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Africa will always break your heart! - Gert Hugo~Gerrie Hugo was born in South Africa and grew up in this country during the years of Apartheid. As the middle son of a non-commissioned army officer, he soaked up the military mindset in hardcore training camps, such as Oudtshoorn and Bloemfontein. Preparing for battle against the Rooi Gevaar (Red Peril) and the Swart Gevaar (Black Peril) he was determined to save his country. As a colonel in the military he played a role in the ‘border war’ conducted in Angola and Namibia as well as the low intensity war waged within the boundaries of South Africa. Faced with the corruption and lies fed to military and civilian people, Hugo finally lost his blinkers and became disillusioned with the system he was fighting for. During the critical years of transition towards the New South Africa the truth dawned upon him — the ‘enemy’ was not at the borders of his beloved country, but within the very military system he had trusted all his life.
ISBN-13 9781920169367 Hardback
ISBN-13 9781920169329 Paperback
Jan 2007. 259 pages.~JDP Publishing
ISBN-13 9781920169367 Hardback
ISBN-13 9781920169329 Paperback
Jan 2007
259 pages, hardcover

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Gerrie Hugo was born in South Africa and grew up in this country during the years of Apartheid. As the middle son of a non-commissioned army officer, he soaked up the military mindset in hardcore training camps, such as Oudtshoorn and Bloemfontein. Preparing for battle against the Rooi Gevaar (Red Peril) and the Swart Gevaar (Black Peril) he was determined to save his country. Rising to Colonel in the South African Defence Force, he played a role in the 'border war' conducted in Angola and Namibia as well as the low intensity war waged within the boundaries of South Africa.

Faced with the corruption and lies fed to military and civilian people, Hugo finally lost his blinkers and became disillusioned with the system he was fighting for. During the critical years of transition towards the New South Africa the truth dawned upon him - the 'enemy' was not at the borders of his beloved country, but within the very military system he had trusted all his life. He took his evidence to the media, knowing the consequences would be severe and that he would be met by mistrust. He lost his job and his pension, spent time penniless on the streets.

In this book he presents firsthand information regarding the 'Third Force' that threatened to destroy South Africa. An issue that to this day has neither been accepted nor resolved in a country vulnerable to forces from all sides.

In this brutally honest telling of the death and deceit that pre-empted the South African transition, he targets the country's deepest hypocrisies: the 'Christian lifestyle,' the Nationalist society and white supremacy.

Ruthlessly he sheds light on the hidden shames of:

• taboo sex
• growing up with racial divides
• the Dutch Reformed Church's role in advocating the fight against communism and fuelling the national paranoia
• the migrant labour system and bantustans.

Today Gerrie Hugo lives in Sweden, where he's building a new life for himself together with his family. Vindicated by the international media, his story is now proven true by reports emerging from the new dispensation. Hugo is married to a Swede, who worked for the Swedish Anti-Apartheid movement in Angola and Namibia at the time he was launching attacks on the same countries.

This is a tale of courage and deceit. Hugo tells it as it was, his hallmark is brutal honesty - the only way towards the truth.Elma Pollard - Cape Town


NOTE from the publisher
This book by Gerrie Hugo has generated a storm of controversy, but the criticism of the book has come primarily from those who have not read it. A number of people who have actually read the book have commented that it is a delight to read and that the author writes speaks with an authentic voice about the situations and times that he experienced. This book is well worth a read, even if only so that you can make your own mind up about the content.~Africa will always break your heart! (Hardback)|ISBN-13 9781920169367|Africa will always break your heart! (Paperback)|ISBN-13 9781920169329|~4796~11336~MI ANC SANDF SADF South Africa army~

A Diplomat's Story: Apartheid and Beyond 1969-1998 - Pieter Wolvaardt~Pieter Wolvaardt joined the South African Department of Foreign Affairs in 1969 as a raw Afrikaans youngster. He served his apprenticeship at home in the Union Buildings and as a junior diplomat in Brazil from 1970 to 1973. He went through the thick of the apartheid days when the world ignored South Africa and most countries cut ties, officially defending the indefensible but all the time knowing that apartheid was wrong. After spells in London and Lisbon he found himself back in Pretoria on the South American desk just in time for the 1982 Falklands War between Great Britain and Argentina. He takes us into the time when South Africa was performing a balancing act between those two countries and going through all manner of difficulties in the process. In 1986, while serving as ambassador in Buenos Aires, he was expelled from the country after the SADF mounted simultaneous raids against ANC installations in Botswana , Zimbabwe and Zambia . From 1986 to 1990 he was back in Brazil. In 1994 President Nelson Mandela appointed him as South Africa 's first Ambassador to Mexico . He retired after a successful career with the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1998.

