My Country South Africa

Author : Antjie Krog
Publisher : Random House
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781407063515

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Country Of My Skull by Antjie Krog Pdf

The first free elections in South Africa's history were held in 1994. Within a year legislation was drafted to create a Truth and Reconcilliation Commission to establish a picture of the gross human rights violations committed between 1960 and 1993. It was to seek the truth and make it known to the public and to prevent these brutal events ever happening again. From 1996 and over the following two years South Africans were exposed almost daily to revelations about their traumatic past. Antije Krog's full account of the Commission's work using the testimonies of the oppressed and oppressors alike is a harrowing and haunting book in which the voices of ordinary people shape the course of history. WINNER OF SOUTH AFRICA'S SUNDAY TIMES ALAN PATON AWARD

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:487266735

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My Country South Africa by Anonim Pdf

Author : Antjie Krog
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Apartheid
ISBN : OCLC:1012078387

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Country of My Skull by Antjie Krog Pdf

Author : Martin Plaut,Carien Du Plessis
Publisher : Hurst & Company
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : South Africa
ISBN : 9781787382046

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Understanding South Africa by Martin Plaut,Carien Du Plessis Pdf

When Nelson Mandela emerged from decades in jail to preach reconciliation, South Africans truly appeared a people reborn as the Rainbow Nation. Yet, a quarter of a century later, the country sank into bitter recriminations and rampant corruption under Jacob Zuma. Why did this happen, and how was hope betrayed? President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is seeking to heal these wounds, is due to lead the African National Congress into an election by May 2019. The ANC is hoping to claw back support lost to the opposition in the Zuma era. This book will shed light on voters' choices and analyze the election outcome as the results emerge. With chapters on all the major issues at stake--from education to land redistribution-- Understanding South Africa offers insights into Africa's largest and most diversified economy, closely tied to its neighbors' fortunes.

Author : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780190628635

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CDC Yellow Book 2018: Health Information for International Travel by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC Pdf

THE ESSENTIAL WORK IN TRAVEL MEDICINE -- NOW COMPLETELY UPDATED FOR 2018 As unprecedented numbers of travelers cross international borders each day, the need for up-to-date, practical information about the health challenges posed by travel has never been greater. For both international travelers and the health professionals who care for them, the CDC Yellow Book 2018: Health Information for International Travel is the definitive guide to staying safe and healthy anywhere in the world. The fully revised and updated 2018 edition codifies the U.S. government's most current health guidelines and information for international travelers, including pretravel vaccine recommendations, destination-specific health advice, and easy-to-reference maps, tables, and charts. The 2018 Yellow Book also addresses the needs of specific types of travelers, with dedicated sections on: · Precautions for pregnant travelers, immunocompromised travelers, and travelers with disabilities · Special considerations for newly arrived adoptees, immigrants, and refugees · Practical tips for last-minute or resource-limited travelers · Advice for air crews, humanitarian workers, missionaries, and others who provide care and support overseas Authored by a team of the world's most esteemed travel medicine experts, the Yellow Book is an essential resource for travelers -- and the clinicians overseeing their care -- at home and abroad.

Author : South Africa. Department of Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Devices (Heraldry)
ISBN : 1770181083

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My Country South Africa by South Africa. Department of Education Pdf

Author : R. W. Johnson
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141957913

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South Africa's Brave New World by R. W. Johnson Pdf

The universal jubilation that greeted Nelson Mandela's inauguration as president of South Africa in 1994 and the process by which the nightmare of apartheid had been banished is one of the most thrilling, hopeful stories in the modern era: peaceful, rational change was possible and, as with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the weight of an oppressive history was suddenly lifted. R.W. Johnson's major new book tells the story of South Africa from that magic period to the bitter disappointment of the present. As it turned out, it was not so easy for South Africa to shake off its past. The profound damage of apartheid meant there was not an adequate educated black middle class to run the new state and apartheid had done great psychological harm too, issues that no amount of goodwill could wish away. Equally damaging were the new leaders, many of whom had lived in exile or in prison for much of their adult lives and who tried to impose decrepit, Eastern Bloc political ideas on a world that had long moved on. This disastrous combination has had a terrible impact - it poisoned everything from big business to education to energy utilities to AIDS policy to relations with Zimbabwe. At the heart of the book lies the ruinous figure of Thabo Mbeki, whose over-reaching ambitions led to catastrophic failure on almost every front. But, as Johnson makes clear, Mbeki may have contributed more than anyone else to bringing South Africa close to "failed state" status, but he had plenty of help.

