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Robert McBride : the struggle continues
- Title
- Robert McBride : the struggle continues / Bryan Rostron.
- Author
- Rostron, Bryan
- Publication
- Cape Town, South Africa : Tafelberg, 2019.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DT1768.C65 R63 2019 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits (some colour); 24 cm
- Summary
- "When Robert McBride was sentenced to death, he turned to the public gallery in court and said: 'Freedom is just around the corner. I am leaving you at the corner - and you must take that corner to find freedom on the other side.' As the guard moved in, he raised his fist and shouted: 'The struggle continues till Babylon falls!'It was 1987: the time of 'total onslaught'. The trial of the MK unit that planted the Magoo's bomb on the Durban beachfront dominated the news but few knew the real facts of the brave young people who brought the armed struggle to KwaZulu-Natal. This is the remarkable story of McBride and his comrades: the substation sabotage spree, rescuing a compatriot from hospital and smuggling him to Botswana, the devastating Why Not and Magoo's car bomb that killed three women, the dramatic trial and McBride's 1 463 days on Death Row. Now updated to include McBride's controversial life after the end of apartheid, this is a thrilling tale of a young South African's incredible courage, loyalty between friends and falling in love across the race barrier. Today, the struggle continues as McBride fights against corruption and state capture."--Back cover.
- Subject
- McBride, Robert
- McBride, Robert
- African National Congress
- African National Congress
- Political activists > South Africa > Biography
- Apartheid > South Africa > Biography
- Political corruption > South Africa
- Politics and government
- Political corruption
- Political activists
- Apartheid
- South Africa > Politics and government > Biography
- South Africa
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Note
- Originally published in the United Kingdom in 1991 as: Till Babylon falls.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Invitation to a wedding -- The book of life -- Spear of the nation -- A dream that never happened -- Among the weedkillers -- Darkness as a bride -- Afterword -2019.
- ISBN
- 9780624089148
- 0624089142
- LCCN
- 2019278648
- OCLC
- on1128865448
- 1128865448
- SCSB-9656752
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library