Armed and dangerous: From undercover struggle to freedom – Ronnie Kasrils

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Nicknamed ‘The Red Pimpernel’ by the South African press

Condition: Very good

356p, B&W photos, index.

Originally published in 1993, the book was republished in 1998 with eight additional chapters.. So great has been the demand that Kasrils had added further chapters to update the book to 2004.

During the years of apartheid rule in South Africa, Ronnte Kasrils was actively involved with the banned ANC, its military wing Umkhonto we.Sizwe and the South African Communist Party. Hunted by the security police, he was described by them as “Armed.and Dangerous.” This is his riveting first-hand account of the tense and dramatic years of the liberation struggle followed, by his role in the first ten years of a democratic South Africa in which he first served .as Deputy Defence Minister .(1994 to l999) and then as Minister of. Water Affairs and Forestry (1999 to 2004).

Kasrils gives an insider’s account of the workings of Umkhonto weSizwe, the armed wing of the ANC, during the underground years, is a modern-day story of intrigue and cunning in the fight against apartheid.

Nicknamed ‘The Red Pimpernel’ by the South African press and public for slipping in and out of South Africa in a plethora of disguises to run secret missions, Kasrils narrowly escaped arrest and detention in several close shaves with security forces. Following the arrests of Mandela and other ANC leaders, he fled into hiding overseas, became one of the key commanders of Umkhonto weSizwe and was responsible for setting up training camps in Tanzania, Cuba and elsewhere. Armed and Dangerous provides an insider’s account of the workings of Umkhonto weSizwe, the armed wing of the ANC, during the underground years, is a modern-day story of intrigue and cunning in the fight against apartheid.

Dedicated to the Born Frees, the generation born after the attainment of a democratic South Africa in 1994, to help them understand the struggle and carry on where we left off to make South Africa a better place for all who live in it. This is a story that will resonate for years to come.