Celebrate Freedom Day with these local reads
turns 70 this year, reminding us that the novel's vision of the inevitable triumph of good over evil has been fulfilled. The National Party, which came to power in the same year the book was published and immediately introduced the racist policy of apartheid, is now dead - but the book is still rocking.
Written in a white-hot rage at frenetic speed, it was a cry of despair, a cautionary tale of how the theft of black people's land by their white conquerors would not only complicate race relations in SA but might also lead to a bloodbath.by Solomon Johannes 'Sampie' Terreblanche. While most of us were glued to our TV screens watching the Codesa talks, there were other talks – away from the public eye - which dealt with economic matters.
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