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Title |
Evidence |
| Author |
Sello Motete |
| Language |
English and Setswana (original language) |
| Level |
ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3
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| ISBN |
978-1-86840-475-9 |
After Tiego is attacked outside his shop, he lies unconscious in hospital. The detectives investigating the case despair because they have no evidence. But Tiego manages to help them.
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Title |
First Prize |
| Author |
Shelly Seid |
| Language |
English |
| Level |
ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3
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| ISBN |
978-1-86840-293-9 |
Bongi was very excited when she won R50 000. Everyone wanted money from her. Very soon, she had no money left, but she was still happy.
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Title |
Going Home with Chickens |
| Author |
Pauline Stanford |
| Language |
English (original language), isiXhosa, Sesotho, Afrikaans |
| Level |
ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3 |
| ISBN |
978-0-86980-849-8 |
Thobela, a migrant worker, sets off on a long bus journey home with a surprise for his family, but he is not the only one who is planning a surprise.
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Title |
I am fed up |
| Author |
Seth Mudzanani |
| Language |
English and Tshivenda (original language) |
| Level |
ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3 |
ISBN
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978-1-86840-479-7
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Pastor Gwambe has huge problems. Then he decides on a final solution. However, things do not go according to plan.
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Title |
I love Ohazurike |
| Author |
Vonani Bila |
| Language |
English and Xitsonga (original language) |
| Level |
ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3 |
ISBN
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978-1-86840-477-3 |
Khensani is in love with a foreigner called Ohazurike. The local men do not like foreigners. They are rude to the lovers when they get a taxi to Elim. In the end Ohazurike has a surprise for them.
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Title |
Madevhe is coming |
| Author |
Silas Sitholimela |
| Language |
English, Tshivenda (original language) and Sepedi |
| Level |
ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3 |
| ISBN |
978-1-86840-478-0
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Gondonabada was crippled, but he enjoyed visiting his aunt at Managa and playing on the mountain near the village with the herd boys. The mischievous boys did not tell him about Madevhe, the dangerous baboon who lived near by!
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Title |
Mahlase’s feast |
| Author |
Cedric Xulu |
| Language |
English, isiZulu (original language) and Sepedi |
| Level |
ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3 |
| ISBN |
978-1-86840-487-2
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Mahlase went to town to look for a job to get money to support his family. He had so many problems. He finally went to a Wimpy thinking it was a party in someone’s house.
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Title |
Mandla and the Bull |
| Author |
Wendy Annecke |
| Language |
English (original language) and Afrikaans |
| Level |
ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3 |
| ISBN |
978-0-86980-836-8 |
Saturday starts off happily for Mandla. He and his friends have a good time at MaShezi’s. But he has a bit too much to drink, and so he is not as careful as he should be when he meets a bull on the way home.
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Title |
Mosima makes a plan |
| Author |
Monica Rakoma |
| Language |
English and Sepedi (original language) |
| Level |
ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3 |
| ISBN |
978-1-86840-482-7 |
Mosima is a married woman. She is beautiful and admired by most men. When her husband finds a job in Gauteng, things start to go wrong.
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Title |
My Red Cow |
| Author |
Victus Kunene |
| Language |
English |
| Level |
ABET Level /Grade 1-3 |
| ISBN |
978-1-86840-292-2 |
Bonga loved his beautiful red cow. He was very angry when it was stolen but he found a solution to his problem.
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Title |
The jackpot! |
| Author |
Edwin Komana |
| Language |
English and Sepedi (original language) |
| Level |
ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3 |
| ISBN |
978-1-86840-481-0
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Malose and Mosima are very poor. They are very excited when they win the jackpot. Unfortunately something terrible happens and their dream vanishes.
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Title |
The new baby
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| Author |
Helen Brain
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| Language |
English (original language) and Sepedi
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| Level |
ABET Level 1/Grade 1-3
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| ISBN |
978-1-86840-294-6 |
A priest and his wife are ashamed when their daughter tells them she is going to have a baby. When the baby comes, everything changes.
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Title |
The Nkosi Family |
| Author |
Elda Lyster |
| Language |
English (original language), isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho, Afrikaans and Sepedi |
| Level |
ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3 |
| ISBN |
978-0-86980-853-5 |
The seven members of the Nkosi family have their own likes and dislikes, hopes and dreams, just like everybody else. Let them all, from Gogo Nkosi to two year old Philile, share their feelings with you.
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Title |
The sea is alive! |
| Author |
Batseba Poo |
| Language |
English and Setswana (original language) |
| Level |
ABET Level 1/Grade 1-3 |
| ISBN |
978-1-86840-480-3 |
Tladi dreams of going to the seaside. Eventually he and his friend Pule go to Durban. Tladi knows how to swim but he is not prepared for the waves!
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Title |
Where does the money go? |
| Author |
Moses Thwala |
| Language |
English and SiSwati (original language) |
| Level |
ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3 |
| ISBN |
978-1-86840-486-5
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Maseko’s salary was stolen from him on his way home from work. Maseko’s wife decided to walk back from work with her husband on pay day to see if he was telling the truth.