Author : Gillian Slovo
Publisher : Abacus
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780748112326

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Every Secret Thing by Gillian Slovo Pdf

A passionate witness to the colossal upheaval that has transformed her native South Africa, Gillian Slovo has written a memoir that is far more than a story of her own life. For she is the daughter of Joe Slovo and Ruth First, South Africa's pioneering anti-apartheid white activists, a daughter who always had to come second to political commitment. Whilst recalling the extraordinary events which surrounded her family's persecution and exile, and reconstructing the truth of her parents' relationship and her own turbulent childhood, Gillian Slovo has also created an astonishing portrait of a courageous, beautiful mother and a father of integrity and stoicism.

Author : Richard William Johnson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781849045599

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How Long Will South Africa Survive? by Richard William Johnson Pdf

In 1977, RW Johnson's best-selling How Long Will South Africa Survive? provided a controversial and highly original analysis of the survival prospects of the apartheid regime. Now, after more than twenty years of ANC rule, he believes the situation has become so critical that the question must be posed again. He moves from an analysis of Jacob Zuma's rule to the increasingly dire state of the South African economy, concluding that the country is heading towards a likely International Monetary Fund bail-out which will in turn lead to a regime change of some kind.

Author : Umaima Mulla-Feroze,Mary-Ann Stotko
Publisher : Franklin Watts
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006-11-09
Category : South Africa
ISBN : 0749670185

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Welcome to My Country by Umaima Mulla-Feroze,Mary-Ann Stotko Pdf

'Welcome to South Africa' introduces readers to the diverse history and culture of this nation, from arts and language, to food and leisure.

Author : Neville Alexander
Publisher : University of Kwazulu Natal Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015051921917

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An Ordinary Country by Neville Alexander Pdf

An Ordinary Country: Issues in the Transition from Apartheid to Democracy in South Africa disputes the notion of a "miracle" transition in this country. It argues that the new South Africa had to happen in the way it did because of the specific history of the country and the players involved. While it identifies some of the turning points at which critical choices were made by local and international forces, it shows why, in retrospect, the known decisions were made rather than other possible ones. Alexander explores a range of issues in post-apartheid South Africa including national identity and the rainbow nation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the role and status of language, showing the volatility, the tentativeness, and the fluidity of the situation that is evolving. In looking ahead at probable developments, An Ordinary Country predicts that South Africa will develop, or stagnate, as a "normal" bourgeois democratic social formation for the next generation, at least until the inevitable alternatives to the prevailing system of political economy regain their credibility.

Author : Jeffrey Herbst,Greg Mills
Publisher : Pan Macmillan South africa
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781770104099

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How South Africa Works by Jeffrey Herbst,Greg Mills Pdf

The overwhelming challenge that South Africa faces, and has to date failed to address, is unemployment, which falls especially on African youths who were promised a better future after 1994. If the current unemployment challenge is not addressed, it will be impossible to sustainably lift many millions of people out of poverty. How South Africa Works reviews the country’s major economic achievements over the past two decades. Through numerous interviews with politicians, business leaders and analysts, it examines the challenges and opportunities across key productive sectors – including agriculture, manufacturing, services, and mining – illustrative of the policy challenges that leaders face. It scrutinises the social grant and education systems to understand if South Africa has established mechanisms for people not only to escape destitution but be ready to be employed, and identifies steps that some of South Africa’s most notable entrepreneurs have taken to build world-class enterprises. Recognising the essential challenge to cultivate more employers to employ people, How South Africa Works concludes by offering an agenda and active steps for greater competitiveness for government, business and labour.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : UOM:39015028477092

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South Africa is My Home by Anonim Pdf

Presents the life of a twelve-year-old girl who lives in Soweto, a suburb of Johannesburg, under a system of apartheid. Includes a reference section with information about South Africa.

Author : Harold D. Nelson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : South Africa
ISBN : UVA:X001633507

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South Africa, a Country Study by Harold D. Nelson Pdf

Author : John Eppel
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Zimbabwe
ISBN : 9781779220387

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Songs My Country Taught Me by John Eppel Pdf

'If the form of my poetry is thoroughly European, its content is thoroughly African.' Thus the author introduces this collection of some eighty of his poems written between the late 1950s and the present: from the settler period through the civil war, to independence and neo- colonialism. The poems explore the contradictions and creative possibilities of an identity that is at once native and white, European and African. The voice is varyingly satirical, confessional, outraged and affectionate. "These poems have nothing to do with white nostalgia for the colonial period. On the contrary, they circle round [the author's] attempt both to embrace a past and wean himself from it."