Kgalema Motlanthe

Author : Ebrahim Harvey
Publisher : Jacana Media
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781431404384

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Kgalema Motlanthe by Ebrahim Harvey Pdf

Presenting a superb account of a man characterized by his reticence, this biography offers rare and thorough insight into the life of one of South Africa’s most powerful men: Kgalema Motlanthe. From Motlanthe’s ancestral family to his political awakenings as he discovered the African National Congress, this account traces Motlanthe’s political path to becoming the third president of the Republic of South Africa. With impeccable timing and a real sense of history, this book contains wide-ranging interviews with Motlanthe himself as well as with family members, friends, comrades, and leading figures in political organizations, civil society, academia, and the media. Unsparing in its scope, detailed in its revelations, and rigorously critical in its analysis, this biography reveals not only the complex politician but also the very human nature of the man.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1404028495

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Kgalema Motlanthe by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Calland,Mabel Sithole
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781776095957

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The Presidents by Richard Calland,Mabel Sithole Pdf

Since 1994, South Africa has had five presidents who have varied greatly in style and character, despite all coming from the same political party. How do they compare? How did they handle the crises they faced? What effect did they have on the country? As the ANC’s next elective conference approaches and Cyril Ramaphosa seeks a second term as president, the country is reeling from the effects of state capture and the Covid-19 pandemic. Coupled with an ailing economy and record unemployment, the need for good political leadership to steer us through the morass is more urgent than ever. It is, therefore, a perfect time to think critically about the role that presidential leadership plays in our lives and in history. To this end, The Presidents provides an honest assessment of the five post-democracy presidents – Mandela, Mbeki, Motlanthe, Zuma and Ramaphosa – examining their strongest qualities and greatest weaknesses in the context of the momentous challenges they faced.

Author : United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 7980 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : EAN:8596547425540

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The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency Pdf

The World Factbook is published annually by the CIA. It is an almanac-style volume running to some 900 pages. Here you will find facts related to intelligence gathered by the CIA. The book is updated every year with new facts added and amendments made, as appropriate.

Author : Harriet Deacon
Publisher : New Africa Books
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0864862997

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The Island by Harriet Deacon Pdf

Robben Island is a low-lying outcrop of rock and sand guarding the entrance to South Africa's Table Bay. Although it is just a few kilometres long and a barely swimmable distance from Cape Town, it may well be the most significant historical site in South Africa today.

Author : Sakhela Buhlungu
Publisher : HSRC Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0796921660

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State of the Nation by Sakhela Buhlungu Pdf

State of the Nation: South Africa 2007 offers 22 diverse angles on contemporary South Africa in one compelling and comprehensive collection. The politics section focuses on the outcome of the 2006 local government elections and issues of service delivery. The economy section examines the rapidly growing social welfare net, the state of our public health systems, and the topics of water and the environment, heritage and tourism. Violence against women, prison reform, the plight of South Africa's former guerrilla fighters, transformation in South African rugby and the post-apartheid role of the church all come under the spotlight in the society section. The volume concludes with a look at trends in the continuing involvement of South African business on the African continent, South Africa's part in the complex search for peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the life of the vast Zimbabwean exile community in South Africa.

Author : Leonard Thompson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300206838

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A History of South Africa by Leonard Thompson Pdf

A magisterial history of South Africa, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present. Lynn Berat updates this classic text with a new chapter chronicling the first presidential term of Mbeki and ending with the celebrations of the centenary of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress in January 2012. “A history that is both accurate and authentic, written in a delightful literary style.”—Archbishop Desmond Tutu “Should become the standard general text for South African history. . . . Recommended for college classes and anyone interested in obtaining a historical framework in which to place events occurring in South Africa today.”—Roger B. Beck, History: Reviews of New Books

Author : Bridgette Kasuka
Publisher : Bankole Kamara Taylor
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781470041755

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Independence Leaders of Africa by Bridgette Kasuka Pdf

This work looks at some of the most prominent leaders in the liberation struggle in the countries of southern Africa and the roles they played before and after independence. The book is intended to be a comprehensive introduction and a look at some of the most important events which took place in those countries which also had an impact on other parts of the continent. In many cases, the roles these leaders played continue to shape events in one way or another and influence what is taking place in their countries and beyond.

Author : IBP, Inc.
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781433062575

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South Africa Recent Economic and Political Developments Yearbook - Strategic Information and Developments by IBP, Inc. Pdf

2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. South Africa Recent Economic and Political Developments Yearbook

Author : IBP USA
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781433045592

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South Africa Mining Industry Business Opportunities Handbook Volume 1 Strategic and Practical Information by IBP USA Pdf

2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. South Africa Mining Industry Business Opportunities Handbook

Author : IBP, Inc.
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781433078224

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South Africa Mining Laws and Regulations Handbook Volume 1 Strategic Information and Basic Laws by IBP, Inc. Pdf

South Africa Mining Laws and Regulations Handbook

Author : IBP USA
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781433045585

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South Africa Mineral, Mining Sector Investment and Business Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Regulations by IBP USA Pdf

South Africa Mineral & Mining Sector Investment and Business Guide - Strategic and Practical Information

Author : Jérôme Tournadre
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780823299973

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The Politics of the Near by Jérôme Tournadre Pdf

The Politics of the Near offers a novel approach to social unrest in post-apartheid South Africa. Keeping the noise of demonstrations, barricades, and clashes with the police at a distance, this ethnography of a poor people’s movement traces individual commitments and the mainsprings of mobilization in the ordinary social and intimate life of activists, their relatives, and other township residents. Tournadre’s approach picks up on aspects of activists lives that are often neglected in the study of social movements that help us better understand the dynamics of protest and the attachment of activists to their organization and its cause. What Tournadre calls a “politics of the near” takes shape, through sometimes innocuous actions and beyond the separation between public and domestic spheres. By mapping the daily life of Black and low-income neighborhoods and the intimate domain where expectations and disappointments surface, The Politics of the Near offers a different perspective on the “rainbow nation”—a perspective more sensitive to the fact that, three decades after the end of apartheid, poverty and race are still as tightly interwoven as ever.

Author : IBP, Inc
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781438768779

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South Africa Investment and Business Guide Volume 1 Strategic and Practical Information by IBP, Inc Pdf

Author : Frank Chikane
Publisher : Pan Macmillan South africa
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781770102224

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Eight Days In September by Frank Chikane Pdf

Eight Days in September is a riveting, behind-the-scenes account of the turbulent eight-day period in September 2008 that led to the removal of Thabo Mbeki as president of South Africa. As secretary of the cabinet and head (director-general) of the presidency at the time, Frank Chikane was directly responsible for managing the transition from Mbeki to Kgalema Motlanthe, and then on to Jacob Zuma, and was one of only a few who had a front-row seat to the unfolding drama. Eight Days in September builds substantially on the so-called Chikane Files, a series of controversial articles Chikane published with Independent Newspapers in July 2010, to provide an insider’s perspective on this key period in South Africa’s recent history, and to explore Thabo Mbeki’s legacy.