“He thought how easy it would be to write an entire book on Johannesburg violence. The strike leader Pickaxe Mary, after whom Mary Fitzgerald Square was named, who attacked her enemies with a pickax...”

“But Sara has spent enough time in the darkness to know that you often have to remain there for a long time before youre ready for the light again.”

“This is Africa, my friends These folks do things differently. Sven Taxel, who regards himself as an expert on South Africa because he has read Wilbur Smith, Rian Malan and Andr Brink, tries to cal...”

“So I am not exactly sure what I imagine and what I remember. Is there a difference? Not much, if you ask me.”

“Revolution?” Arno laughed. “What happened wasn’t a revolution. It was a deal. The creation of a new bunch of entrepreneurs who could be more easily manipulated by international capital.”

“This is Africa, my friends … These folks do things differently.” Sven Taxel, who regards himself as an expert on South Africa because he has read Wilbur Smith, Rian Malan and André Brink, tries to ...”

“How many shots had to be fired to turn this child back to his home and anxious mother?”

“We are not subjects of a State founded upon law, but members of a society founded upon revolution. Revolution is our obligation: our hope of evolution. The Revolution is in the individual spirit, o...”

“To be out of touch with a society in which women have internalized their subjugation is an admirable thing.”