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2018
NONFICTION
FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE
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AFRICA WORK
Greg Mills, Olusegun Obasanjo,
Jeffrey Herbst and Dickie Davis
Sub-Saharan Africa faces three big
challenges over the next generation. It will
double its population to two billion by 2045.
By then more than half of Africans will be
living in cities. And this group of mostly
young people will be connected through
mobile devices.
Properly harnessed and planned for, these
are positive forces for change. Without
economic growth and jobs, they could
prove a political and social catastrophe.
Old systems of patronage and muddling
through will no longer work.
Making Africa Work is a practical
account of how to ensure growth beyond
commodities, and to create jobs. It’s a
handbook for dynamic leadership inside
and outside the continent.
Making Africa Work April 2017
Greg Mills, Olusegun Obasanjo, 336 pp
Jeffrey Herbst and Dickie Davis ISBN: 9780624080275
THE AUTHORS
Dr Greg Mills heads the Johannesburg-based Brenthurst Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is a former
Foundation, established in 2005 by the Oppenheimer president of Nigeria and chairperson of the
family to strengthen Africa’s economic performance. He African Union. He was a career soldier before
has published more than 25 books and has lectured at serving twice as his country’s head of state.
universities and institutions in Africa and abroad. Obasanjo is the author of several books,
including his autobiography, My Watch,
Jeffrey Herbst is an American political scientist, the published in three parts.
former 16th President of Colgate University, and currently
President and CEO of the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Dickie Davis is the Managing Director of
Herbst has written extensively on political and international Nant Enterprises Ltd and an associate of the
affairs in Africa. Johannesburg-based Brenthurst Foundation.
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CURRENT AFFAIRS
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PRESIDENT’S
KEEPERS
Jacques Pauw
Investigative journalist Jacques Pauw
exposes the darkest secret at the
heart of Jacob Zuma’s compromised
government: a cancerous cabal that
eliminates the president’s enemies
and purges the law-enforcement
agencies of good men and women.
As Zuma fights for his political life
following the 2017 Gupta emails leak,
this cabal – the president’s keepers –
ensures that after years of ruinous
rule, he remains in power and out
of prison. But is Zuma the puppet
master, or their puppet?
Journey with Pauw as he explores
the shadow mafia state. From
KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape
More than
10pi0es0so0ld0.
to the corridors of power in Pretoria
and Johannesburg – and even to
co clandestine meetings in Russia. It’s
a trail of lies and spies, cronies, cash
and kingmakers as Pauw prises open
The biggest book in the web of deceit that surrounds the
South Africa since 1994. fourth president of the democratic era.
The President’s Keepers October 2017 | 352 pp
Jacques Pauw ISBN: 9780624083030
THE AUTHOR
Veteran journalist, film-maker and author Jacques Pauw has won awards locally and
internationally, including CNN African Journalist of the Year, Award for Outstanding International
Investigative Reporting and the Nat Nakasa award for bravery and integrity in journalism. He is
the author of In the Heart of the Whore, Dances with Devils and Rat Roads.
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TRUTH, LIES
AND ALIBIS
Fred Bridgland
On New Year’s Eve in 1988, 14-year-
old Stompie Moeketsi was beaten
to within an inch of his life. He was
stabbed and dumped in the veld on
the outskirts of Soweto. The discovery
of the boy’s body did not even make
the news but when he was identified
six weeks later, the trail led to Winnie
Madikizela-Mandela and the feared
Mandela United Football Club.
With the world’s eyes turned to SA
and its hard-won transition story, an
uncomfortable story of Madikizela-
Mandela emerged as her trial, appeal
and the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission became entangled
in a web of secrecy and lies, racial
tension and political expediency. Was
she above the law? How did Nelson
Mandela try to protect her? What THE AUTHOR
does it mean for politicians’ respect Fred Bridgland is a veteran foreign correspondent and
for the rule of law in the democratic author who has covered southern and central Africa for
era? Veteran correspondent Fred Reuters, the Sunday Telegraph and The Scotsman. In an
Bridgland, who covered South Africa international scoop he discovered and revealed exclusively
for UK newspapers at the time, South Africa’s covert 1975-76 invasion of Angola, at the
reinvestigates. behest of Western powers. He lives in Edinburgh.
Truth, Lies and Alibis October 2018 | 312 pp
Fred Bridgland ISBN: 9780624084259
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CURRENT AFFAIRS
STEINHEIST
Rob Rose
The crash of Steinhoff wiped
billions off the Johannesburg
Stock Exchange, off the net worth
of tycoon Christo Wiese and off
the pension funds of millions of
ordinary South Africans. When
this darling of international
investors was exposed as a
house of cards, the shock waves
reverberated around the world
as tales of fraudulent accounting,
fast living, race horses, a mistress
and the ‘Stellenbosch mafia’
hit the headlines. As did the
recriminations. How did Markus
Jooste construct the scheme?
Who was in on it? Was Steinhoff’s
high-powered board deceived
or party to the play? As investors THE AUTHOR
and regulators continue to tally up Award-winning journalist Rob Rose is editor of the Financial
the cost, no one is better placed Mail. He has worked for Business Day and at the Sunday
than Rose to get to the bottom of Times as an investigative journalist and as Business Times
the biggest corporate scandal in editor. His first book was The Grand Scam: How Barry
South Africa’s history. Tannenbaum Conned South Africa’s Business Elite.
