Battle of Bangui

Reviews & commentary

‘Offers unprecedented insight into South Africa’s
strange relationship with the Central African Republic’
Mail & Guardian

Geoffrey York
Africa correspondent,
The Globe and Mail

Andrew Harding
BBC foreign correspondent

David Smith
Mail & Guardian

Adri Kotzé
Vrye Weekblad

Evert Kleynhans
South African Journal
of Military Studies

Interviews

Those soldiers out in the field were definitely let down by their commanders back in Pretoria and by the politicians involved and I think that has created a great deal of embarrassment in the SANDF, especially at the time.
Stephan Hofstatter, co-author of The Battle of Bengui

As dubious as President Zuma’s deployment was in 2012, it was preceded by an equally questionable military agreement signed by President Mbeki in 2007. The courtship began in 2006, and just so happened to coincide with Sam Jonah’s Uramin mining company attempting to get their hands on a uranium mine in the Central African Republic.
Warren Thompson, co-author of The Battle of Bangui

The book is important because it gives us the historical background of why the Central African Republic is in the situation that it is today. It’s continuously being exploited and abused, mainly by Western nations who’ve been trying to exploit the mineral wealth there. … It will give you a good understanding of how shady businesses operate unethically, and how ultimately it’s the civilians who pay the price.
James Oatway, co-author of The Battle of Bangui