Janet Smith is an executive editor of the Star and a special writer for the publishing group Independent Newspapers, concentrating on sociopolitical stories, essays, and profiles. She is the author or coauthor of three award-winning young adult books. Floyd Shivambu is a politic…
Janet Smith is an executive editor of the Star and a special writer for the publishing group Independent Newspapers, concentrating on sociopolitical stories, essays, and profiles. She is the author or coauthor of three award-winning young adult books. Floyd Shivambu is a politic…
What do the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) stand for? How do they propose to nationalize mines, banks, and land? Is Julius Malema, the founder of the EFF, equipped to legislate or to lead? These tough questions are asked in The Coming Revolution: Julius Malema and the Fight for…
A lively travelogue, this book follows the author's psycho-spiritual odyssey in search of ayahuasca, a dark, psychedelic brew known as “the vine of the dead. Trekking through the rain forests of Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, and Ecuador in search of enclaves where ayah…
"For almost 15 years, South Africa was involved in a civil war in Angola: the so-called Bush War on behalf of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola faction. The climax of the conflict portrayed_in this history_was the battle of Cuito Cuanavale, the largest mili…