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A celebration in pictures and words of the arresting beauty of the landscapes of Namibia and of the centrality of land in the culture, history, politics and daily lives of its people. The book seeks to uncover the rare essence that marks the landscape of Namibia apart from all others. Few countries in the world are richer than Namibia in its

Al Venter regards himself an African a white African, but as much a part of the fascinating and often troubled continent on which he was born as his Zulu and Swahili speaking contemporaries.

A comprehensive collection of South African "veld" remedies.

Samantha Steadman and her friends are back at boarding school - and facing a whole range of exciting new challenges!

In 1799 four missionaries - two English and two Dutch - arrived at the Cape, having been sent out by the London missionary society.

Often designated as illegal immigrants, an African person who cannot speak an indigenous language is clearly foreign, a threat and thus a potential target for abuse. Such stereotyping helps create and reinforce a xenophobic climate. The papers in this book explore and attempt to understand the nature of the phenomenon.

The story of the old days, our story, that of the slow emergence of the hominid, the difficult breakthrough of consciousness, the heavy rising of body to erect stance and the touching instability of first bipedalism, the clumsiness of first attempts to shape stone and the moving tenacity to improve them.

Examines the global ripples across political, business and the economic spectrums as a result of the September 11th attacks and how what was learned can be applied today & in the future.

Separating fact from folklore, " Silence of the Guns" examines the history of this unique weapon, from its original use as a fort battery weapon, to its usage on the battlefield.

A highly accessible examination of an international phenomenon

This book looks at how the war impacted upon a particular community - that of Pretoria, the capital of the Transvaal republic and the seat of the Boer government.When the war clouds gathered, how did Pretorians react? What were their emotions when war broke out and how did they cope with wartime conditions?

This concise history of the Anglo-Boer War, a prize-winning work which was originally written in Afrikaans, is the ideal book for those who want an overview of the military fortunes of the two warring parties.

The Magaliesberg by Vincent Carruthers is a reprint of the highly successful book that first appeared in 1990. The book is a valuable source of information about the Magaliesberg, including the history of man in the area, from archaeological evidence thousands of years ago, to the battles fought between different groups in more recent times.

Through her captivating photographs and absorbing text, Amy Schoeman shares with the reader the strange beauties of the Skeleton Coast.

When Samantha Steadman starts high school at a boarding school in the Ukahlamba Drakensberg mountains, little does she know that she will soon be engaged in an ecological war for the survival of the endangered leatherback turtle.

Francois Stephanus Malan (1871-1940), an Afrikaner newspaper editor and politician, is one of the most complex figures in South African history. In an era of racism, oppression and exploitation when whites regarded blacks as a barbarous threat to their supremacy he refused to pander to these fears.

Nicol Stassen devotes, among others, an entire chapter to the gripping story of the Dorsland (Thirstland) Trekkers and their adventures.

As a land artist Strijdom van der Merwe uses the materials provided by the chosen site. His sculptural forms take shape in relation to the landscape. What remains is a photographic image, a fragment of the imagination.

It is the story of legendary hunter/poacher S.C. Barnard 'Bvekenya' who lived in the Limpopo River region. It tells of his hunting expeditions that revolved around Crook's Corner, where he could take refuge from the county's police.

Witchcraft accusations and violence are generating new forms of popular justice that threaten to destabilize the state s administration of justice. What is to be done?