The Ranter's Guide To South Africa: A Handbook For Hotheads, Windbags And Demagogues.

By Bryan Rostron

Ever wondered what waffle like 'accountability', 'site of contestation' or 'The National Democratic Revolution' really means? Here, in an irreverent nutshell, is your answer. The Ranter's Guide to South Africa pinpoints and defines some of the most overused and abused words, acronyms, piffle and jargon that noisily bamboozle our daily life. It is a satirical dictionary for our times, encompassing politics, business, culture, sport, history and that relentless, buzzing swarm of clichés that assault us every day. At last, comic relief is at hand in this indispensible A-Z digest with its short and sharp definitions that will puncture the bombast, bias and rampant populism circulating on all sides. Keep this subversive manual close by, it could save your sanity ...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
• Release date: Oct 17, 2011
• ISBN: 9781868424740

Bryan Rostron

Bryan Rostron, born in Johannesburg, has lived and worked as a journalist in Italy, New York, London and South Africa. He has written for 'The New York Times', the London 'Sunday Times', 'The Guardian', 'The Spectator' and the 'New Statesman', as well as writing columns for the British political weekly 'Tribune' and the satirical magazine 'Private Eye'. For ten years he worked with the great campaigning journalist Paul Foot on his investigative column in the 'Daily Mirror'. Since returning to South Africa, Rostron has written for many South African newspapers. He is the author of five previous books, including the novels 'My Shadow' and 'Black Petals'. He lives in Cape Town.