Patriots & Parasites

Synopsis

Patriots & Parasites, Completed Just Days Before Smuts’s Unexpected Death In 2016, Is Her Account Of The Momentous Period Known As The Transition Era, Through The Lens Of Her 25-year Career As A Key Opposition Mp And A Respected Legislator. With Ambitious Breadth And Rare Insight, She Examines The Following. The Arduous But Exhilarating Work Of Writing The Constitution And The Bill Of Rights; The Great Experiment In Catharsis That Was The Truth And Reconciliation Commission; The Reinvigoration Of Racial Polarisation Under The Mbeki Administration, And The Slow Burn Of Resentment That Is Coming To A Head Among The Next Generation (as Manifested In The #rhodesmustfall Campaign); The Entrenchment Of Cronyism Under Zuma, And The Fight To Protect The Crucial Balance Of Accountability Enshrined In The Freedom Of The Media And The Independence Of The Judiciary--publisher's Website.