DIE BALLADE VAN KOOS SAS

176pp., paperback, No Place, 2020

Pieter Pretorius' novel, based on the life of Koos Sas.

Koos Sas was a Khoisan sheep rustler who was shot dead in Springbok in 1922 after being accused of murdering a shopkeeper in Montagu in 1917. His skull, which was kept on display in a glass case in Montagu Museum for many years, was interred in Cogmanskloof in 2021 in a ceremony led by Khoisan leaders.

Self-published.