RICHMOND - LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH - RAGAVALOO, ANDREW IN SOUTH AFRICA

Paperback. English. STE Publishers. 2008. 292pp. In good condition. On 7 April 1997, Sifiso Nkabinde, the regional leader of the ANC in Richmond, was expelled from the ANC for being a police spy. A self-proclaimed warlord during the conflict in the area in the early 1990s, Nkabinde is believed to be responsible for starting up a small-scale civil war in Richmond following his expulsion, which left over 100 people dead. This account of the events in Richmond during this period is told by Richmond's mayor at the time, Andrew Ragavaloo, a committed member of the ANC whose life was under constant threat by Nkabinde's henchmen.