Steinheist November 2018 | 336 pp
Rob Rose ISBN: 9780624085973
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THE LOST BOYS
OF BIRD ISLAND
Mark Minnie and Chris Steyn
It is the late 1980s. Serious allegations
surface against three prominent National
Party cabinet ministers, one of them the
second-most powerful man in the land.
They are, it is said, regularly abusing young
boys on an island just off the coast of
Port Elizabeth.
From opposite ends of South Africa, a brave
cop and a driven journalist investigate.
Mark Minnie and Chris Steyn independently
uncover evidence of a dark secret. But
the case only surfaces briefly before it
disappears completely.
Thirty years later, the two finally connect
the dots to expose this shocking story of
criminality, cover-ups and official complicity
in the rape and possible murder of children,
most of them vulnerable and black. BEST-
SELLER
The Lost Boys of Bird Island August 2018 | 224 pp
Mark Minnie and Chris Steyn ISBN: 9780624081432
THE AUTHORS
The late Mark Minnie was a former Chris Steyn is an investigative writer and journalist.
policeman who worked as a detective Over the years, she has worked for the Rand Daily
in the narcotics branch of the SA Police Mail, The Star and the Cape Times. She was editor of the
Force in the 1980s. After leaving South investigative unit of sixteen newspapers in the Independent
Africa in 2007, he acquired a teaching Newspapers group. She went into exile to avoid
certificate through Cambridge University imprisonment for refusing to testify against a source. She
in London and moved to China where he was arrested and tried for protesting against an apartheid
worked as English examiner and teacher. government proclamation that drastically curtailed press
He was passionate about his work, as a freedom. She is the proud owner of a bookshop in
policeman, teacher and writer. Hermanus, the seaside village that she now calls home.
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CURRENT AFFAIRS
POACHER
Kimon de Greef and
Shuhood Abader
Poacher is an unprecedented inside
view of South Africa’s illicit abalone
trade, a lawless underwater treasure
hunt for a marine snail prized as a
delicacy in China. In the last 25 years
poaching syndicates have harvested
and smuggled more than 40,000
tons of the coveted shellfish, avoiding
all attempts by authorities to shut
the trade down. Shuhood Abader, a
poacher of considerable repute, began
writing his life story in prison, revealing
in rich detail some of the backstory to
South Africa’s abalone poaching crisis.
Here he collaborates with Cape Town
journalist Kimon de Greef who has
been writing about abalone poaching
for years. Together they peel back the
layers on one of the world’s strangest
illegal commodity trades, showing how
the pursuit of status in China plugged
into South Africa’s criminal underworld
and drove a rush for abalone that
continues to this day.
Poacher: Confessions from September 2018
the Abalone Underworld 224 pp
Kimon de Greef and Shuhood Abader ISBN: 9780795708671
THE AUTHORS
Kimon de Greef is a freelance journalist with a particular Shuhood Abader tells the story of his
interest in writing about illicit economies. His work has been experiences as an abalone poacher –
published in national and international media, including Al a reflection of the illegal abalone industry
Jazeera America, the Mail & Guardian, VICE Magazine, The in South Africa since the mid-90s.
Guardian (UK), Africa Geographic, The Times (South Africa), Shuhood Abader is a pseudonym.
GroundUp News and The New York Post.
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Pieces by Pumla Dineo Gqola, Helen Moffett,
Rebecca Davis, Gabeba Baderoon, Ferial Haffajee, Gugs Mhlungu,
Nomalanga Mkhize, Genna Gardini and others.
FEMINISM IS
Edited by Jen Thorpe
A collection of fresh, contemporary
feminist writing from South
Africans. In an accessible and
engaging way, the book delves
into what feminism means today.
It explores feminist inspiration,
feminist anger, inclusions and
exclusions, inter-generational
issues, and the varied ways to
engage in feminist practice.
This collection will inspire, inform
and stimulate, and it will reaffirm
the importance of feminism.
Feminism Is
Edited by Jen Thorpe
February 2018 | 320 pp
ISBN: 9780795708275
THE AUTHOR
Jen Thorpe is a feminist writer and researcher based in Cape Town. Jen
published her first novel, The Peculiars, in 2016 which was long-listed for the
Etisalat Prize and the Sunday Times Fiction Prize. Jen has published poetry, flash
fiction, and short stories on many platforms including Aerodrome and BooksLive.
For more http://jen-thorpe.com
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CURRENT AFFAIRS
SALA KAHLE,
DISTRICT SIX
Nomvuyo Ngcelwane
‘With tears in my eyes I took a last
glimpse at No. 22 Cross Street as
we turned into Stuckeris Street.
“Sala kahle, District Six,”
I whispered.’
Nomvuyo Ngcelwane grew up in
the heart of District Six. In beautiful
detail, she tells of life in a bustling
community, of their interesting
social lives and the vibrant
atmosphere one has come to
associate with District Six.
Twenty years since original
publication, Ngcelwane’s story
is still relevant today and paints
a captivating history of black
people living in District Six before THE AUTHOR
forced removals took place. She Nomvuyo Ngcelwane was born in District Six and lived
writes with great honesty, warmth, there for twenty years until forced removals in 1963. Born into
humour and heart. More than a family of teachers, and being a teacher herself, Ngcelwane
fifty years since forced goodbyes, is a retired Circuit Manager of the Western Cape Education
Ngcelwane’s memoir reiterates Department. She now lives in Khayelitsha and is a dedicated
the need for social justice and member of the Methodist Church in Mandalay.
casts a light on the memories
forgotten by some.
