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DESCRIPTION:<p>_________________________________________<br /><br />Housm
 ans &ndash\; radical booksellers since 1945<br />_______________________
 __________________<br /><br />&lsquo\;Inside Quatro: Uncovering the Exil
 e History of the ANC and SWAPO&rsquo\;<br />with Paul Trewhela<br />Satu
 rday 27th February - 5pm to 6.30pm<br />________________________________
 _________<br /><br />Paul Trewhela discusses his new book which uncovers
  the brutality inflicted upon dissident members and enemy agents by the 
 ANC and SWAPO whilst in exile during South Africa&lsquo\;s era of aparth
 eid. <br />_______________________________<br /><br />During its period 
 of outlaw and exile under South Africa&rsquo\;s apartheid regime\, the A
 frican National Congress operated from Angola and Tanzania. Located nort
 h of Luanda in Angola\, Quatro was one of the most feared of the secret 
 camps of the ANC\, and only a selected few in the ANC leadership seem to
  have had access.<br /><br />Established in 1979\, Quatro (officially kn
 own as Camp 32) was supposed to be the rehabilitation centre of the ANC\
 , where enemy agents who had infiltrated the ANC would be "re-educated" 
 and would be made to love the ANC through the opportunity to experience 
 the humane character of its ideals.<br /><br />Through a process that st
 ill demands explanation\, however\, Quatro became as horrific as any pri
 son that the apartheid regime - itself a crime against humanity - had ev
 er had. Inmates were brutally assaulted\, starved\, given humiliating ni
 cknames\, denied medical treatment and subjected to forced labour. Camp 
 staff were often young\, impressionable\, and sworn to secrecy. Were ANC
  leaders aware of what was happening in their name? <br /><br />Born in 
 Johannesburg in 1941\, Paul Trewhela worked in underground journalism wi
 th Ruth First and edited the underground journal of &lsquo\;MK\, Freedom
  Fighter&rsquo\; during the Rivonia Trial\, in which ten ANC leaders wer
 e prosecuted by the apartheid regime for sedition. He was a political pr
 isoner in Pretoria and the Johannesburg Fort as a member of the Communis
 t Party in 1964&ndash\;7\, separating from the SACP while in prison. In 
 exile in Britain he was co-editor with the late Baruch Hirson of Searchl
 ight South Africa\, banned in South Africa. Since 2006 he has published 
 numerous articles on South African political subjects on the websites. J
 oin him at Housmans for a discussion of this publication\, with an oppor
 tunity for questions and answers. <br /><br />__________________________
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URL:http://london.indymedia.org/events/4340
SUMMARY:Exile History of the ANC and SWAPO
LOCATION:<p>Paul Trewhela discusses his new book which uncovers the bruta
 lity inflicted upon dissident members and enemy agents by the ANC and SW
 APO whilst in exile during South Africa&lsquo\;s era of apartheid.</p>
COMMENT:More info at http://london.indymedia.org
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