THE DEAL, inside the talks that shaped South Africa's future

338pp., colour illus., paperback, MacMillan, Johannesburg, 2025

ISBN: 9781770109810

A behind-the-scenes record of the negotiations that led to the establishment of South Africa's Government of National Unity in 2024.

"A wonderful, energising contemporary political history. The Deal takes us behind the scenes of how the GNU was formed and how it is unfolding. It is textured, candid and unexpectedly funny as it reveals the vulnerable, human side of many politicians." Ferial Haffajee, Associate Editor, Daily Maverick

"A compelling window into the pressure cooker of South African politics. Mandy pulls back the curtain on the internal dynamics of political parties, revealing how power plays and factional tensions helped shape the country's political future." Ziyanda Ngcobo, Senior Politics Reporter, Newzroom Afrika

Investigative journalist Mandy Wiener is the  author of Killing Kebble: An Underworld Exposed, Ministry of Crime, an underworld exposed and The whistleblowers as well as the memoir My Second Initiation (co-written with Vusi Pikoli). Wiener has been reporting on crime, the courts and politics in South Africa for more than a decade, hosts the Midday Report on 702 and Cape Talk and writes a weekly column for EWN.