Bantu Holomisa by Eric Naki

Bantu Holomisa (Authorised Biography, Clean Trade Paperback)

An Authorised Biography of the Transkei Soldier Turned National Politician Who Broke With the ANC

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Bantu Holomisa: The Game Changer: An Authorised Biography
• Author: Eric Naki
• Publisher: Picador Africa, Johannesburg
• Publication Date: 2017
• ISBN-13: 9781770104815
• Edition Details: First published in 2017 by Picador Africa, Johannesburg.
• Binding: Publisher's illustrated paper wrappers, perfect bound, with a black and white portrait to the front cover and gold and white lettering.
• Physical Format: Large softcover (trade paperback), xvi, 336 pages. With a section of colour photographic plates.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior / Wraps: The illustrated wrappers are clean and bright, with no obvious creasing to the front cover. The spine is intact, with no cracks or heavy creasing. The corners and edges are largely clean, with at most slight rubbing to the fore-edge corners.
• Interior: The text block is tight and complete, with page edges toned cream. The preface and colour plate pages are clean, with no visible marks.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)

Synopsis & Historical Value

Bantu Holomisa: The Game Changer is an authorised biography of one of South Africa's most recognisable political figures, written by the journalist Eric Naki and published by Picador Africa in 2017. It follows Holomisa from his origins as a chief's son through his career as an officer in the Transkei military and into national politics after apartheid.

The book is arranged in four parts, opening with 'The Chief's son' and closing with 'The national politician'. A pivotal episode is his testimony before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, where he alleged that the cabinet of Stella Sigcau had accepted a bribe from Sol Kerzner. That testimony led to his break with the ANC and the independent political path that followed.

Written with the cooperation of its subject, it is a political biography rather than a scholarly history, though it reads at times like a history of the Transkei and of the transition years. It will interest collectors of South African political biography and readers studying the late apartheid and post-apartheid period.

Author Profile: Eric Naki

Eric Naki was born in Stutterheim in the Eastern Cape in 1963. He is a journalist with more than thirty years in broadcast and print media, and has served as political editor of The Citizen. He studied communications, media studies and international relations at UNISA.

This biography of Bantu Holomisa is described as his first book.

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