{"product_id":"9781776191734","title":"Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred","description":"\u003cp\u003eHailed in the Times Literary Supplement as 'probably the finest piece of non-fiction to come out of South Africa since the end of apartheid', The Dream Deferred is back in print and updated with a brilliant new epilogue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe prosperous Mbeki clan lost everything to apartheid. Yet the family saw its favourite son, Thabo, rise to become president of South Africa in 1999. A decade later, Mbeki was ousted by his own party and his legacy is bitterly contested - particularly over his handling of the AIDS epidemic and the crisis in Zimbabwe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the story of the Mbeki family, award-wining journalist Mark Gevisser tells the gripping tale of the last tumultuous century of South African life, following the family's path to make sense of the liberation struggle and the future that South Africa has inherited. At the centre of the story is Mbeki, a visionary yet tragic figure who led South Africa to freedom but was not able to overcome the difficulties of his own dislocated life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 15 years since Mbeki was unceremoniously dumped by the ANC, giving rise to the wasted years under Jacob Zuma. With the benefit of hindsight, and as Mbeki reaches the age of 80, Gevisser examines the legacy of the man who succeeded Mandela.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Mark+Gevisser\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eMark Gevisser\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mark Gevisser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379923796131,"sku":"9781776191734","price":360.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781776191734_72ce276d-2bc6-4ab8-8385-226c6c224238.jpg?v=1776580979","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781776191734","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}