The ISS invites you to a book launch

Date: 2003-12-03 to Invalid date

The ISS invites you to a book launch

Present at the launch will be book author Mr Geoff Hill, Correspondent, The Washington Times

THE BOOK IN SUMMARY

In 2001, Steve Connolly, MD of New Holland Publishers, asked Geoff Hill to interview ordinary Zimbabweans and find out what was really happening in the country. Over the past two years, Geoff sought the views of more than a thousand people -- mostly black -- in Zimbabwe and among the three million exiles now living in South Africa, Botswana and the UK. Geoff spoke to people inside the ruling ZANU-PF party; victims of the Matebeleland massacres of the mid-80s; opposition figures; Mugabe`s childhood friends; people who had been tortured and some who had committed acts of torture and murder for both ZANU-PF and the opposition MDC. What emerged was a picture of a country that had gone astray.

The resultant book, “The battle for Zimbabwe” looks at what went wrong in Zimbabwe, how to avoid the same thing happening in South Africa and what the world could do to bring Zimbabwe back into the fold.

At the ISS, Mr Hill will talk about the making of his new book and will focus on what the Commonwealth, donor countries, neighbouring states and Zimbabwe itself will need to do to rebuild the country.

This will be followed by an open discussion.

Venue ASAP Situation Room
Block C, Brooklyn Court
361 Veale Street
New Muckleneuk (map)
(Parking in Brooklyn Mall and ABSA court)

Time 10h00 (tea and coffee)
10h30 (seminar starts)
11h30 (seminar ends)
RSVP Ms Karin Kotze
Fax (012) 460 0997/8
E-mail [email protected]

Please note that discussions occur under Chatham House rules, i.e. no attribution without specific permission.