Imraan Coovadia's 'The Poisoners: On SA's Toxic Past' is shortlisted for the non-fiction award.
, some questions about his book which is shortlisted for the non-fiction awardMy father told me a story about being at a dinner with a high-ranking ANC official, Peggy Nkonyeni, probably around a decade ago. Nknonyeni's staff demanded that a taster be provided for such an important personage. I tried to understand what they were frightened of, and in many ways stumbled onto the stories of Rhodesian and South African use of illegal weapons.
That in the late 1980s I was on the same flights from Johannesburg to New York and back on which American collaborators were transporting vials of deadly viruses.In what way do you think the book “illuminates truthfulness”? Our society is corrupted from the ground up: the poor, the rich, black, white, powerful, and the powerless, left-wing and right, lawyers and trade unionists. We lie and accept lies as a people more easily than probably any other people on Earth. Ultimately, this acceptance of lying is a matter of opinion. Over time, I think, the best way to treat opinion is through writing and argument, setting an example of seeking truth.Trying to understand the intricacies of the [Wouter] Basson trial.
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