Witness to Power A Political Memoir

SKU: 9781776093953
Witness to Power A Political Memoir by Pieter Rootman Nakedi Mathews Phosa

Witness to Power A Political Memoir

SKU: 9781776093953
Author: Pieter Rootman
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Mathews Phosa's compelling story of political activism, leadership, and power shifts in South Africa. Mathews Phosa has been an eyewitness to the dramatic shifts of political power in South Africa. He was involved in the Black Consciousness Movement, the UDF and the ANC, before fleeing into exile in 1985 and becoming an uMkhonto weSizwe commander in Mozambique. A lawyer by training, he was one of the first ANC members to return to South Africa to prepare the way for negotiations. He was premier of Mpumalanga during the presidency of Nelson Mandela, with whom he had a strong relationship. Under Thabo Mbeki, whom he had known in exile, Phosa was pushed to the sidelines, with false accusations that he was involved in a 'plot' to overthrow the president. Phosa had served under Jacob Zuma as an MK field commander in Mozambique, and he became treasurer-general of the ANC when Zuma became its president at Polokwane. But Phosa later became a vocal critic of Zuma, and they didn't speak for years, until the night before Zuma's resignation. Phosa and Cyril Ramaphosa had studied law together at the University of the North in the 1970s, and fifty years later Phosa played a key role in advising him over the Phala Phala report that threatened to end his presidency. Witness to Power is a gripping story of underground activities, military operations, negotiations, political conflict and intrigue. It provides fascinating new insights into the ruling party and its leaders by an ANC elder who worked with them all.

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Format
Paperback
Pages
237
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Published
1 February 2025
Language
English
ISBN
9781776093953

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