J.M. Coetzee
Disgrace
The New York Times Book Review, Michael Gorra: Coetzee won an earlier Booker Prize for Life & Times of Michael K.. Last month's award made him the only writer ever to win it twice. Disgrace certainly deserves such recognition. But that may, in time, come to seem among the least of this extraordinary novel's distinctions.
Dianne Case
92 Queens Road
From Horn Book: Case's experiences as a coloured child growing up in South Africa during the 1960s are vividly captured in this novel. The meandering first-person narrative describes the young heroine's feelings as she watches a beloved uncle move to Canada in search of a better life, neighbors forcibly removed from their homes, and cousins now officially termed hiteturning away from anyone who is not, during the period of apartheid.
Wilbur Smith
Monsoon
Amazon.com: South Africa's master storyteller Wilbur Smith has been writing his exotic historical sagas for so long that he's in danger of being taken for granted and typecast as an author of adventure stories for and about overgrown boys. But there's a lot more to Smith's books than mere blood, thunder, swash, and buckle. He might not be as thoughtful or as philosophical as Patrick O'Brian, but his stories have a wider geographical and chronological range and lots more action
Peter F. Alexander
Alan Paton: A Biography
From Booklist: Since the publication of Cry, the Beloved Country in 1948, this South African novel has sold millions and Paton was lionized until his death in 1988. Yet, both the book and the author were always under attack. The racist government harassed him and withdrew his passport. On the other hand, antiapartheid activists criticized him for his sentimental ideal of Uncle Tom-style blacks, for his friendship with the conservative Zulu leader Buthulezi, and for his opposition to international sanctions. Biographer Alexander defends Paton against those charges.......
Fransjohan Pretorius
The Anglo-Boer War: 1899-1902
Book Description: From 1899 to 1902 South Africa was convulsed by the conflict between one of the world's greatest powers - Britain - and the tenacious fighting force of two small Afrikaner republics, the ZAR (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State. Faced with the threat of losing their independence, the Boers rallied with a single-minded determination which gained them great sympathy in Europe and the US. This book outlines the course of the war.....
G.H.L. Le May
The Afrikaners: An Historical Interpretation
Johnathan Reuvid...
Doing business in South Africa
Book Description: Never more relevant or timely, this new edition is fully up to date and is timed to include details from the new governments first budget. Fully researched and including contributions from the leading investment and industrial development companies, it offers practical advice on trade and investment opportunities, and analyses the corporate, governmental and legal strategies that lie at the heart of economic considerations.
