An unofficial war: Inside the conflict in Pietermaritzburg by Matthew Kentridge

ISBN: 9780864861603

Since 1987, more than two thousand people have been killed in political violence in the Natal Midlands. In this book, the author examines the ongoing conflict in the Pietermaritzburg region. He argues that a state of war exists - a struggle for territorial sovereignty between the two rival political forces of Inkatha and the UDF. He concentrates on the groups and individuals involved in and affected by the war. He investigates the explanations offered by the antagonists in the conflict, scrutinises the role of the police, and chronicles the disruption of individual lives.