In a Different Time: The Inside Story of the Delmas FourThis book tells the story of four young South Africans who embark on a mission that will ultimately take them to Death Row. They are a highly trained and experienced assassination squad reporting directly to Chris Hani.The narrative details their infiltration into the country, their operations, arrest and subsequent trial. These men are the foot soldiers who sacrificed everything. As their trial unfolds with their attorney fighting to save them from the gallows, so too does the story of their own lives and the choices they make. The story is set in a South Africa gripped by unrest and political tension, when the ANC was in exile and repression at its height.It tells of the extraordinary lengths people go to in order to fight for what they believe, and the acts people will commit to preserve the status quo. The characters are linked by bizarre coincidence and tragedy in a true account narrated by their attorney.Woven through the narrative is the construction of a bomb and its journey towards its target, and the circumstances which enable that meeting. |
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... Mamelodi . While still in Botswana preparing for their mission , they had decided that they would carry out their first action in Mamelodi . They had chosen Mamelodi for a reason . Six months earlier , in November 1985 , police had ...
... Mamelodi . While still in Botswana preparing for their mission , they had decided that they would carry out their first action in Mamelodi . They had chosen Mamelodi for a reason . Six months earlier , in November 1985 , police had ...
Page 63
... Mamelodi . All the people from Lady Selborne were split up and resettled in Mamelodi and the townships of Garankuwa and Atteridgeville . My mother and my uncles often talked about Lady Selborne for hours . My mother would bring out her ...
... Mamelodi . All the people from Lady Selborne were split up and resettled in Mamelodi and the townships of Garankuwa and Atteridgeville . My mother and my uncles often talked about Lady Selborne for hours . My mother would bring out her ...
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... Mamelodi house occurred some days later . Frankly , the way the case is going this detail is immaterial , but I can see it bothers him . Implicit is the contention that he talked straight after his arrest . Unfortunately we are ...
... Mamelodi house occurred some days later . Frankly , the way the case is going this detail is immaterial , but I can see it bothers him . Implicit is the contention that he talked straight after his arrest . Unfortunately we are ...
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accused number African Afrikaans appeal arrested askaris asks assassination assessors Bheki bomb Bundy Captain Prinsloo Chapi charges Chris Hani clients Coetzee's commander commission court Death Row death sentence defence Delmas detonator Dirk Coetzee door evidence extenuation eyes face families gallery give Goosen Govan Mbeki grenades Griffiths Mxenge hand Harms Harry Prinsloo head heard hit squad interrogation Jabu Jabu's Johannesburg judge Justice killed Klerk Kuny lawyers look Louisa Lukhele Lusaka Mamelodi Masango Mbeki Molope murder never night nods Nofomela organisations parcel Penuell Penuell Maduna policemen political trials Potsane Pretoria prison prosecution questions realise Robben Island says security police shouted soldiers South Africa Soweto statement stop Swaziland talk target tell Thabo Ting Ting Ting's told township Tshikalanga turned violence Vlakplaas Vrye Weekblad Vuma wait walked Walt warders Winterveld witness Zuma