Story of a small-town murder trial breaks it to you not so gently
The events in this compelling book take place against a backdrop of racism, populist politics and murderous crime
12 October 2020 - 20:06
Apartheid was always going to take longer to die in SA’s small towns than in the big cities. In the early magical years of Nelson Mandela’s presidency, every few months I would drive an hour and a half southwest of Johannesburg to a farming dorp called Koppies to chronicle the dismantling of white rule...
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