Monday, March 7, 2011

Two links about the "special forces" in South Africa

First, the infamous 90 day detention act, later replaced by the 180 day detention act:


Journalist Ruth First was the first white person imprisoned under the provisions of this act. The film A World Apart, from a memoir written by First's daughter, tells the story of her imprisonment, from her daughter's point of view. This is the trailer for that 1988 film: