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A Pretoria Boy: The Story of South Africa’s ‘Public Enemy Number One’

A Pretoria Boy: The Story of South Africa’s ‘Public Enemy Number One’


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Peter Hain has had a dramatic 50-year political career, in Britain and his native South Africa. This is the story of that extraordinary journey, from Pretoria to the House of Lords.

Hain vividly describes his anti-apartheid parents' arrest and harassment in the early 1960s, the hanging of a close white family friend, and enforced London exile in 1966. After organising militant anti-Springbok demonstrations he became 'Public Enemy Number One' in the South African media. Narrowly escaping jail for disrupting all-white South African sports tours, he was framed for bank robbery and nearly assassinated by a bomb.

He used British parliamentary privilege to expose looting and money laundering in President Jacob Zuma's administration, informed by his government 'deep throat', and likely influenced Zuma's resignation. Hain ends by exhorting South Africa to reincarnate Nelson Mandela's vision and integrity for the future.

'A tour de force over an extraordinary half century of campaigning for justice.' - Helen Clark, former New Zealand Prime Minister and United Nations Development Chief

About the Author :
Peter Hain was brought up in South Africa. Forced into exile, he became a British anti-apartheid leader. Labour MP for Neath 1991-2015, he served in Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's governments for twelve years, seven of those in the Cabinet.

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Engrossing, thrilleresque ... impossible to put down. A stalwart anti-racist and anti-apartheid campaigner. A tour de force over an extraordinary half century of campaigning for justice. Peter's gripping story and his passionate activism resonates with me over our common (African) childhood and exile in Britain From fighting for Nelson Mandela's freedom to exposing his betrayal under Jacob Zuma, a 50 year story of constant campaigning. Talk about courage and chutzpah - this young 'un helped topple apartheid!


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781785788819
  • Publisher: Icon Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Icon Books
  • Height: 198 mm
  • No of Pages: 368
  • Sub Title: The Story of South Africa’s ‘Public Enemy Number One’
  • Width: 129 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1785788817
  • Publisher Date: 06 Oct 2022
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Weight: 300 gr


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