334pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2022
Leopold Scholtz on the historic relationship between the ANC and the South African Communisty Party (SACP) and its history in exile
Military historian Leopold Scholtz is the author of The SADF in the Border War, 1966-1989; Ratels on the Lomba, the story of Charlie Squadron; The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale and Bondgenote en Dwarstrekkers, die Transvaalse en Vrystaatse regerings in die Anglo-Boereoorlog, 1899-1902. A former deputy editor of Die Burger, he also worked at Media24's European office. Scholtz retired in 2013 and is currently a research fellow at the North-West University's Potchefstroom Campus.