[JDPUB: 143] NEW BOOK: A LEGACY FULFILLED by Robert L. Colville Smith

A Legacy Fulfilled - A Novel on the Anglo Boer War and a Century later by

Robert L. Colville Smith has been published by Just Done Productions R320

A Legacy Fulfilled is an intriguing story set against the background of the Second Anglo Boer War during October, 1899 to May, 1902. Amidst the historical personalities who were prominent in the War, new characters emerge to portray the drama, the energy, and the pathos of war, together with the joyous celebration of specific victories. There are tales of courage and deception, with treachery often threatening brilliant plans. An unlikely liaison between a Boer Field-Cornet and a British Captain forge two distinct blood lines that are destined to eventually merge together. A family heirloom is exchanged between these two remarkable men, and the discovery of that item, a century later, causes a family member to dispute the honesty of the other family.

Tracking down the key to the mystery surrounding the valued heirloom, after an extended passage of time, leads through the streets of London, to the nearby suburb of Streatham, and then finally back to Ladysmith. The destiny that draws the offspring of the historical characters together is frequently challenged, but finally love triumphs over the obstacles of the new battlefield. This is a heart-warming story with fresh insights into the people whose lives were so dramatically touched by the horrors of the Anglo Boer War. The respective cultures and heritage still play a defining role amidst the many succeeding generations that eventually found that elusive Peace. Compelling reading for everybody, to discover how the Anglo Boer War played a major role in the shaping of the modern South Africa.

Robert (Bob) Smith, born in East London in the 1940’s, grew up in the Eastern Cape and the Orange Free State. Early influences from many Afrikaners, Boer descendants, gave him unique insights into their culture and heritage which affected their outlook and response to the Anglo-Boer War. He has balanced the stark realities of the War and how it affected both the Boers and the British, and in this story has tried to bring reconciliation and respect between these opposing sides. Bob has been a committee member of the S.A. Military History Society for over 10 years, 2 years of which he was the National Chairman. He has enjoyed a travel industry career associated with South African Airways, a travel wholesaler and a travel agency.

·                     Size   210mm x 228mm

·                     Number of Pages   530

·                     ISBN 13   978-1-920315-66-5

·                     Illustrations/Photos   9 Pages of Colour photos

·                     Cover Type  Paperback

·                     Colour pages  9 Pages

·                     Binding   Perfect Bound

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[JDPUB: 142] THE MAKING OF AN MK CADRE- NEW BOOK AVAILABLE

The Making of an MK Cadre by Wonga Welile Bottoman is now available from Just Done Productions    R150

“Membership of the former military wing of the ANC, Umkhonto wesizwe (MK), cuts across all strata of the South African community; starting from the first four democratically elected presidents of South Africa, to the inhabitants of numerous squatter camps and RDP settlements.

However, the larger community knows next to nothing about these people, excepting, of course, the very high-profile members.
The book, The Making of an MK Cadre, attempts, albeit through the accounts of one cadre, Webster Gcaleka, to give a picture of the general circumstances that produced the soldiers, the heroes and the forgotten masses.”

 “A brave and truthful new book, The Making of an MK Cadre by Wonga Welile Bottoman – a former member of Mbokodo in Angola and a prison guard at Quatro – gives a firsthand account of the democratic aspirations of the MK troops in the so-called “mutiny” at Viana, which cost Ephraim Nkondo his life. Bottoman was present at Viana during the mutiny. He is an independent witness.”

http://www.timeslive.co.za/iLIVE/article694288.ece/In-appreciation-of-Justice-Malala--Reader

The book has reviewed by the Sowetan newspaper, 27 September 2010 issue http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/goodlife/2010/09/27/more-than-just-a-tale-of-liberation-struggle

• Binding             Perfect Bound
• Cover Type        Paperback
• ISBN 13            978-0-620-44346-3
• Number of Pages            200
• Publication Date             2010
• Size                              A5

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[JDPUB: 141] 5:3:1 RATIO OF RACISM BY FRANK STREEK just published

5:3:1 Ratio of Racism by Frank Streek has just been published by Just Done Productions R160

An ‘imaginary autobiography’ set in factual context, 5:3:1 Ratio of Racism was inspired by a brave Cape Corps soldier who Frank Streek befriended while fighting in the Western Desert during World War 2. Jacko Swartz of District Six epitomized the scenario faced by all Non-European Army Services personnel of that era: a second-class class citizen at home, he voluntarily put his life on the line to help Allied forces rid the world of Nazism and Fascism, only to be thanked with statutory discrimination based solely on the colour of his skin.

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Frank Streek served in the 1st Royal Natal Carbineers during World War 2, fighting against German and Italian forces in North Africa. Early in the campaign he struck up an unlikely rapport with enlisted man and mortar section driver, Jacko Swartz…unlikely because Swartz was Cape Corps and fraternisation across the racial divide was far from commonplace in the South African Defence Force of the day.

