Witness to Power: A Political Memoir

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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,...Read more
  • ISBN10 177609395X
  • ISBN13 9781776093953
  • Publish Date 3 November 2024
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country ZA
  • Publisher Penguin Random House South Africa
  • Imprint Penguin Books (South Africa)
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 264
  • Language English