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Title
My own liberator
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Moseneke, Dikgang, 1947- (author)
Mbeki, Thabo (author of introduction etc.)
Subject
Moseneke, Dikgang, 1947-
Political activists--South Africa--Biography (LCSH)
Pan Africanist Congress
Political prisoners--South Africa--Biography (LCSH)
South Africa--Politics and government--1948-1994 (LCSH)
South Africa--Politics and government--1994 (LCSH)
Pan Africanist Congress
Pan Africanist Congress
Political prisoners--Political activity
Prisons
South Africa
South Africa--Robben Island
Genre Form
Autobiographies (LCGFT)
Language
English (eng)
Illustrative Content
illustrations
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Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: DT1972.M67 A3 2016 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 320.510968 full (Source: 23)
Supplementary Content
bibliography (bibliography)
index (index)
Content
text (txt)
Summary
"In My Own Liberator, Dikgang Moseneke pays homage to the many people and places that have helped to define and shape him. In tracing his ancestry, the influence on both his maternal and paternal sides is evident in the values they imbued in their children -- the importance of family, the value of hard work and education, an uncompromising moral code, compassion for those less fortunate and unflinching refusal to accept an unjust political regime or acknowledge its oppressive laws. As a young activist in the Pan-Africanist Congress, at the tender age of fifteen, Moseneke was arrested, detained and, in 1963, sentenced to ten years on Robben Island for participating in anti-apartheid activities. Physical incarceration, harsh conditions and inhumane treatment could not imprison the political prisoners' minds, however, and for many the Island became a school not only in politics but an opportunity for dedicated study, formal and informal. It set the young Moseneke on a path towards a law degree that would provide the bedrock for a long and fruitful legal career and see him serve his country in the highest court. My Own Liberator charts Moseneke' s rise as one of the country's top legal minds, who not only helped to draft the interim constitution, but for fifteen years acted as a guardian of that constitution for all South Africans, helping to make it a living document for the country and its people."--Publisher description
Table Of Contents
My paternal parentage
My father and his siblings
On my mother's side
Early childhood
'Eagles, sir!'
High school days, twice cut short
Arrest, detention and interrogation
On trial at the Old Synagogue
Robben Island, here we come...
Wheelbarrows and handguns- the first six months
Taming the wild beast
Education project
Eighteen-day hunger strike
The Makana Football Association
Prison letters, visits and unfailing support
Homecoming
Coping with the new world
The start of a career
Husband and father
Maluleke, Seriti and Moseneke
The business of business and football
Activists in revolt
The Black Lawyers Association
The bar
Some notable cases
The end of exile...and of apartheid
The PAC and the indecision
A few detours during transition
Negotiations and an interim constitution
'Dikgang, I am glad I have found you...'
Back to the Bar, acting judge and Constitutional Court nomination
Telkom and NAIL
The bench beckons again
My family hits a deadly patch
'What matters is what is good for our people'
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