Streek was profoundly impressed by this Coloured man from a segregated area of Cape Town who, like thousands of other non-white South Africans, was a second-class citizen in the land of his birth yet had volunteered to help his ‘masters’ rid the world of Hitler and Mussolini at great risk and for derisory remuneration – while not allowed to carry a rifle because of his classification as a Non-European.

It was thus particularly distressing for Frank Streek when in the spring of 1941 he heard that Jacko was numbered among a South African division which had surrendered at Tobruk, but equally uplifting a few months later when he encountered Swartz in the El Alamein lines who had evaded capture along with another member of his squad and crossed a vast expanse of desert before meeting up with Allied troops. Frank Streek never saw Jacko Swartz again.

“You have served your country well…I promise you new homes, new schools and new factories…may you prosper in peace even more than you have prospered in these years of war.” Field Marshal Smuts to a Non-European Army Services (NEAS) end-of-hostilities parade at Garawi, Egypt, July 1945.

He often wondered what had become of him, however, particularly on occasions such as immediately after the war when it transpired that Smuts’ above-quoted statement bore no resemblance to the reality which NEAS men faced upon demobilisation. For just as they as they had been at the wrong end of a discriminatory pay-scale for six years while equally putting their lives on hold and in harm’s way, their return home was met with an apportionment of benefits which applied a 5:3:1 ratio to Whites, Coloureds/Asiatics and Africans, respectively. hence the title of this book.

Post-war, Frank Streek tried unsuccessfully to re-establish contact with Jacko Swartz. Frank maintained a keen interest in the political evolution of South Africa. In 2006 he travelled to Cape Town for the funeral of his son, Barry, who was a former Vice President of the National Union of South Africa Students (NUSAS), a prominent journalist and a highly respected pro-democracy activist. While in the city Frank rekindled his search for Jacko Swartz: the District Six Museum and the head of a Coloured ex-servicemen’s association delivered invaluable insights, but a newspaper report detailing Frank’s 60-year-long inquiry led to the discovery which finally put an end to his quest - Jacko had died a few years previously. Upon returning to Canada, Frank Streek embarked on imagining the life that Jacko Swartz might have led before, during and after the war. The outcome of those musings is what follows…a fictional autobiography set in factual context, as Jacko Swartz might have narrated it.

·                    Size      A5

·                    Number of Pages 148

·                    Lulu ID 10262886

·                    ISBN 13 978-1-920315-67-2

·                    Cover Type Paperback  Binding Perfect Bound

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[JDPUB: 140] FISHERS OF HINGHAM HALL by Jennifer I. Giles now available

The Fishers of Hingham Hall, Norfolk and their South African link 1798 - 2009 by Jennifer I. Giles has been published by Just Done Productions                       R220

“The family history of the Fishers of Hingham Hall begins in the late 1700’s with James Fisher (1797-1835), gentleman farmer and owner of Hingham Hall, Norfolk.  James married Elizabeth Pitts who was born in 1801 at Wells, Somerset. James and Elizabeth had four children and it is the descendants of these four children that are followed in the pages of this book.

Through information provided by various members of this extended family, a small insight can be obtained into the family including those individuals who were early South African immigrants. Because the families of the four children of James and Elizabeth Fisher are closely connected, it is important to follow, to the best of one’s ability, the descendants of each child. I have tried to present an insight into the early life of these ancestors right through to their present day descendants.

It has taken 20 years to collect the information contained in this book from numerous sources, with several trips to South Africa and the United Kingdom. However, this is just a beginning and I hope that future generations will carry on the story.”

Jennifer I. Giles

·        Size A4

·        Publication Date 16 December 2010

·        Number of Pages 312

·        ISBN 13 978-1-920315-57-3

·        Illustrations/Photos BW Throughout + 4 pages colour

·        Cover Type Paperback

·        Colour pages 4

·        Binding Perfect Bound

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[JDPUB: 98] 19 with a Bullet and other Military books added to Just Done

19 WITH A BULLET:

A SOUTH AFRICAN PARATROOPER IN ANGOLA

and some other Military books now available from Just Done Productions

(see at end)

A rough, tough ’Bat in the bush wars of Namibia and Angola R250

19 with a Bullet—A South African paratrooper in Angola is a fast-moving, action-packed account of Granger Korff’s two years’ service during 1980/81 with 1 Parachute Battalion at the height of the South African ‘bush war’ in South West Africa (Namibia) and Angola. Apart from the ‘standard’ counter-insurgency activities of Fireforce operations, ambushing and patrols, to contact and destroy SWAPO guerrillas, he was involved in several massive South African Defence Force (SADF) conventional cross-border operations, such as Protea, Daisy and Carnation, into Angola to take on FAPLA (Angolan MPLA troops) and their Cuban and Soviet allies. Having grown up as an East Rand rebel street-fighter, Korff’s military ‘career’ is marred with controversy. He is always in trouble—going AWOL on the eve of battle in order to get to the front; facing a court martial for beating up, and reducing to tears, a sergeant-major in front of the troops; fist-fighting with Drug Squad agents; arrested at gunpoint after the grueling seven-week, 700km Recce selection endurance march—are but some of the colourful anecdotes that lace this account of service in the SADF.

