THE LOST BOYS OF BIRD ISLAND: A SHOCKING EXPOSE - MARK IN SOUTH AFRICA

It is the late 1980's. Serious allegations surface against three prominent National Party cabinet ministers, one of them the secondmost powerful man in the land. They are, it is said, regularly abusing young boys on an island just off the coast of Port Elizabeth. From opposite ends of South Africa, a brave cop and a driven journalist investigate. Mark Minnie and Chris Steyn independently uncover evidence of a dark secret. But the case only surfaces briefly before it disappears completely. Thirty years later, the two finally connect the dots to expose this shocking story of criminality, coverups and official complicity in the rape and possible murder of children, most of them vulnerable and black. Paperback, 224 pages. AVAILABLE FROM 9 AUGUST 2018. OOK BESKIKBAAR IN AFRIKAANS