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Breaking Bread: A Memoir

Jonathan Jansen, Breaking Bread: A Memoir (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2024) This is the story of a transformational journey from…

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The Truth about Cape Slavery

Patric Tariq Mellet, The Truth about Cape Slavery: The Foundations of Colonial South Africa (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2024) CAPE…

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Hunting with the Hawks: Untold Stories from the Elite South African Crime-Fighting Unit

Graham Coetzer, Hunting with the Hawks: Untold Stories from the Elite South African Crime-Fighting Unit (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2024)…

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Hunting the Seven: How the Gugulethu Seven Assassins were Exposed

Beverley Roos-Muller, Hunting the Seven: How the Gugulethu Seven Assassins were Exposed (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2024) THE…

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High Times: The Extraordinary Life of a Joburg Dope Smuggler

Roy Isacowitz and Jeremy Gordin, High Times: The Extraordinary Life of a Joburg Dope Smuggler (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2024)…

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Botha, Smuts and the First World War

Antonio Garcia and Ian van der Waag, Botha, Smuts and the First World War (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2024) MEMORIALS…

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The First Black Dominican Sisters in Natal (1922‒39): At the Crossroads of Race and Gender

Philippe Denis, The First Black Dominican Sisters in Natal (1922‒39): At the Crossroads of Race and Gender (Pietermaritzburg: University…

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Crash and Burn: A CEO’s Crazy Adventures in the SA Airline Industry

Glenn Orsmond, Crash and Burn: A CEO’s Crazy Adventures in the SA Airline Industry (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2024) FOR…

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Prisoners of Jan Smuts: Italian Prisoners of War in South Africa in WWII

Karen Horn, Prisoners of Jan Smuts: Italian Prisoners of War in South Africa in WWII (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2024)…

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Saving South Africa: Lessons from the uMngeni Municipality Success Story

Chris Pappas and Sandile Mnikathi, Saving South Africa: Lessons from the uMngeni Municipality Success Story (Johannesburg: Pan Macmillan, 2024)…

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