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(Johannesburg: The South African Trade Union Council, 1961). 8vo; original papered boards; no dustwrapper; pp. xxiii + (i) + 387, incl. index; plates. Good to very good condition. Spine somewhat sunned; some light browning to endpapers and outer leaves; a little soiling to edges. The first major history of trade unionism in South Africa. "The most elementary of trade union principles demands that workers, irrespective of race or colour, shall have the recognised right to organise and to bargain collectively for the improvement of conditions of employment and other standards of life. The time is long overdue for the trade union forces to overcome any reaction in their ranks, to boldly follow the path of democracy and progress and to fight for the establishment in our country of internationally accepted trade union rights for all workers. Should they fail to do this they will be helping in their own destruction and in the collapse of the living standards and working conditions so painfully… Read More

(Pietermaritzburg, Association for Rural Advancement, 1999). 244 x 169 mm; laminated wraps; maps; tables; monochrome illustrations in text. Corners of cover very slightly curled. Very good condition. "AFRA came into being amidst the organisational bannings and deaths in detention that marked South Africa after the Soweto revolt. Memory was one of the first weapons of the organisation - its connection to a tradition of resistance to forced removals in Natal by the Liberal Party and the African National Congress until both these bodies were suppressed in the Sixties. From 1979 till now, AFRA has re-established a practice of resolute opposition to injustices perpetrated against rural people and, with growing confidence in post-apartheid South Africa, participation in the fight for a better life for all in rural areas. It intends to continue that work, though this time, it is hoped, in a stronger partnership with government and other parts of civil society." .

(Bloemfontein: BA dissertation [University of the Orange Free State] in unpublished form, 1989). 210 x 148 mm; side-stitched printed wrappers with duct tape back; pp. (i) + iv + (ii) + 92; printed recto's. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. A consideration of John Vorster's brief period as State President, following his tenure as Prime Minister. .

(London, C. Hurst & Company, 1975). With a foreword by Chief M. Gatsha Buthelezi. 8vo; original brown boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xi + (i) + 276, incl. index; black-and-white photographic frontis.; tables and map in text. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed; previous owner's name signed on front free endpaper. Very good condition. "African Politics in South Africa is the first comprehensive account of contemporary African participation in the political process in South Africa. It concentrates on the period between 1964 and 1974 when African political aspirations had to seek new avenues of expression, following the banning of the Pan-African Congress and other organisations. The book traces the creation of new political organisations, their structure, leadership questions and policies. It shows how some of these organisations came (sometimes uneasily) to terms with the South African government's policy of separate development; whereas some others have rejected everything… Read More

(Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2008) 9781868422623. Author's signed presentation inscription to title page. 232 x 152 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xiv + 287, incl. index. Near fine condition. "Andrew Feinstein became an active supporter of the African National Congress in the 1980s, and campaigned energetically for the party in the first democratic elections. He was elected to parliament where he rose swiftly through the ranks, earning the label 'Mr Clean' for his unstinting work against corruption. But his feelings of euphoria at being part of the new South Africa slowly soured. Disappointed by the constant jockeying for power and the views held by President Thabo Mbeki on HIV/AIDS, Feinstein's disillusionment grew as he sought unsuccessfully to investigate the corruption surrounding the infamous arms deal. Isolated from his former comrades, some of them senior members of government, Feinstein was ultimately forced to choose between his principles and… Read More

(Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2010) 9781869141929. 230 x 148 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xi + (i) + 291, incl. index; plates. Very good condition. "Many myths assert that Chief Albert Luthuli, former President of the African National Congress (ANC), launched the armed struggle on his return to South Africa after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. This misinterpretation sparks what is arguably one of the most relevant and controversial historical debates in South Africa. In what is the first substantive biography of Luthuli, Scott Couper challenges a nationalist-inspired perspective and argues that the iconic leader did not countenance the initiation of violence in December 1961. Luthuli's ecclesiastical tradition, Congregationalism, imbedded within him the primacy of democracy, education, sacrificial service, multiracialism and egalitarianism, propelling him to the heights of political leadership. These same attributes rendered Luthuli obsolete as a… Read More

(Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2006) 1868729036. 230 x 150 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xxii + 330, incl. index. As new. "Politics in South Africa is alive and vibrant, although the media often fail to reflect this. Anatomy of South Africa brings that political world to life. It presents a vivid, up-to-date picture of how power operates in the new South Africa and who really makes the decisions around here. It is people who make politics, and this book is about personalities as well as the institutions they belong to. Richard Calland takes the reader along the corridors of power - from the presidency and the cabinet to the judges and the media, via the labyrinth of the ANC-led alliance - mixing vivid anecdote with solid research. The result is an accessible yet authoritative account of who runs South Africa, and how. The title is borrowed from Anthony Sampson's influential work about who ran Britain, Anatomy of Britain. Like Sampson before him, Calland has a fly-on-the-wall,… Read More

(Cape Town: Stewart, [c. 1945]). 8vo; original grey cloth; no dustwrapper; pp. 152 + (iv). Endpapers and prelims. a little foxed; regular browning throughout. Good condition. "There have been isolated statements from time to time that all is not well with the Press of South Africa as it should be in a democratic country, but no attempt has been made hitherto to correlate the facts and to present them as they appear to an investigator who has no axe to grind and no prejudices to ventilate." .

(Johannesburg, Rotonews, 1956). 8vo; original grey cloth; dustwrapper fishmothed and soiled; previous owner's inscription and bookplate on front pastedown; pp. xvi + 273; 32 cartoons and 80 photographs; scattered light foxing. Fair to good condition. "The period of action in this book covers 12 months, from the birth of the Black Sash movement in May 1955 to the re-dedication ceremony in May 1956. . . . It is hoped that by setting the Black Sash movement on this national stage, it will be seen in its true perspective as a spontaneous protest from the heart of a large section of the South African people." .

(Bloemfontein: Institute for Contemporary History, University of the Orange Free State, 1986) 0868862894. 208 x 150 mm; printed wrappers; pp. (iv) + v + (iii) + 179. Very slightly sunned on spine; earlier owner's name signed on title page. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. A very useful outline of all political parties with representation in South Africa's Whites-Only parliament, from the time of Union in 1910, until the decade before the advent of a non-racial democracy. .

(Johannesburg: Hutchinson, 1976) 0091260809. 8vo; original black boards, lettered in white on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 320, incl. index; a few plates. Dustwrapper very slightly edgeworn, with discreet archival tape strengthening to reverse of dustwrapper's bottom edge; gift inscription to front free endpaper; sporadic moderate foxing. Very good condition. 'This book traces both the history of white opposition politics from 1948 to the present day - and the personal story of a woman whose political stature is unequalled in South Africa and scarcely rivalled in any of the legislatures of the West.' .

(Johannesburg: Hutchinson, 1976) 0091260809. 8vo; original black boards, lettered in white on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 320, incl. index; a few plates. Earlier owner's book label to front free endpaper; tape marks to endpapers; a few fox spots. Very good condition. 'This book traces both the history of white opposition politics from 1948 to the present day - and the personal story of a woman whose political stature is unequalled in South Africa and scarcely rivalled in any of the legislatures of the West.' .

(Pretoria: Aktuele Publikasies, 1982). Dustwrapper, rubbed, pp. 218. .

(Potchefstroom: Sentrum vir Internasionale Politiek, Potchefstroom University, 1975) 0869903233. 210 x 135 mm; printed card wrappers; pp. 163; maps; tables. Light soiling to wrappers; sunned on spine; some underlining and annotation. Good condition. Afrikaans text. Number 17 in the series of publications by the University's Centre for International Politics. The four chapters are entitled: Die Indiese Oseaan in die wêreldpolitiek - 'n historiese oorsig; Die wêreld van die Indiese Oseaan: die geo-politieke opset; Die ekonomiese belangrikheid van die Indiese Oseaan-gebied in die hedendaagse wêreld; Die Indiese Oseaan en die internasionale magstryd. .

(Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1974). Number 5 in the 'Brandpunte' series. 8vo; original papered boards; pp. (x) + 99. Previous owner's discreet hand-stamp to front free endpaper; sunned on spine and very slightly rubbed. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Al ken hulle [Suid-Afrikaners] hul geskiedenis swak ... weet Bolanders én Transvalers, Natallers én Vrystaters, dat in die Kaap, in die Kolonie, in die Suide, dinge vroeër anders gedoen is as in die Noorde. Om te sê dat in die Suide, klasseverskille eerder as rasseverskille belangrik was, individuele prestasie en beskaafdheid belangriker as velkleur, dat daar minder aanvanklike en voorgenome segregasie was, meer geloof in gelyke regte en gemeenskaplike burgerskap vir almal wat aan sekere standaarde voldoen - is nog lank nie om alles van die Kaapse liberale tradisie te sê nie. Maar dit is wel 'n aanduiding van die area waarin hierdie beskouing sy brandpunt in die dertigerjare gevind het: die… Read More

(Cape Town, Van Riebeeck Society, First Series, Volume 32, 1951). Original cloth, slightly soiled, pp. (viii) + 284, frontispiece, plates. Tape-marks on the free endpapers, F.R. Metrowich's name written at the head of the front free endpaper. Light browning toward the edges. Text runs parallel in Dutch and English. .

(Cape Town, Van Riebeeck Society, First Series, Volume 32, 1951). Uitgegee en toegelig met inleiding en voetnote deur Johann F. Preller, M.A. Engelse vertaling deur A.J. de Villiers, M.A. Original cloth, partly faded, pp. (viii) + 284, frontispiece, plates. Endpapers and margins a little foxed, owner's name on the front pastedown endpaper. The diarist (1871 - 1941) was an editor, politician and cabinet member. 'The major turning-point in his life came when on 2.9.1904 he addressed a political meeting in Cape Town on 'The true ideal of South African politics'; he made a strong plea for a united South Africa under the British flag. ... From that time Malan strove for his political ideal, ... In May 1908 Malan, as one of the Cape delegates, attended the inter-colonial conference in Pretoria at which, as a direct result of preliminary work carried out by Smuts, the decisive steps were taken for a meeting of the National convention on closer union. Malan was also one of the Cape delegates… Read More

(Cape Town: John Malherbe, 1965). 8vo; original fawn-coloured boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 111; frontis. portrait; plates. Very good condition; price-clipped dustwrapper slightly rubbed and edgeworn, with short tear to bottom edge of upper panel; faint spotting to top edge. Afrikaans text. "Gert Pretorius skryf in hierdie boek van Maria Malan se rol agter die skerms, en oor 'n opwindende tydperk in ons onlangse politieke geskiedenis. As gewese politieke joernalis gee hy die feite gekondenseerd en kragtig, en met 'n ingewydheid wat onmiskenbaar is. Selfs dr. Malan word objektief geteken sonder die minste helde-aanbidding deur die skrywer self. Die Malans van Môrewag prikkel 'n mens om meer te wete te kom van sowel dr. en mev. Malan as van die ander groot figure en die gebeure wat so boeiend in hierdie boek belig word." .

(Johannesburg: Perskor, 1982) 0628020813. 8vo; pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers; pp. 135. Sunned on spine; boards rather rubbed; earlier owner's hand-stamp to verso of front free endpaper; hand-stamps also to final blank and recto of rear free endpaper; regular, light browning. Good condition. Afrikaans text. Uncommon account of the early days of the conservative National Party in KwaZulu-Natal, based on the author's doctoral thesis 'Politieke Woelinge in Natal 1910-1915'. The endpaper photograph of delegates to the third provincial congress of the party in Greytown in October 1917 is very interesting, with many of the attendees being named. .

(Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1970). 8vo; original blue boards; dustwrapper; pp. 269. Spine panel a little sunned; earlier owner's hand-stamp; tape marks to front free endpaper and reverse of dustwrapper; a little foxing to edges, endpapers and outermost leaves. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. An investigation of right-wing intrigue in white South African politics until 1970. "DIE VERKRAMPTE AANSLAG is 'n genadelose blootlegging van die politieke kuipery en opportunisme wat oor 'n aantal jare in ons land agter die skerms aan die gang was. Die aandag is hier hoofsaaklik op die Hertzog-groep en sy verkrampte meelopers - die openlikes sowel as die verskuildes." .