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Paul Du Toit
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‘Africa Forms the Key’
This book examines the work of prominent South African geologist Alex Du Toit as a means of understanding the debate around continental drift both in segregation-era South Africa and internationally. It contextualises Du Toit’s work within a particularly formative period of South African science, from the paleoanthropological discoveries that sparked debates about the origins of humankind to Jan Smuts’ own theory of holism. Beyond South African scientific discoveries, the book sets Du Toit’s work against a backdrop of ideological struggles over space, both domestically in terms of segregation and nationalism, as well as internationally as South Africa sought to assert its position with...
Natalie Du Toit
Natalie du Toit's story is a truly inspirational one of the courage required to overcome adversity. She has done it with steely determination and unfaltering humour.
Paul Du Toit
Paul du Toit was born in 1922, the son of a Huguenot-Afrikaner missionary ministering to a 'coloured' rural community near Cape Town, South Africa. At the age of 22 he became a studio-apprentice of Jean Welz, an Austrian emigre who became a powerful influence in South African art.
The Stellenbosch Mafia
About 50km outside of Cape Town lies the beautiful town of Stellenbosch, nestled against vineyards and blue mountains that stretch to the sky. Here reside some of South Africa's wealthiest individuals: all male, all Afrikaans – and all stinking rich. Johann Rupert, Jannie Mouton, Markus Jooste and Christo Weise, to name a few. Julius Malema refers to them scathingly as 'The Stellenbosch Mafia', the very worst example of white monopoly capital. But who really are these mega-wealthy individuals, and what influence do they exert not only on Stellenbosch but more broadly on South African society? Author Pieter du Toit begins by exploring the roots of Stellenbosch, one of the wealthiest towns i...
Home Truths
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African Wildlife Exposed
A collection of photographs that were shot in Kenya, Tanzinia, Angola, Namibia, Mozambique, Swaziland, Lesotho and South Africa. This is a remarkable collection of photographs from the personal journey of Greg du Toit, a celebrated photographer of African wildlife whose reputation for placing himself in considerable danger to 'get the shot' is legendary. The majority of the images are colour, with a selection of black and white. The images were shot in Kenya, Tanzinia, Angola, Namibia, Mozambique, Swaziland, Lesotho and South Africa.
