Jacana Media: 155 books
Ystervarkrivier
A Slice of Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
A delightful collection of humorous stories, this book is set in the mythical village of Ystervarkrivier—"ystervark" means porcupine in Afrikaans—a forgotten outpost of the Drakeniqua Municipality, somewhere in South Africa. The central motif is the nine-hole golf course built by a displaced...
A Rhino in my Garden
Love, life and the African bush
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
A story of love and life in the African wild.Conita Walker tells the story of the love match that lured her from the world of international air travel to plunge, somewhat naïvely, into the life of a conservationist. It's a tale of adventure, mishaps, humour and heartbreak.Conita's life begins on...
Rape
A South African Nightmare
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Why has South Africa been labelled the 'world's rape capital'? What don't we as South Africans understand about rape? In Rape: A South African Nightmare, Pumla Dineo Gqola unpacks the complex relationship South Africa has with rape by paying attention to the patterns and trends of rape, asking what...
Featherings
True Stories in Search of Birds
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
The southernmost tip of Africa is home to a vast and shifting population of birds whose soaring movements and flocks are closely followed by a human flock: the entranced and captivated ornithologists, birdwatchers and seekers of wilderness.If the bird writings of Le Vaillant turned a generation of...
In the Dark with My Dress on Fire
My Life in Cape Town, London, Havana and Home Again
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
During the struggle to end apartheid, Blanche La Guma led a complex and demanding life as a nurse-midwife by day and underground activist-within a clandestine Communist cell-by night. Harassed, banned, and at one time imprisoned, Blanche worked tirelessly to support her family in Cape Town while providing...
Southern African Muckraking
300 years of investigative journalism which has shaped the region
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019
Southern African Muckraking: 300 years of investigative journalism which has shaped the region celebrates the rich and untold history of investigative journalism in southern Africa and the crucial role it has played in holding power to account over the last 300 years. It is the third book in the best-selling...
Speaking Truth to Power
The Story of the AIDS Law Project
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
The AIDS Law Project (ALP) is a small legal NGO in Johannesburg that, along with its allies in the Treatment Action Campaign, fought for more than a decade for the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS. Today South Africa has laws that protect the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS and the largest...
by Barry Gilder
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
Although conceived and birthed well before the ANC's December 2017 elective conference and the changes of the guard that ensued, The List imagines a ‘New Dawn' for South Africa in the closing years of the 2010s. But is it dawn or dusk?Rumours have abounded since the early days of South African democracy,...
by Consuelo Roland
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Paola Dante is a driven project manager employed by a large multinational information technology corporation who reads war strategy books for relaxation. In general she prefers computers to people with their random uncontrolled emotions. Long ago she made a decision that matters of the heart were...
Searching African Skies
The Square Kilometre Array and South Africa's Quest to Hear the Songs of the Stars
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
An ambitious scientific project is unfolding in the desert of South Africa, with a multi-decade timeline that will eventually see expansion into Western Australia—a project that is detailed and celebrated in this book on the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). The SKA will be the largest and most sensitive...
WIN!
Compelling Conversations with 20 Successful South Africans
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
“A simple and insightful collection of thoughts on success. Its timing in a country hungry for purposeful and confidence-inspiring leadership is impeccable.” – Thuli MadonselaThe new year is synonymous with resolutions, good intentions and dreams of a successful year ahead. It is natural to...
Your Stars
What to Expect in 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Your Stars: What to Expect in 2018 is a fresh and vibrant astrological “year ahead” book with a distinctively local flavour. Written by highly respected astrologist Rod Suskin, the book provides a monthly look ahead for each of the 12 signs of the zodiac with a general overview of the themes of...
Coach
The life and soccer times of Clive Barker
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
3 February 1996. FNB Stadium, Soweto. South Africa vs Tunisia. It is the final of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations ... the crowd goes wild as the star striker scores his second goal. A man on the side-line takes to the field as if he's an aeroplane in flight. Arms stretched out to the sides with his...
by Rosamund Kendal
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Life in the San le Mer golfing eco-estate on the KZN north coast seems idyllic. With its diplomatic-level security, smarmy country club and resort-style pools and restaurants, it is home to the rich, famous, and infamous. But beneath the luxurious and well-manicured surface, corruption, lechery, evil,...