Clare: The killing of a gentle activist

The mystery of Clare Stewart’s death

Christopher Clark

ISBN:

9780624092803

Epub ISBN:

9780624092810

Publisher:

Tafelberg

Date Released:

May 2022

Price (incl. VAT):

R 340.00

Format:

Soft cover, 250pp


About this book:

In November 1993, ANC activist and development worker Clare Stewart’s body was found in a shallow ditch in rural KwaZulu-Natal as the province sat on the brink of civil war. Amid the ensuing chaos and euphoria of South Africa’s ‘new dawn’, the details of Clare's killing would stay hidden beneath the surface. This gripping, moving account of Clare’s life and the mystery surrounding her death touches on the fragility of memory, family loss, apartheid’s evils, and the fault lines in our democracy.

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‘Riveting… An absorbing treatment of complex issues. I read this splendid book in a single sitting.’

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