Book Reviews

Out of Quatro: From Exile to Exoneration

Luthando Dyasop, Out of Quatro: From Exile to Exoneration (Cape Town: Kwela, 2021) ONE Saturday afternoon in 1980, Luthando…

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The Poisoners: On South Africa’s Toxic Past, 1973‒2020

Imraan Coovadia, The Poisoners: On South Africa’s Toxic Past, 1973‒2020 (Cape Town: Umuzi, 2021) THE USE of poison as…

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The ANC’s Last Decade: How the Decline of the Party Will Transform South Africa

Ralph Mathekga, The ANC’s Last Decade: How the Decline of the Party will Transform South Africa (Cape Town: Tafelberg,…

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An Historian’s Passage to Africa: An Autobiography

Bill Freund, An Historian’s Passage to Africa: An Autobiography (Johannesburg: Wits University Press, 2021) WHAT were the chances of…

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White Malice: The CIA and the Neo Colonisation of Africa

Susan Williams, White Malice: The CIA and the Neo Colonisation of Africa (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2021) ‘THE AMERICANS were everywhere.’…

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Confessions of a Stratcom Hitman

Paul Erasmus, Confessions of a Stratcom Hitman (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2021) THERE was no so-called third force: the propaganda, dirty…

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All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa, 1910‒1948: A Graphic History

Richard Conyngham, All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa, 1910‒1948: A Graphic History (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2021) THIS illustrated…

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Fortunes: The Rise and Rise of Afrikaner Tycoons

Ebbe Dommisse, Fortunes: The Rise and Rise of Afrikaner Tycoons (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2021) TWO dozen tycoons are the…

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Eight Days in July: Inside the Zuma Unrest that Set South Africa Alight

Qaanitah Hunter, Kaveel Singh and Jeff Wicks. Eight Days in July: Inside the Zuma Unrest that Set South…

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Deep Collusion: Bain and the Capture of South Africa

Athol Williams, Deep Collusion: Bain and the Capture of South Africa (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2021) IT’S not unusual for…

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