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Breaking The Bombers - How The Hunt For Pagad Created A Crack Police Unit (Paperback) Loot Price: R277
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Breaking The Bombers - How The Hunt For Pagad Created A Crack Police Unit (Paperback): Mark Shaw

Breaking The Bombers - How The Hunt For Pagad Created A Crack Police Unit (Paperback)

Mark Shaw

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At the very dawn of the country’s brave new democracy, Cape Town was at war. Pagad, which started as a community protest action against crime, had mutated into a sinister vigilante group wreaking death and destruction across the city. Between 1996 and 2001, there were more than 400 bombs – most famously at the popular Planet Hollywood restaurant at the V&A Waterfront – and there were countless targeted hits on drug lords and gang bosses.

The police were at their wits end. The new ANC government was alarmed. The citizens of Cape Town were living in fear.

Mark Shaw tells the incredible tale of how the police’s response pulled together former foes – struggle cadres and the apartheid security apparatus – to break the Pagad death squads. It is a story that has never been told in full and was not possible until recently, when many were released from prison or had retired and were finally willing to talk openly about this revealing chapter in South Africa’s recent history.

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Imprint: Jonathan Ball Publishers
Release date: September 2023
Authors: Mark Shaw
Dimensions: 233 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-1-77619-151-2
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Causes & prevention of crime
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Criminal investigation & detection
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
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LSN: 1-77619-151-X
Barcode: 9781776191512

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