Home Affairs
eBook - ePub

Home Affairs

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Home Affairs

About this book

In the Underberg village of Hillman, population 237, something has disturbed the peace. Situated 199½km from Durban (the extra ½km being of critical importance when you wish to distance yourself from city folk), Hillman is having an identity crisis. A debate is raging about whether or not to change the name of the town in line with current political trends. The mayor, surmising that the position of authority he has held since 1982 could be in jeopardy from one Ephraim "Oubaas" Mthethwa, decides to embrace the debate and campaigns to change Hillman's name to 'Dingaan Berg' in order to win votes on both sides of the fence. Mthethwa wants to change the name to Dingiswayo, stating correctly that Dingaan never actually visited Hillman at any point in history. Embroiled in a hotbed of infighting and political one-upmanship, the town becomes a dorp divided. When a rumour goes round that wealthy developers are coming to Hillman to build a Sun City-style resort on the mountain, the town is thrown into chaos. Newspaper reporters from as far as Pietermaritzburg and Estcourt descend en masse, and the townsfolk of Hillman have to choose between progress and prosperity or self-preservation.

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Information

Publisher
30 Degrees South Publishers
Year
2007
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9781928211068
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Copyright Page
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Foreword
  6. Prologue
  7. The (abridged) history of Hillman
  8. The Right Honourable Pompies de Wet
  9. The return of the prodigal Alpheus
  10. The contender
  11. A call to arms
  12. Issuing forth
  13. The gathering of the clan
  14. A rose by any other name ...
  15. The Battle of Hillman
  16. Castles, Laagers and Voortrekkers
  17. In God’s house there are many pews
  18. The lady in bed
  19. Flock and vaderland
  20. The wisdom of Winston
  21. Business unusual
  22. Please hold ...
  23. Spreading the word
  24. Things fall apart
  25. Strangers in our mist
  26. The sale of Hillman
  27. White out
  28. Crossed wires
  29. The party faithful
  30. Blackout
  31. To the polls
  32. One man, one goat
  33. Secrets and lies
  34. Epilogue
  35. Acknowledgments
  36. About the author

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