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Woorde Van Sout
Salty Words
This is a unique collection of poetry by Port Elizabeth mother of three, 40-year-old Irene Sout – unique in that she has created wonderful “folk” poetry in three languages – Afrikaans, English and isiXhosa. Her poems reflect the reality of life in the Eastern Cape – violence, gangs, poverty, as well as love, humour and respect.
Woorde Van Sout
Dit is ‘n unieke versameling gedigte deur Port Elizabeth moeder van die drie, 40-jarige Irene Sout – uniek in die sin dat sy wonderlike “volkspoësie” in drie tale geskep het – Afrikaans, Engels en isiXhosa. Haar gedigte weerspieël die lewenswerklikheid in die Oos-Kaap – geweld, bendes, armoede, sowel as liefde, humor en respek.
Amagama aneTyuwa
Le yingqokelela eyahlukileyo yemibongo ebhalwe ngumama waseBhayi onabantwana abathathu, oneminyaka engama – 40 u-Irene Sout – owahlukileyo kuba uye wenza umbongo omangalisayo “kubantu” kwiilwimi ezintathu – isiBhulu, isiNgesi nesiXhosa.
Imibongo yakhe ibonakalisa inyani yobomi eMpuma Koloni-ubundlobongela, amaqela emigulukudu, intlupheko, kunye nothando, uburharha kunye nembeko.. -
Your Guide to Self-Publishing
In the rapidly evolving publishing world, self-publishing has emerged as a game-changing avenue for independent authors to bring their literary dreams to life. Gone are the days when aspiring writers had to rely solely on traditional publishing houses to get their works into the hands of readers. Today, the power lies firmly in the hands of the independent author, thanks to the phenomenon known as self-publishing. This book was largely generated by Artificial Intelligence, and edited and added to by Self-Publishing Facilitator Frank Nunan.
Frank has helped more than 80 authors produce upwards of 150 books in the 12 years he has been assisting authors. He believes the information, as generated by AI, is relevant and extremely useful.
The book is essentially an easy-to-read guide which will prove useful to the beginner Self-Publishing author.
It is an impressive, if perhaps somewhat alarming, example of the power of AI to produce accurate and informative books in a very short space of time. -
Zambianisation: Copper Mining Reforms of 1964 to 1980
Kenneth David Kaunda was the first president of Zambia. He died on 17 June 2021, aged 97, and was in power from 24 October 1964 to 2 November 1991. In this book, Kaunda’s legacy is assessed against the copper mining reforms of 1968 and 1969. In August 2021, Zambia inaugurated its seventh post-colonial democratically elected president. From the time of Zambia’s independence in 1964 until now, copper mining continues to account for 90 per cent of Zambia’s foreign exchange revenue. Before independence, Zambia’s copper mines were controlled and owned by foreign-owned firms. After independence, however, Kaunda sought to control the ownership of mines and taxation policies through Zambianisation economic reforms. This book examines the pre-colonial factors that prompted Kaunda to aggressively pursue Zambianisation copper mining reforms as the basic tool for aligning political and economic policies with economic empowerment and nation-building.
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“Firty-free Helephants, Oom!”
Mike Nunan has combined his skills as a keen observer, both of his natural surroundings and his fellow man, and as a fireside raconteur of note to produce this wonderful collection of reflections, stories (both humorous and tragic) and reminiscences of his life in the bush, both as a child and later as a Lodge manager and safari guide.
Mike Nunan, former maths teacher, bank manager, athletics administrator and Green Number Comrades runner (11 runs completed), has spent the past 20 years of his life managing game lodges throughout Southern Africa – as far afield as Tanzania and Botswana.
He grew up in the frontier bush environment of Northern Botswana, which instilled in him a deep love and respect for nature, wildlife and conservation.
He has combined his skills as a keen observer, both of his natural surroundings and his fellow man, and as a fireside raconteur of note to produce this wonderful collection of reflections, stories (both humorous and tragic) and reminiscences of his life in the bush, both as a child and later as a Lodge manager and safari guide.
He is obviously a deep thinker, and many of his stories reflect the philosophising that must have taken place at dawn, while sipping on his gallon mug of tea, on many a lodge and cottage veranda across the southern part of our continent.
As you read the book, you can picture Mike holding forth to guests from all over the world around the fire in the boma.
A worthy read, indeed!
