new chapters about real life situations in sa
THESE THINGS REALLY DO HAPPEN TO ME Khaya Dlanga Pan Macmillan
REAL life is often stranger than fiction and it’s certainly is the case with Khaya Dlanga’s everyday life. Dlanga shares his stories via Instagram or other social media platforms. But he’s finally succumbing to the pressure from fans who want more details. Highly entertaining and with some astute observations regarding various social practices and situations, Dlanga’s stories detail his lunch with William Shatner; how he fell asleep next to president Thabo Mbeki; how his dreadlocks didn’t get the expected reaction from his mom; the greatest pick-up line ever used on him; awkward encounters with exes; what happens when you parallel park in Parkhurst; all this and more.
BUSINESS AS USUAL AFTER MARIKANA – CORPORATE POWER AND HUMAN RIGHTS Maren Grimm, Jakob Krameritsch, Britta Becker Jacana
IT’S six years since Marikana yet there’s been little change for mine workers and mining communities. While a lot has been reported, few have looked into how, in 2012, such a tragedy was even possible. wlonmin Platinum Mine and the events of August 16 are a microcosm of the mining sector and how things can go wrong when society leaves everything to government and “big business”. Translated from German, it also examines how bigger global companies like BASF were directly or indirectly responsible, and yet nothing is done to keep them accountable.
THE LAST WORDS OF ROWAN DU PREEZ – MURDER AND CONSPIRACY ON THE CAPE FLATS Simone Haysom Jonathan Ball
In 2012 Angy Peter and her husband Isaac Mbadu were activists in Bardale, Mfuleni in the Western Cape, leading the charge for a commission of inquiry into policing in Khayelitsha. But when the commission started its hearings, Angy found herself on trial for necklacing a young neighbourhood troublemaker, Rowan du Preez. Simone Haysom spent four years meticulously researching this case, and the result is a court-room drama interwoven with expert opinion and research into crime and the state of policing in the townships of South Africa.