CHARLES LEONARD, South Africa's forgotten revolutionary leader

310pp., illus., paperback, Hermanus, 2021

A biography of Johannesburg attorney Charles Leonard (1856-1921), Chairman of the Transvaal National Union, a group who plotted to overthrow the Boer government of President Paul Kruger in an armed insurrection.

Simon Winter, now retired, taught English and history at Plumstead High School in Cape Town, where he was headmaster from 2000-2009, before being promoted to Deputy Chief Education Specialist.