by Ndumiso Ngcobo
The cover says "Subversive Thoughts from an Urban Zulu Warrior.  This is a slickly written and humorous look at the new South Africa.

A Zulu who was brought up with a mixture of Catholic and Zulu cultures, Ndumiso Ngcobo developed a love for giving his opinion at an early age.  And this book, hopefully, is the first of his opinions!  He takes real-life every-day events and gives his views of the whys and wherefores.  His solution to riding in cramped taxis, that in South Africa are overloaded mini-buses - "No more back row sitting between hippo hips. No more dying in the heat. .....No more! Never! They will never take me alive!"

He asks and in his own way answers questions such as ‘Why can you never get decent service from a black chick?' about the double-standards of English speaking people, the ‘shiftiness' of Indians - all written with affection, candour and humour.

Published in 2007 by Two Dogs, who specialize in publishing off-beat books that would appeal mostly to men, this book would also appeal to any woman with it's tongue-in-cheek portrayal of South Africa.  ISBN 9-781920-137182 rrp R120. 

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