Niël Barnard: 2 books
Secret Revolution
Memoirs of a spy boss
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
In the murky world of espionage few rules apply. Everything is permitted in the name of state security - even talking to the country's Enemy No. 1. This is exactly what Niël Barnard, then head of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), did in the late 1980s. On instruction of PW Botha, he started...
Peaceful Revolution
Inside the War Room at the Negotiations
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2017
It is the early 1990s and South Africa is on a knife-edge. Nelson Mandela is free at last, but a peaceful political transition looks virtually impossible. Both sides of the political divide, the left and the right, are poised to take up arms. In the midst of this threat of violence, with the future...