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After the party Second Edition
Author(s): Andrew Feinstein (Author)
- Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers SA
- Publication Date: 23 Oct. 2007
- Edition: Second Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 300 pages
- ISBN-10: 1868422623
- ISBN-13: 9781868422623
Book Description
Andrew Feinstein became an active – and ardent – member of the ANC in the 1980s, and campaigned energetically for the party in the first democratic elections. He was elected to parliament and rose swiftly through the ranks, earning the label ‘Mr Clean’ for his unstinting work against graft and corruption. But his feelings of euphoria at being part of the new South Africa slowly soured. Initially disappointed by the constant jockeying for power and the denialist AIDS policy of President Thabo Mbeki, Feinstein’s disillusionment grew as he sought unsuccessfully to investigate the corruption surrounding the Arms Deal. Isolated from his former comrades, Feinstein was forced to choose between his principles and the party he had so admired.
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About the Author
Andrew Feinstein was an ANC MP for more than seven years before resigning in protest at the party’s handling of the multi-billion rand arms deal that was tainted by allegations of high-level corruption. After working in financial services he now writes, l
