Joho! Uitgewers

An Afrikaans publishing house, founded in 2008, when Genugtig! Uitgewers changed its name to Joho! Uitgewers (Joho! Publishers).

Joho! Uitgewers
In 2008 Genugtig! Uitgewers was renamed Joho! Uitgewers.

Joho! means ” an exclamation of joy”, says the press release from co-owner Vera Nagtegaal. As in, “Joho Silver, away!” – or “Joho, Joho, it’s off to work we go…”

Background on the co-owners:

Vera Nagtegaal studied BA Communications at the University of Johannesburg, after which she did her honours in Branding at the Vega School in Johannesburg. She spent the next couple of years working in Advertising. She later joined the LIPCO Group as their brand manager. She was the co-founder of the legal product Her Law and the co-author of the bestselling book, Her Law (Oshun Publishers).

Jackie Nagtegaal is an author who published her first book at the age of 16 in Afrikaans. The book won numerous literary awards and was translated into English. She sold over 25 000 copies. She went on to study law at the University of Stellenbosch and joined the LIPCO Group, where she co-founded the legal product Her Law. She co-authored the bestselling book, Her Law (Oshun Publishers).

For more information
For more information, visit the website www.joho.co.za

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