeet het. Want wat 'n halwe eeu gelede in Portugal gebeur het, het haar eie lewe asook dié van die volgende twee...

In die laat tagtigerjare het die treffer TV-reeks Ballade vir ’n enkeling rekords gebreek. En nou word die verhaal weer vertel, maar dié slag soos dit werklik gebeur het, sonder versagting, aangepas vir vandag._x000D_ Dit begin wanneer een van die land se gewildste skrywers, Jacques Rynhard,...

Eensaam op Wegdraai_x000D_ ’n Skaduwee skuif oor Bokkie en Tokkie se sorgelose kaalvoetlewe, waarin sokkerspel saam met die dorpseuns die hoogtepunt van pret is. En die rede? Ontluikende vroulikheid . . . ’n vloekwoord en blykbaar ’n ongeneeslike siekte. Dis veral juffrou Estelle Huizeman...

Niemand hoor die stemme wat so duidelik in haar kop praat nie. Niemand weet dat sy nie kan bad nie omdat haar bad voortdurend vol bloed is ... dat sy tientalle obsessiewe kompulsies het wat haar byna te bang maak om asem te haal. Niemand weet van Harriet Christou se lewe met skisofrenie nie. Harriet...

Wanneer Sonja Daneel ná ’n motorongeluk bykom, ly sy aan geheueverlies. Sy onthou net die wolf voor haar in die pad. Sonder ’n idee van wie sy is of waar sy vandaan kom, ontmoet sy die mense van Hotel Njala op die plaas Wolwedans in die Hazyview-distrik en besef dat sy ’n ruk gelede aansoek...

The newest in the topselling Fox series, this book is a collection of his most recent columns. Master strategist Sunter covers current events and topics of general interest in his unmistakable, highly readable Sunter style. He has updated and annotated each column with new insights and information...

During the Anglo-Boer War, the conflict between the British and the Boers spilled over from the battlefield to the farmsteads of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. The internment of women and children in concentration camps was part of a total war waged by the British Empire not only against...

Although World War One did not bring Zeppelin airships to threaten South Africa's skies, or invading foreign soldiers to march through its towns, its inhabitants were also drawn into one of the most bloody and shattering global conflicts of the 20th century. Renowned historian Bill Nasson explores...

'The temerity of writing one's biography needs to be explained. It is a foolish act by any description. Why make oneself so vulnerable? I have reasons to tell my story. It is a story of loss, and storytelling is part of the struggle to transcend loss. It is also imperative in our deeply wounded...

Constitutional Court Justice Edwin Cameron examines and defends the role of the law in South Africa's continuing transition. Drawing on his own life experience, including childhood hardship, struggles with sexuality and stigma, he illustrates the power and the limitations of the law. Cameron argues...