Book Extract
The explosive life of Joe Modise
In the first of these two extracts from 'Comrade & Commander: The Life and Times of Joe Modise', MK’s longest-serving commander (known as JM) writes in Dawn, an MK journal, about the bomb he placed at a post office as ‘the happiest day of my life’. This article is one of the rare occasions when he wrote about his life. And in the second extract, Ronnie Kasrils recalls the first time he met JM
04 August 2024 - 00:00
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