A must-read for a wider picture of the struggle, search for justice

'My Father Died for This' by Lukhanyo Calata, Abigail Calata (Tafelberg Publishers Ltd)

'My Father Died for This' by Lukhanyo Calata, Abigail Calata (Tafelberg Publishers Ltd)

Published May 3, 2018

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When the Cradock Four's Fort Calata was murdered by security agents of the apartheid machine in 1985, his son Lukhanyo was only three years old. Thirty-one years later Lukhanyo, now a journalist, has become one of the SABC Eight. 

He has defied Hlaudi Motsoeneng's reign of censorship at the public broadcaster by writing an open letter that declares: "my father didn't die for this".

Together with his wife Abigail in the book 'My Father Died For This', Lukhanyo brings to life the father he never knew and investigates the mystery that surrounded his death for all these years - this despite two high-profile inquests.

A remarkably poignant and inspiring journey into the history of an amazing family, the book traces the struggle against apartheid, beginning with Fort's grandfather, Rivonia trialist and ANC Secretary-General Reverend James Calata. With an introduction by anti-apartheid activist Paul Verryn,

This is compulsory reading for those wanting a real and wider picture of the struggle years and the search for justice.

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