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Love and courage : a story of insubordination / Pregs Govender.
Van Pelt Library DT1972.G68 A3 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Govender, Pregs.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Govender, Pregs.
- Legislators--South Africa--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Women politicians--South Africa--Biography.
- Women politicians.
- Women political activists--South Africa--Biography.
- Women political activists.
- South Africa--Politics and government--1994-.
- South Africa.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 261 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Auckland Park, South Africa : Jacana, [2007]
- Summary:
- Pregs Govender is widely admired for her feisty courage, radiance of being and integrity of purpose. These qualities have inspired her contribution as an activist and feminist, teacher and trade unionist, and, from 1994 to 2002, as a member of South Africa's democratic parliament.
- Love and Courage offers us a refreshing vision of true power, both personal and political, based on the love and courage within each of us. Told with spirit and humour, this book draws on the story of her life beginning with her childhood in Durban, a life that has often involved insubordination to the powers that be.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Life
- 1 Roots 13
- 2 Grounding 19
- 3 Teachers 34
- 4 Student life 50
- 5 The personal is political 61
- 6 Teaching 68
- Part 2 Politics
- 7 Solidarity 77
- 8 The commissar 84
- 9 An injury to one is an injury to all 90
- 10 Insubordination 100
- 11 Bamboo 109
- Part 3 Power
- 12 Sisterhood 123
- 13 In Madiba's parliament 141
- 14 Parliament's engine rooms 152
- 15 The Women's Budget 161
- 16 Minister in charge of the status of women 170
- Part 4 Choices
- 17 Elimination 179
- 18 Riding out the storm 183
- Part 5 The Arms Deal
- 19 Priorities 193
- 20 Voting against the arms deal 197
- 21 Consequences 206
- Part 6 No Hiv/Aids
- 22 Patent rights and HIV/Aids 213
- 23 Our children 217
- 24 Stand up for our lives 227
- 25 Don't mention HIV/Aids 237
- 26 Ubuntu 243.
- ISBN:
- 9781770093423
- 1770093427
- OCLC:
- 173510405
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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