‘Sala Kahle, District Six is free of posturing.
Sala Kahle, District Six It has great documentary value. The fact that
Nomvuyo Ngcelwane it is the memoir of a black woman adds to its
April 2018 | 192 pp
ISBN: 9780795708466 already considerable interest.’
- Vincent Kolbe
8 FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2018 | www.nb.co.zaTRUE CRIME
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INTERNATIONAL FILM PRODUC
TION
MURDERS COMPANY COMFLIX
Julian Jansen
Can drugs, jealousy and money drive a
normal twenty-year-old to pick up an axe
and wipe out nearly his whole family?
This is the question on everyone’s lips
after the brutal Van Breda murders.
With insider’s access to the family,
investigative journalist Julian Jansen
writes about the murders that shook
the country.
The Van Breda’s looked like the perfect
family: wealthy, successful and well-
known. In the luxurious De Zalze estate
they lived a seemingly picture-perfect life.
But one night in January 2015 all this
changed when three of the family
members were brutally axed to death
in their own home.
With the teenaged daughter of the family,
Marli, having no recollection of that
horrific night, Henri is the only person
who knows what truly happened.
But he is suspected of the triple murder.
THE AUTHOR
While he tries to prove his innocence in
court, the whole country is speculating Julian Jansen is an author and award-winning
investigative journalist. He was one of the first journalists
about whether the Van Breda couple’s
on the scene of the De Zalze murders. He investigated
own child was the one who lifted the axe
the case in depth and reported on it for the Sunday
and why he might have…
weeklies Rapport and City Press, where he has been
working for over a decade. He and his family live in
Strand, Cape Town.
The De Zalze Murders: The Story December 2017
Behind the Brutal Axe Attack 304 pp
Julian Jansen ISBN: 9780624082149
FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2018 | www.nb.co.za 9BIOGRAPHICAL AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
By the author of the top-seller Biko: A Biography. This is a radically new
appraisal which challenges the established Mandela narrative.
MANDELA: THE ARISTOCRAT
AND THE REVOLUTION
Xolela Mangcu
Xolela Mangcu’s new appraisal of the
formative influences on Nelson Mandela
challenges convention, presenting
arguments based on previously
unused sources. The Aristocrat and the
Revolution is the first Mandela biography
to draw extensively on original Xhosa
documentation, including polemics in local
newspapers and minutes of the Transkei’s
pseudo-parliament, the Bhunga.
Mangcu provides a novel approach to
understanding both Mandela’s nonracialism
and his pragmatism. He argues that it was
not tribal influences but modernity which
shaped Mandela: His family of Thembu
royalty effectively became the First Family
of the Transkei. They colluded with colonial
governments and missionaries, and were a
family of Anglophiles. With limited self rule,
the Thembu family also had experience of
the realities of governing.
An original analysis which provides Mandela: The Aristocrat
fascinating insights into the development of and the Revolution
Nelson Mandela’s leadership style. Xolela Mangcu
March 2019 | 224 pp
ISBN: 9780624067221
THE AUTHOR
Xolela Mangcu is Professor of Sociology at UCT and resident fellow at the Woodrow Wilson
Center in Washington D.C. He was the Emeka Anyaoku Fellow at the University of London, and
the Oppenheimer Fellow at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Studies at
Harvard. In 2015, he won the prestigious Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship.
10 FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2018 | www.nb.co.zaPRISON TALKS
Willie Esterhuyse and
Gerhard van Niekerk
South Africa, 1984: A country
heading for disaster. The apartheid
government was terrified that
Mandela might die behind bards,
creating a martyr.
In secret, PW Botha gave the order
for negotiations to begin, sending
Minister of Justice Kobie Coetsee to
speak to Mandela. Everything was top
secret. PW Botha needed plausible
deniability if any leaks occurred. But
behind the scenes, trust built between
the leaders of political parties that
were sworn enemies.
Renowned author and academic
Willie Esterhuyse, who was deeply
involved in the negotiations between
the ANC and NP governments, and Die tronkgesprekke
co-author Gerhard van Niekerk tell the Willie Esterhuyse and
Gerhard van Niekerk
story of the frontline diplomacy that
October 2018 | 248 pp
brought us to the transition of 1994. ISBN: 9780624086741
THE AUTHORS
Willie Esterhuyse travels widely as a speaker, Dr Gerhard van Niekerk was managing
and writes for local and international media. His director of Old Mutual. He also served as non-
books include Apartheid Must Die, Anton Rupert: A executive director in numerous organisations,
Biography (with Ebbe Dommisse), Africa: The Time has including Nedbank, CG Smith, Transnet, the
Come, Africa: Define Yourself and Endgame, which was Central African Building Society and the University
made into a film starring William Hunt as Esterhuyse. of Stellenbosch. He lives in Stellenbosch.
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I BEG TO
DIFFER
Peter Storey
‘Let me say to Mr Botha:
Apartheid is doomed! It has been
condemned in the Councils of
God, rejected by every nation
on the planet and is no longer
believed in by the people who
gave it birth. Apartheid is the god
that has failed.’ So preached
Bishop Peter Storey in 1986.
