| Author: | Mavuso Msimang |
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| Published: | 2026-04-25 00:00:00.0 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-77615-202-5 |
| Number of pages: | 257 |
| This book is not available in electronic format |
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In this collection of fifty-four essays Mavuso Msimang charts the ANC’s journey from liberation movement to political party. While many readers will have followed Msimang’s writing in the Daily Maverick, City Press, the Independent, Business Day and other major publications, this is the first time Msimang’s occasional writings have been presented in a single body of work.
Spanning a period of fifteen years, this book offers a contemporaneous account of the unfolding political story of South Africa. On the one hand, it charts the rise of corruption, and on the other it documents the equally compelling tale of South Africans’ fight to protect the nation’s integrity. With empathy, rage and love, each essay seeks to understand who we are and where we are going as a nation.
Honest, clear-eyed, and often humorous, Between Hope and Vigilance serves as a timely reminder of the values that defined the liberation movement. With equal parts empathy, rage and love, Msimang advocates for a return to these principles.
As former Corruption Watch CEO David Lewis notes in the powerful concluding essay in this collection, the media headlines may have died down around many of the issues contained in this book, but it serves as important archive that reminds us of the importance of speaking truth to power
