Author : Bryan Rostron
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN 13 : 186842474X
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (684 download)
Book Synopsis The Ranter's Guide To South Africa by : Bryan Rostron
Download or read book The Ranter's Guide To South Africa written by Bryan Rostron and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2011-10-17 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 ...