Challenging apartheid wherever
he could, he led the SA Methodist
Church into what many whites saw
as uncomfortable ‘political’ territory.
Join him in his inspiring journey
from sailor-turned-minister to the
South African Council of Churches
leadership in its darkest hour,
I Beg to Differ October 2018 | 496 pp
from tending to Robert Sobukwe
Peter Storey ISBN: 9780624079682 and Nelson Mandela on Robben
Island, through the forced removals
of District Six and to the storm
THE AUTHOR surrounding Stompie Moeketsi’s
murder. I Beg to Differ spans a
Peter Storey is the former bishop of the Methodist parish minister’s sorrows and joys,
Church of Southern Africa and a Distinguished
founding Life Line SA, the bombing
Professor Emeritus of Duke University in North Carolina.
of Khotso House and a close
Once chaplaln to Nelson Mandela on Robben Island,
he founded Life Line SA and Gun Free SA and led the
shave with death with Desmond
South African Council of Churches when it was Tutu. Storey tells how faith helped
a fierce opponent of the apartheid state. him to have the courage of his
convictions amid the tear gas and
violence of the apartheid regime.
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MY FATHER apartheid tragedy, written with wisdom,
warmth and clarity.’
DIED FOR THIS – Ray Hartley
Lukhanyo Calata and
Abigail Calata
When the Cradock Four’s Fort Calata was
murdered by agents of the apartheid state
in 1985 his son, Lukhanyo, was only three
years old. Thirty-one years later Lukhanyo,
now a journalist, becomes one of the SABC
8 when he defies Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s
reign of censorship at the public
broadcaster by writing an open letter that
declares: my father didn’t die for this.
Now, with his wife, Abigail, Lukhanyo
brings to life the father he never knew and
investigates the mystery that, despite two
high-profile inquests, surrounds his death.
Join them in a poignant and inspiring
journey into the history of a remarkable
family. My Father Died for This traces the
struggle against apartheid beginning with
Fort’s grandfather, treason trialist and ANC
secretary-general Canon James Calata.
My Father Died for This April 2018 | 304 pp
Lukhanyo Calata, Abigail Calata ISBN: 9780624081647
THE AUTHORS
Lukhanyo Calata is an award-winning journalist, who Abigail Calata is a former journalist who
worked for eNews – now eNCA – before joining the SABC’s currently works for the Shoprite Group as
parliamentary team in 2011. He became part of the ‘SABC publicity manager: CSI and Africa. She has
8’ in 2016 when he challenged Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s reign worked in the communication departments
of censorship at the public broadcaster. He is the son of of the University of Cape Town and was
Fort Calata, one of four anti-apartheid activists assassinated parliamentary reporter for Beeld and worked in
in 1985. production and the newsroom of Die Burger.
FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2018 | www.nb.co.za 13BIOGRAPHICAL AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
COLOUR ME YELLOW
Thuli Nhlapo
‘I hated being pregnant with you. I cried every day.’
Thuli Nhlapo grew up constantly hearing these words
from her mother. She was seven years old when she
realised that no one called her by name, but rather
‘Boesman’ or ‘yellow’, a derogatory term for South
Africans of mixed race. She thought she had a disease
and started isolating herself from her family and so-
called school friends, always anticipating the bullying.
Thirty years later, Thuli still can’t shake her early
childhood experiences. She confronts her mother
about her real father and real surname. With no direct
THE AUTHOR answers, Thuli embarks on years of searching for the
Thuli Nhlapo is the Managing Director truth to all her childhood questions. In the process she
of her own media company, Thuli Nhlapo uncovers dangerous family secrets.
Media. She has previously worked for
ABC News (USA), Daily Sun and SABC
Colour Me Yellow September 2017 | 224 pp
News as reporter and/or producer. She
Thuli Nhlapo ISBN: 9780795708107
has also written for The Sowetan, Mail &
Guardian and The Star. Nhlapo works as
a Communication Strategist and Content RIGHTS SOLD:
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POLISH RIGHTS (Znak) AND
BEHIND PALACE WALLS PORTUGUESE RIGHTS (Leya)
Cay Garcia
Cay Garcia was given only a few hours to pack up
her belongings, say goodbye to dear friends
and leave Riyadh for good.
She had dared confront a young Saudi princess –
her employer – about her ruthless and cruel
treatment of staff, particularly Filipino women.
Cay reveals the inner workings of a holy city for which
no tourist visa exists. She shares the intrigues of the
expat community and exposes the nasty underbelly
of the extravagant lives of Saudi Arabian royalty.
THE AUTHOR
Behind Palace Walls April 2014 | 240 pp
Cay Garcia ISBN: 9780624066026 Cay Garcia is a pseudonym. The author
currently lives in Cape Town, South Africa.
