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Anglo American bosses spent vast resources to influence returning ANC leaders, and alongside covert intelligence gathering networks, shaped financial policy in the years of transition from apartheid state to democracy.
For many years, Jonas Savimbi, was known for his charisma, charm and brio. Now, 30 years later, having discovered the truth about Savimbi, Fred Bridgland sets the record straight in his new book.
It is estimated that 20,000 people comprising mainly doctors, engineers and teachers were summarily executed by the MPLA after the alleged attempted coup. Their guests, the ANC, got entangled in the madness in Angola and had their own casualties.
Three thrillers, three different settings, three very gripping stories; Barbara Ludman reviews three new books worth reading.
The death of a close maternal relative recalls the death of another great matriarch writes Dr Chris Luke – as the tears flow for a lost grandmother I