Man Alone: Mandela’s top cop – exposing South Africa’s ceaseless sabotage (2024, Maverick451)
This book is available in South Africa on Daily Maverick’s online shop here or in most bookstores.
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.
