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Article: Mac Maharaj, the outcast of the revolution.(News)
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- Pretoria News (South Africa)
- Article date:
- July 21, 2007
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It's true that revolutions are the mothers that eat their young. Has the South African revolution turned on Sathyandranath Ragunanan "Mac" Maharaj? Or is he venal and corrupt, as accused?
As authorities continue their bid to prosecute Maharaj and his wife, Zarina, many questions are far from being answered.
Maharaj's biography, Shades of Difference: Mac Maharaj and the Struggle for South Africa, by historian and political analyst Padraig O'Malley is launched this weekend.
It is much more than the story of one of the most important players in this country's liberation - it is required reading for those who want to understand where we came from, ...