“It’s Our Land You Want”, is the sequel to the best seller Great Trek Uncut written by Robin Binckes and which is a South African best seller.

“It's Our Land You Want” takes the reader on a vivid and colourful journey from 1852 through to 1918 and is a cornucopia of events and stories which make for riveting reading whilst also illustrating the diversity and complexity of our history.

The theme of Its Our Land You Want is repeated throughout our history as tribes fought with each other, the whites fought against each other and black a white fought each other, always about land- a contest which is unresolved and continues today.

The time span is blessed with a rich vein of stories which are described by the author in written word technicolour.

Some of the stories told are; Nongqawuse and the cattle killing which decimated the Xhosa nation; The Basotho wars; President of two countries; Sekhukhune wars; The Dorsland Trek; The Griqua Trek; Discovery of diamonds; 1st War in fight for freedom; discovery of gold; Jameson’s raid; 2nd South African War; Union of South Africa; Land Act; Birth of the ANC; Birth of the Nationalist party; Broedertwis and the Boer rebellion; Death of de la Rey; South Africa in World War I, The Mendi; Delville Wood.

Entertaining, well researched and historically accurate, this book deserves to be read by young and old as  the stories and events are milestones in the growth of this country and will be with us for years to come.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Born in Kokstad in 1941, Robin Binckes went to school in Mthatha. He left to work for Quaker Oats in the UK, returning to South Africa eight years later to form his own PR and promotions consultancy. Over the next 20 years he worked on saving the SA Formula One Grand Prix and staging the first international double-wicket cricket tournament in SA while consulting to clients including Hyperama, the SA Cricket Union and the navy. After selling his consultancy, Binckes was appointed executive chairman of Budget Rent a Car, then moving into the food industry and founding Gansbaai Fishing and RB’s Theatre of Foods. He then decided to turn his hobby of historical research into a career, becoming a tour guide and presenting lectures on history to corporate clients including Standard Bank, Investec and Sasol. He has published a novel, two biographies and five history books. Binckes lives in Parktown North in Johannesburg with his wife Margie and their Scottie and English Roan Spaniel, and spends holidays at his spiritual home of Haga Haga in the Eastern Cape.