ISBN 1-919854-15-0. Paperback, 336pp; size 242 X 168mm, 32pp of black and white and colour pics, map.~ISBN 1-919854-15-0
Paperback, 336pp; size 242 X 168mm
32pp of black and white and colour pics, map.

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Pieter Wolvaardt's 29-year career as a diplomat in the Department of Foreign Affairs ran from 1969 to 1998. In these recollections he deals with the age-old dilemma that all South African diplomats had to contend with, namely working around morally questionable government policies.

His introduction to overseas service was in the exotic city of Rio de Janeiro . From there he was posted to London where activists demonstrating outside South Africa House were a constant reminder of the world's abhorrence of apartheid. He moved to Lisbon where he became engaged in efforts to gain the freedom of a South African POW in Angolan hands. All his postings afterwards, with the exception of occasional spells in Pretoria , were in Latin America - a continent he became a specialist in.

He writes how Eddie Dunn, South Africa 's Ambassador to El Salvador , was kidnapped and murdered by leftist guerrillas despite major efforts to effect his release. He was the only South African diplomat ever to have suffered this fate.

In the apartheid days the government gave orders for the favela (slum) areas in Rio , mostly occupied by black Brazilians, to be secretly photographed. The bizarre idea was for them to be produced at the UN as a counter to Brazil 's attacks on South Africa 's racial policies. The move was abandoned when it was pointed out that this would probably result in Brazil severing diplomatic relations with South Africa . Other odd political situations arose like when South Africa was falling over backwards in its efforts to normalise relations with Brazil , but it refused to allow Pele - arguably the most prominent soccer player in the world - to play football in the country because he was black.

In the late 60s moves were made to establish a South Atlantic Pact involving the South African, Brazilian and Argentinian navies. This had to be abandoned after a world-wide uproar about South Africa 's apartheid policies.

War broke out between Britain and Argentina on 2 April 1982 over the latter's invasion of the Falkland Islands . The author was on the Latin American desk in Pretoria and he dealt with the crisis on a daily basis. South Africa adopted a neutral stance - much of it concerning the British use or otherwise of the Simon's Town naval base. He reveals for the first time the inside story of how South Africa battled to maintain that neutrality.

In May 1986 when he was South Africa 's Head of Mission in Buenos Aires , Argentina , the SADF launched ground assaults by Special Forces against ANC targets in Zimbabwe and Botswana . Simultaneously SAAF jets struck ANC targets in Zambia . It was reputed that President PW Botha ordered the raids to make it impossible for the Commonwealth's Eminent Persons Group to continue with its political survey of South Africa . This resulted in the EPG packing their bags and leaving. But they weren't the only ones who had to pack their bags. Unfortunately for the author, Argentina decided to break diplomatic relations with South Africa over the incidents. He was declared persona non grata and expelled from the country.

In early 90s the political situation began to normalise after President FW de Klerk lifted the ban on the ANC and other organisations. During this period the author travelled widely in Latin America establishing and normalising South Africa 's relations. He also accompanied President de Klerk on state visits to various Latin American countries where they were welcomed with open arms - including Argentina which had expelled the author only a few short years before!

In 1994 President FW de Klerk appointed the author as South Africa 's first Ambassador to Mexico . While based there, President Nelson Mandela appointed him as non-resident ambassador to Costa Rica , Guatemala , Honduras and Panama . He also worked extensively elsewhere in Central America .

He retired from the service in 1998.~A Diplomat%27s Story Apartheid and Beyond%3A 1969-1998 by Pieter Wolvaardt|X ISBN 1919854150|~4796~11085~South African Foreign Affairs,~

A Long Night’s Damage: Working for the Apartheid State - Col. Eugene de Kock as told to Jeremy Gordin~On 30 April 1993 Colonel Eugene de Kock was discharged from the South African Police ahead of further investigations into his activities as head of the Security Police's section C1 at the notorious Vlakplaas Farm north of Pretoria. By then the ruling National Party was engaged in a massive damage control exercise. Many officers of the Security Forces as well as De Kock himself were being eyed as possible scapegoats. As it transpired at his trial, De Kock was the government's chief assassin. But De Kock was not an put-of-control policeman, he was an officer acting under orders. In this book he names the men who gave him orders, what they ordered him to do and for what reasons. He lifts the curtain on a heinous period of South African history when the architects of apartheid thought that any means justified their ends. But Colonel Eugene de Kock is not going to lie down and say nothing. This book lays out in great detail the corruption and moral decadence that pervaded the SADF and the Police. There are still many whose crimes against humanity were just as terrible as his own. Now De Kock tells his story: the one that the politicians and the generals had been hoping would never appear.
ISBN 0-620-22198-4 Softback. 332pp; 220 X 149mm; b/w pics.

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