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LET MY PEOPLE GO ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Albert Luthuli RIGHTS (IB Tauris)
Let My People Go is as much Albert Luthuli’s extraordinary
story as that of the African National Congress, which he
led for fifteen years. He gives a first-hand account of the
repression and resistance that were to shape the South
African political landscape forever: the Defiance Campaign,
which marked the first mass challenge to apartheid, the
drafting of the Freedom Charter, the Treason Trial, the THE AUTHOR
Alexandra bus boycott and the 1959 potato boycott, as well
as the tragedies of Sharpeville, Langa and Nyanga. Chief Albert John Mvumbi
Luthuli, Africa’s first Nobel Peace
Albert Luthuli was also the first black man to receive the Prize Laureate, was President-
Nobel Peace Prize and this book bears witness to Luthuli’s General of the African National
unfailing humility, perseverance, and passionate commitment Congress (ANC) from December
to the values of non-racialism and non-sexism. His vision, 1952 until his death in 1967. Chief
crucial to the shaping of the South Africa we live in today, Luthuli was the most widely known
continues to move and inspire. and respected African leader of
his era. A latecomer to politics, the
Chief was 54 when he assumed
Let My People Go May 2018 | 280 pp
Albert Luthuli ISNB: 9780795708404 the leadership of the ANC.
BIKO: ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Xolela Mangcu
Interest in the iconic Steve Biko has strongly revived, as the
current generation of activists calls on his legacy and thoughts.
Biko is cited and disputed particularly in the #RhodesMustFall
and decolonisation movements. This comprehensive biography,
shortlisted for the Alan Paton award, explores Biko’s life, the people
and ideas that shaped him, and his part in Black Consciousness
and the struggle. Updated in an affordable new edition, Biko: A
Biography presents a new generation with nuanced insights into
the life and thoughts of a South African hero.
Biko: Anniversary Edition THE AUTHOR
Xolela Mangcu
Xolela Mangcu is Professor of Sociology at the
September 2017 | 352 pp
ISBN: 9780624081760 University of Cape Town and resident fellow at the
Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington D.C. He was
the Emeka Anyaoku Fellow at the University of London,
‘Deeply thought-provoking’ and the Oppenheimer Fellow at the Hutchins Center for
African and African American Studies at Harvard. In 2015,
– Tyrone August, Cape Times
he won the prestigious Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship.
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TIES OF BLOOD
Wilhelm Verwoerd
After years of facilitating
reconciliation in Ireland, Wilhelm
Verwoerd wants to make peace
with his own family – especially
in dealing with the legacy of
his grandfather, HF Verwoerd,
who is often called ‘the architect
of apartheid’. In his search for
understanding, he discovers
old diaries belonging to his
grandmother, Betsie Verwoerd,
and talks with friends and
colleagues who suffered under
apartheid, and with his mother
on her experiences of the family.
An intimate, candid look at what
it means to live with integrity in
South Africa.
THE AUTHOR
Wilhelm Verwoerd was born in 1964,
in the heyday of apartheid, which was
infamously formalised by his grandfather
Hendrik Verwoerd. Deeply disillusioned
with the system he was raised in, Wilhelm
joined the ANC in the early 1990s, and
worked for the Truth and Reconciliation
Bloedbande July 2018 | 304 pp
Commission and for reconciliation in
Wilhelm Verwoerd ISBN: 9780624085171
North Ireland and South Africa.
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GERMAN RIGHTS
MANDELA AND ME (TESSA Publishing)
Marianne Thamm
In her first openly personal book,
Marianne Thamm delves deeply into
her own unconventional life story.
Her German father was enlisted by
Hitler and later made munitions for
Verwoerd. He married her Portuguese
mother when she worked as a cleaner
in England. Marianne, an outspoken
feminist and political activist, grew
up tough amid Afrikaans neighbours
in Pretoria’s less salubrious suburbs.
Today she is the proud mother of
two (black) teenagers… Marianne’s
story is the story of the last century,
of the defeat of fascism and bigotry
and a new era ushered in by Nelson
Mandela. It is also the story of the love
of a mother for her children, and how
this changes everything. Sad at times,
deeply moving and, like Marianne,
hugely entertaining, this is a genre-
defying book which will attract
massive attention.
THE AUTHOR Hitler, Verwoerd, Mandela and Me
Marianne Thamm is a top-selling author, Marianne Thamm
September 2016 | 304 pp
comedian and commentator-at-large. She has
ISBN: 9780624075202
written several successful books, including Alison
Botha’s story I Have Life. Marianne’s online following
is huge, she appears live and on TV, and is known
‘An insightful, thoughtful, exhilarating
for her in-depth, off-beat journalism. She is assistant
editor at The Daily Maverick. read about relationships and the
history that defines them.’
– Sue Grant-Marshall, Business Day
FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2018 | www.nb.co.za 17BIOGRAPHICAL AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
FULL-
COLOUR WITH
Y
SCORCHED EXTRAORDINAR
PH OTOG RA PH S
EARTH
Fransjohan Pretorius
The scorched earth policy
followed by the British forces
during the Anglo-Boer War
of 1899–1902 was probably
the most controversial aspect
of this harrowing war. The
concentration camps in which
the women and children were
placed led to bitter memories
and trauma that haunted
Afrikaners and other inhabitants
of South Africa alike for many
years after the war.
The suffering and deaths
in the concentration camps
were used with great effect by
political leaders in the 20th
century to further Afrikaner
nationalism. In this newly
revised edition a group of
eminent historians take a
Scorched Earth June 2017 | 320 pp
fresh look, with the perspective
Fransjohan Pretorius ISBN: 9780624079675
brought about by a hundred
years, at this most controversial
aspect of the war – soberly and THE AUTHOR
with empathy, in the words
of the editor. Fransjohan Pretorius is an author and professor of history
at the University of Pretoria. His pioneering work on the Anglo-
Boer War has led to numerous awards, and he is regarded
a world expert on this topic. His book Life on Commando
During the Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902 was a runner-up for
the prestigious Sunday Times Alan Paton Award.
