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Traces the history of innovations from precolonial times and examines precolonial settlements in southern Africa such as Mapungubwe in LImpopo Province, Bokoni in Mpumalanga Province and Msuluzi in KwaZulu-Natal Province from the perspective of their indigenious technological efforts to harness nature for communal benefit.

Author and photographer Mats Svensson began work in Jerusalem with Swedish development assistance and quickly realised that the world he had wandered into was far worse off than what he had read. Through the lens of his camera and captured in his own words, he documents the daily horrors that he witnessed during long treks through occupied territory.

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The fieldwork and case studies contained in this book were gathered from one-on-one interviews with residents of four of South Africa's nine provinces (Western Cape, Northern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and Gauteng). It provides insights into their daily lives and details the problems, frustrations, and hopes of residents of some of the country's most conflicted areas.

South Africa and the Global Hydrogen Economy is the publication of a MISTRA research project on the use of strategic minerals in the global putative hydrogen economy. The book highlights the global significance of platinum group metals (PGM) and explores the strategic opportunities that arise out of South Africa's endowment of these strategic resources

A memoir of Denis Goldberg, anti-apartheid activist, and comrade of Nelson Mandela, who spent 22 years in prison. Goldberg writes about the often painful road to freedom, about the joy of love and death, human dignity, political passion, comradeship, and conflict between comrades to give readers an insight into this important chapter in South African history.

A thoughtful collection of newspaper articles and speeches, this book offers a compelling indigenous African perspective on contemporary issues and traditional values. With a framework for an alternative view on current affairs in South Africa, this new edition includes all of the original columns plus nine additional chapters.

Challenging the standard approaches to social development practice and offering South African case studies as examples, this sociological work explores the relationship between government and communities. More than just a compendium of aggregate national and international data regarding social development practices, the book looks at the unique experiences of three South African communities, providing ample lessons for discourse.

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The first of three volumes, this account chronicles the story of one of South Africa's greatest artists, Dumile Feni. Detailing Feni's life from his birth in 1942 through his departure from South Africa in 1968, this beautifully illustrated work - with hundreds of Feni's artworks and photographs - offers a riveting account of a struggling artist's life during apartheid.

Challenging the idea that Africans are collectivists first and people second, this lyrical and philosophical book focuses on the human experiences of HIV/AIDS in lieu of focusing on the need for information about the disease. Providing new perspectives, this account invites readers to engage with African people and advocates recognition and hope on their behalf.

Today, more often than not, the Christian faithful are led to believe that money will buy their salvation, and that tithing is not an option but a mandatory act. This book confronts issues of Church corruption and, through Jack's story, exposes the sickness of greed, lies, and manipulation that is now spread worldwide and across denominations. Supported by passages from scripture, this inspirational account affirms that tithing is not sanction...

Providing insight into South African values and culture, this book is a comprehensive study of the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) and its role in history. Essentially, it examines the Contralesa's position during the Mass Democratic Movement's struggles in the late 1980s - when liberation movements were unbanned and their leaders were released from jail - as well as during the post-1994 era of Nelson Mandela.

A collection of favourite recipes by Nelson Mandela's personal chef, this contains the food served to visiting heads of state, celebrities, and politicians for more than 20 years. Featuring some of the former South African president's favourite meals, including samp and beans, farm chicken, and tripe, this cookbook also features paella, prawn curry, and a myriad of other delights. Handwritten notes from Mandela and Oprah Winfrey are also inclu...

Using a thousand images of past and present, The World That Made Mandela moves from rural villages to the hectic metropolis, from District Six to Robben Island. Tracing his footsteps through sites of public struggle and private development, it illuminates many hidden spaces in South African history, while casting new light on the familiar.

Celebrates the life of this remarkable talent and global icon of music, style, and history. It chronicles Makeba's entire life, from her early days growing up on the Rand and performing with the Manhattan Brothers, to her departure from South Africa. It also details Miriam's life in America and friendship with Harry Belafonte, her performance for President John F. Kennedy alongside Marilyn Monroe, her marriage to Stokely Carmichael, and her li...

The Great Recession stands as the most significant crisis of global capitalism since the 1930s, both in scope and intensity. This book examines the crisis from theoretical and empirical perspectives. Running throughout is the idea that the state has a critical role to play in reconfiguring social relations, proceeding from the perspective that markets, left to their own devices, can wreak havoc on the commons.