Серия "Tafelberg Kort/Tafelberg Short"

The story behind the story of a copyright saga that made international headlines. After Solomon Linda, a struggling South African musician, composed what became the world-renowned song The Lion Sleeps Tonight, he signed away his rights. Copyright expert Owen Dean tells the gripping story of the battle for reparation for the impoverished Linda family and how he took on international entertainment companies. A legal thriller with a happy ending.

Reading the script of Invictus, finding a new – anti-slavery Afrikaans – name for Mandela's Cape Town home, discussing awkward issues like HIV or coloured politics: through all these Wilmot James's admiration for Mandela's values and fearlessness g

Steve Biko made a deep impression on youngsters in his hometown, Ginsberg. Among them was Xolela Mangcu, who here delves into Biko's own childhood: Steve as prankster at Forbes Grant school, and his lack of interest in politics – until, at St Francis College, his brother Khaya is arrested and Steve too is bundled into a police car. Mangcu looks at how Biko has affected the course of his own life – and at the legacy he left, giving us the courage and the language to claim our freedom.

The battle for Mangaung will be lost and won on different fronts, as was the case at Polokwane. Astute political observer Aubrey Matshiqi takes a sharp look at the various players, from the intelligence community to the courts, the alliance and the media, as he casts his searchlight on the 'deep state', moral bankruptcy and bad leadership. A sobering, razor-sharp analysis of the uncomfortable 'Zuma moment'.

The post-Apartheid era shows fascinating echoes of the era after the Boer War: Afrikaners learning that they can win by 'losing', the trade-off between vengeance and forbearance, and a worrying trajectory towards nationalism. Efforts to reconcile 'the nation' are treacherous and demand trade-offs. Tim Cohen looks at how Louis Botha and Nelson Mandela managed the transitions they were overseeing – and how both suffered the backlash. Is reconciliation even possible?

Much of the country's political future is determined by the ANC's internal elections. Here political analyst Susan Booysen gives an incisive breakdown of the cutthroat elections of Polokwane in 2007 and Mangaung in 2012, which will set a course for the party and its potential for renewal for years to come – and for South Africa.

South African women's fertility poses a puzzle: despite immense poverty, our population is growing very slowly, against all international experience. Sadly, this cannot be attributed to the empowerment of women… Activist and analyst Rhoda Kadalie and her daughter Julia Pollak take a hard look at the politics behind our low fertility rate and related quandaries: low use of contraception and staggering rates of teen pregnancy. A wake-up call and a call to action.

Politieke straatgevegte is aan die orde van die dag en leiers skiet klaaglik te kort. Waar staan ons land vandag, amper agtien jaar ná die demokratiese oorgang? Jan-Jan Joubert, bekende politieke ontleder, betoog dat hoewel die land se puberteit nie sonder storm en drang is nie, alles nie net bleek lyk nie. Hy kyk indringend na sosiale euwels, ekonomiese kwessies en die lesse van Marikana in 'n deurdagte blik op die stand van die nasie.

Die lewe en politiek van Hendrik Verwoerd – met nuwe inligting gevind deur gerekende historikus Hermann Giliomee. 'n Insiggewende en deurdagte kyk na Verwoerd se beleide en keuses, en hoe hulle vandag nog Suid-Afrika beïnvloed. Hoe kon so 'n intelligente persoon vir so lank help om 'n onderdrukkende stelsel te handhaaf? Giliomee soek die antwoord.

Dis stiller, veiliger … en verveliger? Onwillige Voortrekkers is wat Fred de Vries die 21ste eeuse Afrikaners noem wat hulle oorsee gevestig het. Hoe ervaar hulle die lewe in Perth of Melbourne? Is dit nie net sissies of verraaiers wat die hasepad kies nie? Fred gesels o.a. met die Claassens, die De Villierse van Fremantle en Frikkie Kotzé wat Potch vir Perth verruil het. In Melbourne kuier hy by die filosoof Johann Rossouw, wat uiteindelik tog huistoe kom. Aangrypend.

Unless it can improve its universities, Africa risks losing out in a globalised knowledge economy. Yet many African universities, including South Africa's, are under threat with policies and management styles too frequently inimical to academic quality. Focusing on recent developments at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), RW Johnson is scathing about 'nationalist fundamentalism' and the 'Big Man' syndrome. A hard-hitting look at the state of African and South...

With Jacob Zuma presiding over an inept kleptocracy lurching from one dysfunction to the next, clearly what was needed was a distraction from bigger issues . . . and so Africa's oldest liberation movement launched a crazed assault on artistic freedom by mobilising against a painting featuring Zuma's penis. . . With razor sharp wit, journalist and commentator Andrew Donaldson explores what can be termed the ruling party's Achilles 'piel'.

South Africa suffers a crisis of leadership. Yet history offers many an example of spectacular, authentically African leaders, untouched by white influence. Max du Preez has unearthed new data on visionary leaders Maqoma, Mohlomi and especially Moshoeshoe, who founded a peaceful nation through persuasion and prosperity. Moshoeshoe, embracing diversity and new technologies, knew that nothing threatens a nation more than poverty. An absorbing and timely look at what African leaders can be.

Do you work yourself to death without making enough money? Are you are at the crossroads and don't know where to turn next? If your small business dream has turned into a nightmare, then this book is for you. Business consultant and popular blogger Bertie du Plessis provides you with sensible, realistic ways of getting yourself out of the mess – and into the black. Packed with hard-won, straight-talking advice along with the home truths you need to know in order to survive and thrive.

The R250-million upgrades to President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla estate have tainted his image in the eyes of South Africa and the world. It may even signal the demise of his presidency. The story of Nkandla goes back to 2004 and Zuma’s connection to Shabir Shaik. In the ensuing years, there have been numerous reports about the lavish spending at the president’s home and in the Nkandla district, and questions about where the money came from and who exactly benefitted. City Press and...