{"product_id":"witness-to-power","title":"Witness to Power","description":"\u003cp\u003eMathews Phosa has been an eyewitness to the changing strands of political power in South\u003cbr\u003eAfrica.\u003cbr\u003eHe was involved in the Black Consciousness Movement, the UDF and the ANC, before fleeing\u003cbr\u003einto exile in 1985 and becoming an Umkhonto we Sizwe commander in Mozambique. A lawyer\u003cbr\u003eby training, he was one of the first ANC members to return to South Africa to prepare the way for\u003cbr\u003enegotiations.\u003cbr\u003eHe was premier of Mpumalanga during the presidency of Nelson Mandela, with whom he had\u003cbr\u003ea strong relationship. Under Thabo Mbeki, whom he had known in exile, Phosa was pushed to the\u003cbr\u003esidelines, with false accusations that he was involved in a ‘plot’ to overthrow Mbeki. Phosa had\u003cbr\u003eserved under Jacob Zuma as an MK field commander in Mozambique, and he became treasurer\u003cbr\u003egeneral of the ANC when Zuma became its president at Polokwane. But Phosa later became a vocal\u003cbr\u003ecritic of Zuma, and they didn’t speak for years, until the night before Zuma’s resignation. Phosa and\u003cbr\u003eCyril Ramaphosa studied law together at the University of the North in the 1970s, and Phosa\u003cbr\u003eplayed a key role in advising him over the Phala Phala report that threatened to end his presidency.\u003cbr\u003eFrank and honest, Witness to Power is a gripping story of a courageous life, and an insider’s\u003cbr\u003eaccount of South Africa’s ruling party and its leaders.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bridge Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45620093223170,"sku":"9781776093953","price":300.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1160\/4950\/files\/WitnessToPower-9781776093953.jpg?v=1731501584","url":"https:\/\/bridgebooks.co.za\/products\/witness-to-power","provider":"Bridge Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}