264pp., paperback, Tafelberg, Cape Town, 2026

ISBN: 9780624093152

In the early 1970s Jakob Koetaan flees to Cape Town, knowing that he is wanted by the security police. When he was six years old his family's farm was seized by the apartheid authorities. When the freedom struggle intensifies, Jakob has to ask himself whether he was prepared to fight for his land.

Allen Grootboom was born in the Langkloof and moved with his family to Middelburg in the Eastern Cape due to land dispossession. He worked as a school psychologist in the Northern Cape for over 20 years. He also served as a member of the Northern Cape Legislature and a member of parliament for the Democratic Alliance. He now lives in Klein Brak River.

DIE VUUR HUIL, die halfklaar storie van 'n vryheidsvegter

: Grootboom (A.)

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