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From undercover struggle to freedom, by ronnie kasrils, mp, minister of water affairs and forestry, johannesburg, 5 april 2004. Now in its fourth edition, armed and dangerous is the firsthand account of kasrilss years in both the liberation struggle and in government. Former intelligence minister ronnie kasrils has labelled president jacob zuma a dangerous disgrace who has betrayed the country and its people and who will stop at nothing to eliminate criticism. Includes bibliographic data, information about the author of the ebook, description of the e book and other if such information is available. At the time eleanor was dating kasrils armed and dangerous. Book discussion, armed and dangerous mr ronnie kasrils. In this excerpt from the new introduction to the book, published in the guardian, kasrils writes about the ancs faustian moment, saying that, from 1991 to 1996 the battle for the ancs soul got under way, and was eventually lost to corporate power. The struggle against apartheid was going on right under my nose,but,like most white south africans,i was too blind or selfpossessed to see. He was minister for intelligence services from 27 april 2004 to 25 september 2008. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite reads in more than a dozen. Kasrils gives an insiders account of the workings of umkhonto wesizwe, the armed wing of the anc. Gym was less exhausting than ronnie kasrils at full tilt.
Ronnie kasrils was my contemporary and living in durban at the same time as i was. Ronnie kasrils has made explosive revelations in a new book detailing how he warned the sacp and blade nzimande about their choice of jacob zuma to lead the anc. Ronnie kasrils is the former minister of intelligence services in south africa and the author of armed and dangerous, a bestselling autobiography about his own experiences in the african national congress during the 1960s. Ronnie kasrils armed and dangerous begins in 1989 as he is about to board an international flight destination johannesburg. Kasrils eventually joined the anc in exile where over the next 27 years. New edition of ronnie kasrils memoir armed and dangerous. My undercover struggle against apartheid, 1993, the books author who was the durban security polices target at the time of the raid on the. Description now in its fourth edition, armed and dangerous is the firsthand account of kasrilss years in both the liberation struggle and in government. This is one of the best books about the antiapartheid struggle ive read by someone who was in the thick of it who is obviously both brave and politically astute. My undercover struggle against apartheid african writers series by ronnie kasrils 25oct1993 paperback by isbn.
Nicknamed the red pimpernel by the south african press and public for slipping in and out of south africa in disguise to run secret missions, kasrils narrowly escaped arrest in several close shaves with security forces. A commander in umkhonto wesizwe from its inception in 1961 until 1990, he served in government from 1994 to his. His transition is documented in an updated version of this book published by a different publisher. Ronnie kasrils in conversation with shannon ebrahim at exclusive books, brooklyn, for the local launch of catching tadpoles, the shaping of a young rebel, a memoir by kasrils. Oct 18, 20 book discussion, armed and dangerous mr ronnie kasrils at ujs apk library university of johannesburg official youtube. An activist in the african national congress and the south african communist party all his adult life, between 1994 and 2008 he was his countrys deputy defense minister, minister of water affairs and forestry, and minister. He was soon lending me his books about south africa and giving me insights into american beatnik culture.
The critically acclaimed memoirs of one female police officers sixteenyear odyssey, beginning with day one at the police academy and spanning assignments on chicagos west side, one of the most dangerous areas in the city. His previous books include two on bertrand russell, the english philosopher who he met twice. This insiders account of the workings of umkhonto wesizwe, the armed wing of the anc, during the underground years, is a modernday story of intrigue and cunning in the fight against apartheid. Kasrils gives an insiders account of the workings of umkhonto wesizwe, the armed wing of the anc, during the underground years, is a modernday story of intrigue and cunning in. Nov 10, 2017 ronnie kasrils new book a simple man aidc and amandla will be launching ronnie kasrils new book a simple man. This is why the jackal, a man without ideology, remains a fictions and a terrorised, why kasrils armed and dangerous is the autobiography of a freedom fighter.
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