{"product_id":"the-end-of-normal-a-witness-to-the-unravelling-of-white-power-in-south-africa","title":"THE END OF NORMAL, a witness to the unravelling of white power in South Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e319pp., paperback, \u003c\/em\u003eJonathan Ball Publishers, Cape Town, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781776195558 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his deeply personal memoir veteran journalist and author Max du Preez \u003cspan\u003eexplores South Africa's turbulent transition from the perspective of an Afrikaner \u003c\/span\u003ewho, after growing up in a middle-class Christian Nationalist family, \u003cspan\u003ebroke from his conservative roots to become an anti-apartheid voice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003edu Preez discusses his experiences over fifty years of frontline journalism, \u003c\/span\u003efrom witnessing the 1976 Soweto uprising as a young reporter to founding \u003cem\u003eVrye Weekblad\u003c\/em\u003e, the first anti-apartheid Afrikaans newspaper. He explores how otherwise decent people came to implement and support the apartheid system, examines the long-term impact of 16 June 1976, and takes a critical look at the current socio-political landscape, in particular the resurgence of Afrikaner nationalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSouth African journalist, columnist, and documentary filmmaker \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMax du Preez\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of several books, including the memoir, \u003ci\u003ePale Native: Memories of a Renegade Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Malema \u003c\/i\u003e(2009),\u003ci\u003eThe Rough Guide to Nelson Mandela \u003c\/i\u003e(2011) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Rumour of Spring: South Africa After Twenty Years of Democracy \u003c\/i\u003e(2013, winner of the Alan Paton Prize for non-fiction)\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHis many awards include the Louis M Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism from the University of Harvard, the Pringle Award for advancing press freedom, the 2006 Yale Globalist Journalist of the Year Award, the Ahmed Kathrada Leadership Award \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand the Nat Nakasa Award for courageous reporting, as well as honoris causa degrees from the universities of Cape Town, Stellenbosch and the Free State.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"du Preez (M.)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42371057942574,"sku":null,"price":340.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0265\/3182\/3662\/files\/TheEndofNormal.webp?v=1779696049","url":"https:\/\/clarkesbooks.co.za\/products\/the-end-of-normal-a-witness-to-the-unravelling-of-white-power-in-south-africa","provider":"Clarke's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}