Granger Korff. 1960—Cassius Clay won Olympic gold in Rome; the Beatles made their debut in Germany; apartheid was ‘booming’ in South Africa; and Granger Korff was born on the East Rand near Johannesburg to a realtor father and budding-actress mother. “The apartheid system was sewn tight as a Zulu drum and the country moved to a slow beat,” he says of the times. He grew up in the mining town of Benoni, a quiet child initially, before ‘enjoying’ a colourful school career as a musician and quick-fisted rebel, attending a string of different schools for a string of different reasons. He graduated in 1979—alone from the public library. In 1985, plagued by his demons from the bush war, he travelled to the USA on a four-month boxing/vacation walkabout where he haunted the mean streets of Los Angeles, scrapping and boxing to survive. Ike Turner and Mickey Rourke were his drinking buddies and he almost became Jake LaMotta’s (‘The Raging Bull’) son-in-law. Twenty-four years later, Granger still lives in LA, where he runs a small plumbing business.

Who this book will interest:

• Readers of military history and memoirs from southern Africa
• Readers wanting an insight and understanding of the apartheid ‘grunt’ soldiers
• Casual readers who enjoy an un-put-downable, racy yarn
• A rare, unusual, in-your-face military account by a Parabat—elite SADF troops
• Rough, shocking, brutal, yet always honest and always entertaining
• Extensive southern African and worldwide market for military titles such as this—in the same vein as Fireforce, Chickenhawk and Devil’s Guard

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“Totally authentic, I-was-there account of a real ‘soldier’s war’ ... by a boots-on-the-ground troopie”
James Mitchell, Star

“… brought back the heat and dust of Ovambo like a sucker punch”
Leon Engelbrecht, defenceWeb

“A blood-pounding shoot ’em up; from a boots-on-the-ground paratrooper fighting Swapo terrorists in southern Africa. A must for the student of unconventional warfare”
Lt-Col Robert Brown, Soldier of Fortune

“A vivid description of the Border War as seen through a young Parabat conscript’s eyes: the tracking, the contact, the confusion of war, the deaths. The writing of the period in the army is fluid and compelling ... and brutal”
David McLennan, Select Books

“Opinionated, brash, brutally honest and bloody marvellous. I loved it”
Jacqui Thompson, bestselling author of An Unpopular War

“A fascinatingly tough read, a compelling trip into the insanity of war”
Robert C. Mason, bestselling author of Chickenhawk

“An instant classic”
Kevin Richie, The Star

Other MILITARY BOOKS recently added to Just Done Productions website

West of the Moon A Game ranger at War	Counter Strike from the Sky	The Border	Vlamgat The Mirage F1 in the SAAF	From Flegling to Eagle SAAF during the Border War
Early Zululand and a game ranger at war in Rhodesia.	The Rhodesian All-Arms Fireforce in the War in the Bush 1974–1980. Includes DVD.	The Border is a racy drama set against the backdrop of southern Africa’s border wars in the 1980’s.	Vlamgat is a gripping account of the pilots of the Mirage F1 in the South African Air Force and their deeds of bravery; their experiences are authentically related with accuracy, humour and pathos—by the author, himself a Vlammie. Second Edition.	The crucible of combat over 23 years forged the fledgling South African Air Force into a formidable strike weapon, capable of defeating the best Soviet air defences of the time. Foreword by Col Jan Breytenbach.
Price R250.00	Price R350.00	Price R145.00	Price R250.00	Price R295.00

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[JDPUB: 97] NEW BOOK PUBLISHED -In my own words by Sean Burke

In my own words by Sean Burke has just been published by Just Done Productions – Publishing R140

 

 

In My Own Words is a collection of lyrics by Sean Burke which allows the reader a glimpse into the mind of this talented artist.

 

Sean Burke always takes the road less traveled!

 

He lives his life by his own rules and through this he has earned the respect of other artists and musicians, especially in the underground music scene.

 

From his small town beginnings to the City of Gold, Sean has maintained his integrity as a wordsmith and remained true to his muse…life and the world he lives in!

 

Sean’s style is unique and non-conformist; his songs deal with relevant and contemporary issues.

 

He has an ingenious way with words and this is reflected in the lyrics contained in this book. He has followed his talent and passion in an unrelenting way, using Hip Hop music to get his message across.

 

 

Hip Hop is a medium of expression that goes well beyond words and beats. It takes issue, stands up for principles, promotes activism, speaks plainly and appeals to the conscious echelon of its audience. Even though this form of expression is very popular, many people may never hear the message because they don’t like hip hop music.

 

And that is the reason for this book…. a way to allow everyone to “hear” the message in Burke’s own words.

 

·         Binding: Perfect Bound

·         Cover Type: Paperback

·         Illustrations/Photos: Various Black and White images throughout the text

·         ISBN 13: 978-1-920169-49-7

·         Lulu ID: 6828471

·         Number of Pages: 223

·         Publication Date: 17 April 2009

·         Size: A5

 

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