Willem Laubscher

Operation Mandela (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Nelson Mandela was scheduled for a medical operation, but all hell broke loose. The National Party was quietly plotting to smuggle Mandela out of the country, possibly hoping that he would escape, while the ANC was scoring points by casting doubt on the medical services that white doctors like Laubscher was willing to provide to the political prisoners. Meanwhile, in most ironic of twists, the security police was taking desperate measures to ensure Mandela's safety "" the country could simply not afford an assassination attempt.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 72
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780799397314
• Artikelnr.: 65848559

Autorenporträt

Dr Willem Laubscher is a urologist who had operated Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki and a number other political prisoners in the eighties. Ironically, when PW Botha needed a similar medical intervention, he too chose Laubscher to perform the operation. Laubscher rose to become the president of the College of Urologists. After retiring from full-time practice, he studied law and eventually became an advocate, allowed to perform in our countries highest courts. Laubscher has recently turned ninety. He has retired to Bettys Bay.