18 FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2018 | www.nb.co.zaRIGHTS SOLD:
EMILY HOBHOUSE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE
RIGHTS (Little Brown Publishers)
Elsabé Brits
The comprehensive biography of an exceptional
woman who defied stereotype and convention.
Driven by principle and passion, Emily Hobhouse
defied her class position to vociferously oppose
war, both the 1899–1902 South African Anglo-
Boer War and World War One, which led to
accusations of treason against her.
The author, award-winning journalist Elsabé Brits,
was fascinated by Emily Hobhouse’s conviction
and activism and spent two years travelling in
her footsteps to retrace her often astonishing
story. She found a direct descendant of Emily
Hobhouse’s brother living in Canada, who had a
trunk full of Hobhouse’s incomplete handwritten
autobiography, along with some of Hobhouse’s
other documents and photographs.
Quoting from this and other new sources, Brits
brings to life for contemporary readers a feisty
feminist heroine who would not stop fighting, in Emily Hobhouse: Beloved Traitor
Elsabé Brits
this beautifully illustrated full-colour book. August 2016 | 336 pp
ISBN: 9780624076629
THE AUTHOR
Elsabé Brits is an award-winning South African journalist and author. She was a specialist
science reporter at the Afrikaans daily newspaper Die Burger for seventeen years, and now
writes for leading online news platform Netwerk24. She lives in Cape Town.
FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2018 | www.nb.co.za 19BIOGRAPHICAL AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
YOU HAVE TO
BE GAY TO
KNOW GOD
Siya Khumalo
‘On 31 December 2012, a colleague
picked up a steak knife from a cutlery
tray. He yelled, “Angi-gay, mina!’ — ‘I’m
not gay!” — and came at me with it.’
Siya Khumalo grew up in a Durban
township where one fiery sermon
could whip up a lynch mob against
those considered ‘different’; in Siya’s
case, being gay was ‘different’. Thus
began Siya’s exploration into sex,
politics and religion. His explorations
unmask techniques used by the
power-brokers of our time and
shows how gay people, in particular,
bear the brunt of politicians’ and
pastors’ schemes to gain wealth by
fleecing the poor and harnessing
popular prejudices.
Khumalo tackles DA vs ANC,
unpacks corrective rape, and African
cultures and communities and
THE AUTHOR how these things affect gay people.
After being reprimanded at a party for ‘talking Splicing in political and religious
about religion, politics and sex’, Siya Khumalo commentary and using his own life
decided to wrestle with these topics full-time. He is experiences to make sense of these
often interviewed on radio stations and on media topics, Khumalo promises that a
platforms for his controversial take on current affairs. reader brave enough to meet him in
He writes regularly for The Daily Maverick.
the pages of this book, will transcend
their notions of ‘normal’.
You Have to be Gay to Know God April 2018 | 288 pp
Siya Khumalo ISBN: 9780795708244
20 FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2018 | www.nb.co.zaTO SURVIVE
AND SUCCEED
Mkhuseli Khusta Jack
Successful businessman Mkhuseli
Khusta Jack overcame incredible
odds after being evicted from his
farm home at the age of six with
his eight siblings. Desperate for
schooling, he walked for kilometres,
slept in outbuildings, begged for an
education and eventually enrolled at
the age of ten. But the political climate
was volatile and he quickly became
involved in politics. As an activist, he
was arrested on several occasions,
most notably during the 1980 school
boycotts. He helped establish the
PE Youth Congress, one of the many
organisations that joined the UDF.
Jack was instrumental in organising
the consumer boycott campaign.
He was arrested, jailed and tortured
for his role in the movement. Before
Mandela’s release, Jack was amongst
the political consultants during the
democratic negotiations but decided THE AUTHOR
to finally finish his studies and chose Mkhuseli Khusta Jack holds a BA Hon. degree and
education above politics. serves on the boards of Irvin & Johnson, Absa’s Batho
Bonke, Algoa FM & Save South Africa etc. He was a
student activist and a founding member of PEYCO,
and part of the formation of the UDF. He lives with his
wife Karen and two kids in PE, and is a successful
businessman today.
To Survive and Succeed September 2018 | 244 pp
Mkhuseli Khusta Jack ISBN: 9780795708619
FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2018 | www.nb.co.za 21MILITARY HISTORY
1 RECCE:
THE NIGHT
BELONGS TO US
Alexander Strachan
1-Recce was the sharpest, most versatile
and deadliest specialist unit in the
entire South African army. These men
were super fit, unbelievably tough and
stopped at nothing. Time and again they
put their lives at risk in the execution of
highly secret operations behind enemy
lines.
For decades these missions have
been kept secret. Now, for the first time,
the Recces’ most famous generals
(including the legendary colonel Jan
Breytenbach) reveal their involvement in
many highly sensitive political operations.
Explosive revelations are made of a
collapsed mission to blow up key ANC
figures in the final years of the apartheid
era. They tell of 1-Recce’s involvement in
the controversial Border War and reveal
the existence of a top secret squadron in
the then Rhodesian army.
1 Recce: The Night Belongs to Us After years of myths and secrecy, this
Alexander Strachan
book gives a new perspective on the
October 2018 | 352 pp
ISBN: 9780624081524 Recces and the way they operated
invisibly behind the scenes.
