... extraordinary book ... extremely illuminating. Possibly the most original contribution in a decade to the literature on South African Politics ... Chris Hani, his role in the ANC's military command and his position in the Communist party are revealed for the first time. As he, and others in the movement, now emerge to take their places in the new order that is unfolding in South Africa, we owe to Stephen Ellis and Africa Confidential our first glimpses of the realities behind the myths. His sources come from within these organisations and are not attributable. They cannot be wholly relied upon, but until we have other, better accounts, they remain indispensable reading to anyone interested in contemporary South Africa. -

- Martin Plaut, AFRICAN AFFAIRS

This book is, say its authors, an interim report. The scarcity of reliable information on the ANC and SACP over the past 30 years, they argue, makes it so. Their point is true enough. But their modesty is excessive. For, their book brings together and makes public much that is fresh - and doubtless much that will also be contested - about the Siamese twin-like ANC and SACP over the past 30 years in exile. -

- Howard Barrell, THE JOURNAL OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN STUDIES

...makes understandable sense of many episodes which might have seemed inexplicable at the time they happened...

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