In October 2015, the Gupta brothers offered Mcebisi Jonas the position of minister of finance in exchange for R600 million. Then deputy minister of finance, Jonas turned down the bribe and a period of deep introspection followed for him. How did we reach this point, and what did the future holds for South Africa’s democracy and the economy?

In After Dawn, Mcebisi Jonas analyses the crisis at the heart of our current system, which places politics at the centre of policymaking and implimentation at the expense of growth. In this important and authoritative book, Jonas first unpacks and analyses the current balands of the South African economic and political landscape.

Time is of the essence and the window of opportunity is narrowing for all South Africans to work together towards the South Africa we all imagined was possible in 1994.

(paperback: title page highlighted yellow)

The Bishop’s Churches documents the churches established by Bishop Robert Gray, the first Bishop of Cape Town. He and his wife, Sophy, arrived in Cape Town in 1848 with a mission to increase the number of Anglican clergy represented in to British colonies of what was eventually to become South Africa, and to implement a church building programme. What the Bishop achieved was nothing short of remarkable; within 25 years he was instrumental in the erection of 50 churches, 40 of which were designed by Sophy.

Accompanying the historical and architectural comment, Dr Desmond Martin has illustrated 40 churches founded by Bishop Robert Gray and his wife using a combination of watercolours and line drawings. Whether you are interested in the history of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, architecture or conservation in genera;, this book provides information on a hitherto neglected part of South Africa’s cultural heritage.

(hardback: dust jacket included, pen inscription on title page)

William Bruce Franck, born in Cape Town in February 1907, trained as a lithographic process-artist. He worked as a commercial artist – first in various advertising agencies and then on a freelance basis – and was an assistant instructor in a commercial art at the Michalis School of Fine Art. After World War II he discontinued commercial work and began to concentrate on landscape and portrait painting. He later became a lecturer in art at the Cape Technical College.

Frank Robb was born and brought up within the precincts of Cape Town  Docks and took to the sea as soon as he was able to cast off the painter of any fisherman’s dinghy found unattended. After that came tin canoes, sailing dinghies, in – and off-shore cruisers and racers – a way of life pursued while earning a living ashore.

When you drive through the country, through the small towns and villages you are often confronted by symbols of failure… houses stand derelict, vehicles lie rusting in the sun, crumbling factories, boarded up shops and you wonder… what happened here? Sometimes your imagination wanders and you see happy laughing children on the stoep, men in hats working in the land, shopkeepers sharing a joke with their customers and images of how it once must have been flood your mind. Shattered Dreams is an imaginary journey into what might have happened. A journey to discover and photograph the shattered dreams and hopes of those who have abandoned a dream and left it behind… and to tell a story of their passing. Some might view the photographs and choose to imagine their own story. Some might question the validity of the written stories. Others might experience moments of regret for what might have been, but Shattered Dreams does what all books are supposed to do… set your imagination free!