THE AUTHOR
Alexander Strachan received the Eugène Marais prize for his first book,
a collection of short stories, ’n Wêreld sonder grense. His debut novel, Die
jakkalsjagter, brought him the De Kat/Potpourri prize. This was followed by
Die werfbobbejaan, Agter die suikergordyn, Dwaalpoort and Brandwaterkom,
for which he received the kykNET-Rapport prize.
22 FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2018 | www.nb.co.zaWHITE
TERRORISTS
Albert Blake
This part of Afrikaner history is largely
unknown: During the years of the
existence of the Ossewabrandwag,
white terrorists – militant Afrikaners –
planted bombs, blasted power stations
and carried out assassinations. This
terror campaign brought South Africa
very close to anarchy during the 1940s.
A true story of sabotage, spying
intrigues, controversial treason cases
and daring escape attempts. What did
these Afrikaners fight for? Were they
traitors or patriots? THE AUTHOR
Albert Blake is the author of the bestselling
Wit terroriste Boereverraaier: Teregstellings tydens die Anglo-
Albert Blake Boereoorlog, which was also turned into a
September 2018 | 304 pp movie called Verraaiers. In 2014 he was awarded
ISBN: 9780624081586 the Louis Hiemstra prize for nonfiction by the
South African Academy for Science and Art for
Boerekryger: ’n Seun se hoogste offer. He has
written five more books.
OTHER TITLES BY
Albert Blake
FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2018 | www.nb.co.za 23HEALTH, FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS
A LEOPARD
IN MY BED
Annelize Slabbert
Annelize Slabbert worked as
a journalist in Johannesburg.
Her husband Gerard, was a
pharmacist. City dwellers. Then
they became tired of life in the
city, the hustle and bustle, the dirty
pavements, the lack of silence
and stars. And they followed the
curved footpath to the dream of
a rural idyll with sheep and green
grass. All the way to the central
Kalahari in Botswana where they
run a four-star lodge. Insightful,
funny and beautifully written.
Luiperd in my bed March 2018 | 220 pp
Annelize Slabbert ISBN: 9780624082354
THE AUTHOR
Annelize Slabbert is a writer and former journalist at Huisgenoot, Beeld and
Finansies & Tegniek. She is married to Gerard Slabbert, a pharmacist. Until
their recent retirement, they managed a four-star lodge in the central Kalahari in
Botswana. At Storieboom, their new home on the KwaZulu-Natal coast, her garden
and dogs bring her endless joy.
24 FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2018 | www.nb.co.zaFINDING CALM IN
A RUSHED WORLD
Johannes de Villiers
You want to take a break, see the
beautiful things in life and spend
time on things that really matter.
But in reality, life is fast-paced and
hectic, which leaves you lethargic
and stressed out. Is it possible
to make a change? By using the
technique of mindfulness and
meditation, you can look at the
world differently. Learn from the
stories of ordinary people like
yourself how to make mindfulness
part of your life so that you can
see the beauty in each and every
moment – even the most difficult
ones. By practising mindfulness,
your relationships will improve,
you will love life again, you will
be more relaxed and be able to
cope better at work. Use Kalmte
in die malle gejaag as your guide
. With lots of humour, written by an
expert who shares his experiences
and includes small things with
huge impact you can do daily.
Kalmte in die malle gejaag THE AUTHOR
Johannes de Villiers Johannes de Villiers is currently
28 February 2018 | 288 pp
freelancing for Huisgenoot, and is well
ISBN: 9780798175883
known in Afrikaans media.
FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2018 | www.nb.co.za 25HEALTH, FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS
DEATH AND
THE MEANING
OF LIFE
Anton van Niekerk
This important book explores life,
death and the right to die in light of
current international thought on the
topic. Stellenbosch University ethics
professor Anton van Niekerk shares
his experience of losing people
close to him as he analyses theories
making sense of death through the
ages and up to today.
Touching on controversial South
African issues such as the Sean
Davison euthanasia case and the
assisted suicide of top novelist Karel
Schoeman, this is a timely book
which will stimulate debate.
Die dood en die sin van die lewe September 2017 | 288 pp
Anton van Niekerk ISBN: 9780624075332
THE AUTHOR
Anton van Niekerk is well known as a public speaker and author on
ethical dilemmas such as suicide and euthanasia. He is a distinguished
professor in philosophy and director of the Centre for Applied Ethics at
Stellenbosch University. He has published twenty books and more than
150 journal articles and book chapters on ethics.
26 FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2018 | www.nb.co.zaCOOKERY
BOEREKOS
WITH A TWIST
Annelien Pienaar
In Boerekos with a Twist, Annelien
Pienaar gives a delectable twist to
the simple, nourishing home cooking
that was made in your mother and
grandmother’s kitchens.
Each of these 140 recipes for soups,
sauces, vegetables, meat, desserts
and pastries has been thoroughly
tested and continues the ‘recipe-with-
a-lesson’ concept that has made
Annelien’s BoereKosTwist blog and
Facebook page an unprecedented
social media success. Throughout
the book, she helps readers to master
basic kitchen skills and shares useful
advice, shortcuts and substitutes
that will help even beginners gain
confidence and save time and
money in the kitchen.
Boerekos with a Twist
Annelien Pienaar As an expert in food sciences, owner
July 2018 | 232pp of a cooking school, farmer, working
ISBN: 9780798177788 mother and blogger, Annelien knows
exactly what cooks and nutritionists
need now.
