From 1961 the lawyer Joe Slovo became deeply involved in a campaign of violent sabotage against the South African apartheid government. He and Nelson Mandelabecame the initial high command for the new army—Umkhonto we Sizwe
Family and Intimate relationships
Gillian Slovo
After his wife's death, Joe continued his secretive life of gun-smuggling as Chief of Staff of the guerilla army Umkhonto we Sizwe
, until he had to leave Mozambique in a hurry in 1984 when...
Textual Features
Gillian Slovo
The book continues to follow events in South Africa through Moses, who engages in sabotage (destructive of property but not of lives) as a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe
(or MK), the military wing of...
