Not without a fight
Subtitle: the autobiography
By: Helen Zille
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Cape Town, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 529
ISBN-13: 9781776090426; 9781776090433
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: History; Politicians; Biography; Politics and government; Hommes politiques; Biographies; Histoire; Democratic Alliance (South Africa)
Description: Not Without a Fight is the long-awaited autobiography of Helen Zille, one of South Africa's most important political figures. Zille takes the reader back to her humble family origins, her early career as a journalist at the Rand Daily Mail, where she wrote the story exposing Steve Biko's murder, and her involvement with the End Conscription Campaign and the Black Sash. She documents her journey through the ranks of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Alliance, and recalls her experiences as leader of the DA, mayor of Cape Town and premier of the Western Cape. In the process she speaks frankly about colleagues and opponents, and reveals fascinating insights about what happened behind the political scenes. Readers will also meet a Helen Zille they did not know: a warm person, a devoted mother, and someone with an earthy sense of humour. This book is as frank, honest and uncompromising as Helen Zille herself, and will appeal to anyone interested in the story of South Africa politics over the part fifty years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Roots; title: It takes a village; title: Hunger strikes; title: Matters of the heart; title: 'The Maree affair'; title: Birth pains and death throes; title: A political education; title: Yes, Minister; title: The battle for the soul of the DA; title: 'Hamba kwa langa'; title: An unlikely coalition; title: 'We can, we must, and we will'; title: Of crosstitutes and criminals; title: Zillegate; title: Moral equivalence; title: Damned if you do; title: Varying shades of bad; title: The plane crash; title: A deluded agenda; title: Setting the record straight; title: The end of two eras; title: The problem with race politics; title: The struggle for economic freedom; title: Acknowledgements; title: Abbreviations; title: Index.