Not without a fight : the autobiography / Helen Zille.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zille, Helen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zille, Helen.

Democratic Alliance (South Africa)--History.

Democratic Alliance (South Africa).

Politicians--South Africa--Biography.

Politicians.

History.

South Africa.

Western Cape (South Africa)--Politics and government.

Western Cape (South Africa).

Western Cape (South Africa)--History.

South Africa--Politics and government--1994-.

Politics and government.

South Africa--History--1994-.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

ix, 529 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cape Town, South Africa : Penguin Books, 2016.

Summary:

Read about what really happens behind the headlines in politics - the intrigue, the conflicts, the shirting allegiances, involving the major political figures of our time, from Tony Leon to Mamphela Ramphele, Thabo Mbeki to Jacob Zuma. Read about Helen Zille's fight against corruption and state capture, and the dirty tricks that were used against her. Read about a mother's battle to balance her family and a pressured career in the cauldron of South African politics. Book jacket.

Contents:

Preface

Roots

It takes a village

Hunger strikes

Matters of the heart

'The Maree affair'

Birth pains and death throes

A political education

Yes, Minister

The battle for the soul of the DA

'Hamba kwa langa'

An unlikely coalition

'We can, we must, and we will'

Of crosstitutes and criminals

Zillegate

Moral equivalence

Damned if you do

Varying shades of bad

The plane crash

A deluded agenda

Setting the record straight

The end of two eras

The problem with race politics

The struggle for economic freedom

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781776090426

177609042X

OCLC:

962235743

Publisher Number:

99975431537