Jacana Media: 155 books
Up in Arms
Pursuing Accountability for the Arms Deal in Parliament
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
“This book is not so much a political autobiography as an account from a personal point of view of a momentous series of events in the life of South Africa’s second democratic Parliament, and my role in them as a public representative, when the executive and legislature faced each other in a standoff...
by Grizelda Grootboom
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Exit! is the story of Grizelda Grootboom life of prostitution and her ultimate escape from it all. Grizelda's life was dramatically changed when she was gang raped at the age of nine by teenagers in her township. Her story starts there. It is a story about the cycle of poverty, family abandonment,...
by Fred Khumalo
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
This multilayered family saga is a riveting tale of love, betrayal, and a search for identity—sexual and otherwise. Sis Lettie, the streetwise philosopher of the shebeens and entrepreneur par excellence, and her son Kokoroshe, a street urchin turned lawyer, are at the center of this dark and understated novel.
Empty Plate
Why We Are Losing the Battle for Our Food System, Why It Matters, and How We Can Win It Back
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Why is it that food prices are so high that millions of South African families go hungry, while the prices paid to farmers for that same food are so low that many cannot stay in business? Why are the people who produce our food – farmworkers – among the most insecure of all? Why do high levels...
New Markets, New Mindsets
Creating Wealth with South Africa's Low-Income Communities Through Partnership and Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Doing business with low-income communities which academics and practitioners have christened the base of the pyramid’ (BoP) now includes a focus on creating sustainable markets with the potential to realise future profit simply milking’ a market for the next quarter’s profits is...
Entrepreneurship 101
Tackling the Basics of Business Start-Up in South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Entrepreneurship 101 aims to educate South Africans about the fundamentals of entrepreneurship while looking at a uniquely South African business environment. This book will help aspirant entrepreneurs understand the very basics of running a business in South Africa. It will discuss what entrepreneurship...
by Samantha Cowen
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
“My name is Samantha and I’m an alcoholic."“At the time of writing, I’ve been sober for 13 years, 11months and 16 days. And yes I still count. I promised Iwould never speak about it publicly until my childrenunderstood what that meant, that mommy was an alcoholic.I think they may have...
Still Grazing
The Musical Journey of Hugh Masekela
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Hugh Masekela is a prodigiously talented giant of jazz and world music, and a pioneer in sharing the voice and spirit of South Africa with the rest of the world, but his globetrotting tale transcends music. First published in the USA in 2004, this autobiography shares with rich detail Masekela’s...
Tommy Boys, Lesbian Men, and Ancestral Wives
Female Same-Sex Practices in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2006
A vivid portrait of homosexual African women, this collection of essays examines and celebrates same-sex practices while acknowledging their taboo status in many African cultures. From Uganda to Namibia, governmental homophobia and female strength are among the thoroughly discussed issues.
With My Head above the Parapet
An Insider Account of the ANC in Power
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Ben Turok, a former antiapartheid activist and veteran ANC MP, played a key role in the writing of the Freedom Charter, in particular its chapter dealing with economic equality. In November 2011, he broke party ranks and did not vote for the controversial Protection of Information Bill, also known...
The Class of '79
Three Students Who Risked Their Lives to Destroy Apartheid
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Out of the class of 1979 at Rhodes University one of the quietest girls in the class, Marion Sparg joined the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC) Umkhonto we Sizwe, trained in exile in Angola, and was eventually convicted of bombing three police stations. The Cape Times journalist Zubeida...
by Melinda Ferguson, Lindiwe Hani
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
When Chris Hani, leader of the South African Communist Party and heir apparent to Nelson Mandela, was brutally slain in his driveway in April 1993, he left a shocked and grieving South Africa on the precipice of civil war. But to 12-year-old Lindiwe, it was the love of her life, her daddy, who had...
Reflecting Rogue
Inside the Mind of a Feminist
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Reflecting Rogue is the much anticipated and brilliant collection of experimental autobiographical essays on power, pleasure and South African culture by Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola.In her most personal book to date, written from classic Gqola anti-racist, feminist perspectives, Reflecting Rogue delivers...
by Garth Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Aimed at informing and educating on wildlife guiding in Africa’s many diverse parks and safari areas, this resource provides aspiring navigators with complete information on the necessary qualifications and requirements to gain access to this growing field. A wide range of subjects are expertly...