Home Affairs

Winner of the Citizen Book Prize

Politics, progress and pampoenkoekies...

In the Underberg village of Hillman something has disturbed the peace that has hitherto prevailed in the hilltop hamlet.

Situated 199½ km from Durban, the little dorp of Hillman is having an identity crisis: in the run-up to the mayoral election a debate is raging about whether or not to change the name of the town in line with current political trends.
This is not a party-political debate, however, Hillman having been pretty much ignored in the grander scheme of things, but -embroiled in a hotbed of infighting and political one-upmanship- the town becomes a dorp divided.

In the manic tradition of Tom Sharpe, a quirky cast of uniquely South African characters engages in a bitter struggle between progress and self-preservation in the New South Africa. 

Join mayor Dewaldt "Pompies" de Wet; Ephraim "Oubaas" Mthethwa, the contender; Tienkie Groenewald, the (almost) lethal postal mistress; Kobus "Dominee" van Vouw, sheep-farmer and local right-wing loony; and dubious dowager empress, Lady Eleanor Lambert-Lansdowne, on a madcap adventure of politics, progress and pampoenkoekies...Drakensberg style!

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If you would like to order your copy of Home Affairs please click here to go to 30°South Publishing's website. The book is also available at Exclusive Books, Adams, and Kalahari.net as well as from many other book stores around South Africa.
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