THE AUTHOR
Food scientist Annelien Pienaar and her husband Hanru
are pecan nut farmers and owners of the guest farm Bos-
en-Berg at Skeerpoort (near Hartbeespoort). Visit her website
www.annelienpienaar.co.za, where she shares daily recipes
and details about her cooking school.
FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2018 | www.nb.co.za 27COOKERY
THE SOUTH AFRICAN
VEGAN COOKBOOK
Leozette Roode
Veganism is a growing
phenomenon on the culinary
scene. The South African Vegan
Cookbook is the first of its kind
locally. In it you will find everything
you need for a vegan lifestyle:
from basic information such as
the definition of veganism, why
it’s good for you, answers to
common questions, the essential
equipment, vegan alternatives
for everyday products, the pantry
essentials and resources to learn
more. The family-friendly recipes
are easy to make and are made
from locally-sourced products.
This cookbook includes recipes
for breakfast, snacks, lunch, tea
time, the braai, entertaining and
late-nights feasts. Think decadent
The South African Vegan Cookbook
chocolate granola and overnight Leozette Roode
oats, kale chips and cauliflower September 2018 | 192 pp
bites, easy-to-make couscous ISBN: 9780798177108
salad, lasagne and stir-fry as well
as South African favourites like
milk tart, banana loaf, macaroni-
and-cheese and chicken burgers.
THE AUTHOR
And to top it all: chocolate Leozette Roode is a consultant for Humane Society
mousse, date balls and truffles. International, blogger, recipe developer and marketer for
Vegan 101 – good for your health Green Monday. She regularly does cooking demonstrations
and the planet. and corporate cooking sessions at Ginger & Lime Food
Studio and also appears regularly on Afternoon Express.
Follow her blog at https://ctveganista.com for new vegan
ideas and news.
28 FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2018 | www.nb.co.zaCOOK & ENJOY FOR KIDS
Eunice van der Berg and S.J.A. de Villiers
The perfect cookbook for
beginners. The more than 55
mouth-watering recipes have
been specially selected for kids
and includes new favourites
like hamburgers, chips and
pizza. Each method comes with
simple step-by-step instructions
and is illustrated with full colour
photographs.
The book also teaches you how to:
• use a recipe
• measure the correct way
• use kitchen tools and utensils
• understand cooking terms
Learn to cook with this little gem
and you will be able to apply the
same basic methods and cook
from absolutely any recipe book
you want to!
Klein kook en geniet May 2018
Eunice van der Berg 160 pp
and S.J.A. de Villiers ISBN: 9780798176880
THE AUTHORS
Eunice van der Berg lives in Stellenbosch and Mrs S.J.A. de Villiers is a South African icon. She
is the daughter of S.J.A. de Villiers, author of the is the one who taught the nation to cook with the
stalwart cookbook, Kook en geniet, which was immensely popular Kook en geniet, and later, Cook
first published in 1951. The more than 55 mouth- and Enjoy. Until 1990 she handled everything from
watering recipes in Klein kook en geniet have printing to distributing these immensely popular recipe
been specially selected and tested by Eunice and books. De Villiers lived in Stellenbosch and passed
her mother. away on 20 September 2010, aged 91.
FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2018 | www.nb.co.za 29COOKERY
CHOCOLATE
Katelyn Williams
Truffles, Easter eggs or sweet
Valentine’s seduction. Flights
from heartbreak, or blissful
birthday bonbons. It’s a fact:
chocolate is simply divine.
In Chocolate there are original,
melt-your-heart offerings, which
includes a wicked assortment
of chocolate recipes to satisfy
every craving. It includes
the eating, dipping, drinking
and spreading kind of fruity
thrills such as naartjie malva
pudding; crunchy treats, from
rooibos biscotti to macadamia-
nut honeycomb and fancy,
creamy, nostalgic and naughty
recipes that will enchant you.
Effortless favourites such as
no-bake brownies and end-
of-the-month truffles, and
SOS tips to answer all your
chocolate needs are included
in this marvellous book. All
the technical info you need
to embark on your chocolate
journey is also included.
THE AUTHOR
Katelyn Williams is a qualified chef,
Chocolate October 2018 | 208 pp former food editor of Top Billing and
Katelyn Williams ISBN: 9780798176866 TV chef on Expresso. She is a recipe
developer and food stylist, but what she
likes most is baking – with chocolate!
30 FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2018 | www.nb.co.zaNOTES
NOTES
ABOUT NB PUBLISHERS NB Publishers is South Africa’s leading general publisher. We publish nonfiction, fiction and books for children and young people. NB Publishers is part of Media24 Books, a division of Media24, which is the largest newspaper, magazine and book publishing group in Africa. Media24 is part of Naspers, the leading media group in the southern hemisphere. Our publishing lists cover everything from popular to literary fiction and nonfiction, from romance novels to political exposés, business books and biographies, from cookbooks to books on health and gardening, as well as humour and books aimed at young adults. We also publish picture books, mass market children’s books and dictionaries. We publish nonfiction under the Human & Rousseau, Tafelberg and Kwela imprints. 12th Floor, Media24 Centre, 40 Heerengracht, Cape Town 8001 PO Box 879, Cape Town 8000 Republic of South Africa www.nb.co.za
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