Part memoir, part travelogue on Alex Smith’s time teaching English in China – in Wuhan and Taipei, in particular. It documents in great detail her impressions and experiences and in so doing creates a multi-layered text. There is China and its many facets, from its people to its poetry, then there i ...
Gertruida word Egidius Papier, 'n naam wat sy haarself toeeien wanneer sy maande na 'n motorkaping met geheueverlies in die hospitaal wakker word. Geskend en sonder heenkome beland sy op straat waar die bergies haar, in die kleurryke Afrikaans van hierdie gemeenskap, die kuns van oorlewing op straat ...
Luck matters. Life is chancy. Springbok legend, war hero, thriving businessman - that was JJ Kitchen, known to all as Kitchen Boy. His was a life as large as a sports stadium, as thrilling as baling out of a burning war plane. Now he lies dead in his coffin in a Durban cathedral and his life is reli ...
Elke mens is met ’n spesifieke plan en leierskapstaak geskape en hierdie taak wissel van mens tot mens – miskien is dit bestem vir ’n klein kringetjie in die gesin, miskien is dit om ’n groter groep mense te beïnvloed. Maar hoe dit ook al sy, sê ds. Dirkie van der Spuy in sy heel nuutste boek, God w ...
Hierdie Bybelvers is die gewilde en bekroonde liedjieskrywer en sanger Retief Burger se ÎlewensversÌ. In sy heel eerste boek, Oorgegee, nooi hy jou om saam deur sy lewe te stap en te ontdek waarom hierdie Skrifgedeelte vir hom so betekenisvol is. Oorgegee ...
Are you ready to lead a phenomenal life? Chris Kennedy was raised in a dysfunctional family and was the victim of childhood sexual abuse. She was married and divorced four times, and one of her husbands was brutally murdered. In her working life, she started, and failed at, several businesses. How, ...
In From Witblits to Vuvuzelas, Dale Hefer, founding director of the Chillibush Group of Companies, shares a wealth of advice with South African marketers in the New South Africa. In a rapidly evolving industry, new and innovative ways of understanding target markets, objectives and go-to market oppo ...
Networking is THE essential business tool in today’s business world Do you want to build a network of useful contacts in order to kick-start your career but don’t know how? Are you aware of the crucial importance of networking but lack the know-how to get started? Or do you think networking entails ...
Het jy al die een gehoor van die ref wat die Bokke tereggewys het dat ‘die Engelse julle darem nou lekker donner’? Of van Bob Skinstad se ‘noodgebed’ voor ’n wedstryd en hoe Andries Bekker die bynaam ‘Slenter’ gekry het? Om nie te praat van wat die koerantmanne te sê gehad het oor Derick Hougaard en ...
‘”Adapt or die!” PW Botha spat out at us from the television news. And so the new show was called Adapt or Dye.’ The comedy of Pieter-Dirk Uys has been with us for as long as we can remember. In this funny, witty and poignant memoir, he takes us on a journey through his life in the theatre - and the ...
