Frontcover; Contents; List of Maps and Photographs; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms; Introduction; Part 1 War on the Reef; 1 Beginnings; 2 Rule of the Gun: The ANC and IFP at War; 3 Rule of the Gun: Violence on Multiple Fronts; 4 State Security Forces and Township Conflict; Part 2 Katlehong and Thokoza; 5 A Tale of Two Townships; 6 Combatant Stories; 7 Living in a War Zone; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary
A powerful re-reading of modern South African history following apartheid that examines the violent transformation during the transition era and how this was enacted in the African townships of the Witwatersrand