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Title |
Who shall I marry? |
| Author |
Sello Motete
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| Language |
English, Sepedi and Setswana (original language) |
| Level |
ABET Level 1/Grade 1-3
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| ISBN |
978-1-86840-476-6 |
Mmatli is confused. He cannot choose between two girls. When he goes to his father for help, the family secrets come pouring out.
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Title |
Why dogs chase goats
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| Author |
Mba Manqele & Wendy Annecke
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| Language |
English |
| Level |
ABET Level 1/Grade 1-3
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| ISBN |
978-0-86980-848-1 |
A dog, a goat, a sheep and a taxi driver go on an interesting journey. The goat tricks the dog, the dog chases the goat and the sheep is still standing in the road.
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Title |
Woza Friday |
| Author |
Wendy Annecke |
| Language |
English |
| Level |
ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3 |
| ISBN |
978-0-86980-838-2
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Read about how someone feels on a Monday morning and how he feels on a Friday morning, and at the same time you will learn the names for different parts of the body.
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Title |
The Trick
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| Author |
Wendy Annecke
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| Language |
English |
| Level |
ABET Level 2/Grade 4-5 |
| ISBN |
978-0-86980-837-5 |
MaMkhize has no money to pay the rent or buy food. Her husband spends all the money on drinking at the shebeen. She asks the sangoma for help. Together they plan a clever trick to stop her husband's drinking.
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Title |
What if it's me? Help with AIDS |
| Author |
Wendy Annecke and Nozizwe Madlala
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| Language |
English and isiZulu
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| Level |
ABET Level 2/Grade 4-5 |
| ISBN |
978-1-874897-76-7 |
Jack and his wife Lindi find out that they are HIV positive. They and their friends in the church group learn about AIDS: how to cope with it and how to prevent it.
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Title |
Against the wind: five South Africans follow their dreams |
| Author |
Lesley Lewis |
| Language |
English |
| Level |
ABET Level 3/Grade 6-7 |
| ISBN |
978-1-874897-60-6 |
Against the wind tells the stories of five remarkable South Africans: Simon Mkhize who, year after year, ran the Comrades Marathon unofficially, ignoring its racial bans; Magema M. Fuze, who was the first black South African to publish a book in Zulu; Sibusisiwe Violet Makhanya, who was the first black woman to become a qualified social worker; K.E. Masinga, who became the first black radio announcer and Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize, who was one of the first people to champion women’s rights in South Africa, as well as being one of the first black women in Natal to have her own business.
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Title |
Beer, Songs and Quarrels |
| Author |
Sibongile Sithole |
| Language |
English, isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho |
| Level |
ABET Level 3/Grade 6-7 |
| ISBN |
978-0-86980-793-4 |
Sharing curry recipes in Glebelands before forced removals; hiding in terror from the white valiant car; giving birth to her daughter and being discharged from the hospital on the same day - without a cent in her pocket; her husband’s drinking, girlfriends and violent ways; a very strange funeral and folk tales told to her by her mother ... Sibongile Sithole remembers “how things used to be” and tells true stories about her life as a mother, friend, wife and daughter.
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Title |
No space to plant |
| Author |
Thandekile Memela, Gretta Ndukwane, Deliwe Phakathi & Thoko Qwabe |
| Language |
English |
| Level |
ABET Level 3/Grade 6-7 |
| ISBN |
978-1-874897-58-3 |
Four women from Canaan tell their life stories: moving from one place to another, marrying, having children and struggling to find a home where there is space to plant.
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Title |
Surviving rape |
| Author |
Sonya Keyser and Brett Purdon |
| Language |
English and isiZulu |
| Level |
ABET Level 3/Grade 6-7 |
| ISBN |
978-1-86840-171-0
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What do you do if you have been raped? What happens at the police station, at the District Surgeon and at the court? This book gives practical advice about rape and provides a list of organisations that offer help to survivors of rape.
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Title |
The diary of Thami the truck driver |
| Author |
Wendy Annecke
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| Language |
English |
| Level |
ABET Level 3/Grade 6-7 |
| ISBN |
978-1-874897-75-0 |
Thami, a long-distance truck driver, writes a daily diary about his travels. Through his diary we learn about the history and geography of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.
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Title |
The Tree Man: Robert Mazibuko's story |
| Author |
edited by Joanne Bloch
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| Language |
English and isiZulu
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| Level |
ABET Level 3/Grade 6-7 |
| ISBN |
978-1-86840-173-4 |
Robert Mazibuko, the "Tree Man", died in July 1994 at the age of 90. He spent his life teaching people how to make the soil rich and how to plant vegetables and trees. As he said, "Without the soil, there is nothing." This is his story and advice in his own words.
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Title |
MaLulu's Place |
| Author |
Busi Chaane
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| Language |
English
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| Level |
ABET Level 4/Grade 8-9 |
| ISBN |
978-1-86840-653-1 |
Jabu is desperate to get a job with the Scorpions. While he is waiting to hear about his application, MaLulu asks him for help. Her son and her nephew have been kidnapped so Jabu and his friends jump into action!
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