Man Alone: Mandela’s top cop – exposing South Africa’s ceaseless sabotage (2024, Maverick451)
This book is available for pre-order in South Africa on Daily Maverick’s online shop here.
This is the thrilling story of how a one-time anti-apartheid intelligence operative became one of South Africa’s most important police figures, heading units under immense fire from all sides.
It is the story of how apartheid-era policing structures lay the foundations for cop-gangster collusion and how these have endured into democracy.
With exclusive access to André Lincoln, journalist Caryn Dolley uncovers the electrifying dynamics of undercover work – first against the state, then for it; she delves into court cases and through years of reporting and research exposes, for the first time and in full, the sordid scandal – with Lincoln at its centre – that has lacerated the South African Police Service and implicated some of the country’s top cops and politicians.
