Robert McBride: Caught in the jaws of State Capture, adrift in the present while captive of the past

Origin date: 11 March 2019
Updated: 26 Jun 2019

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Summary

It was the ruthless and violent application of unjust laws by the apartheid state on the black majority that drove Robert McBride into the arms of the underground structures of the ANC. It is now the shameless disregard of the law by an ANC led by Jacob Zuma – until recently - that has driven the former IPID head to lead one flank of the onslaught of the bitter dismantling of Zuma’s sprawling State Capture political project. The party McBride killed and was sentenced to death for has turned against him. Why?

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01Thamm, M. (2019). Robert McBride: Caught in the jaws of State Capture, adrift in the present while captive of the past from Daily Maverick, 11 March 2019, online. Available at https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-03-11-robert-mcbride-caught-in-the-jaws-of-state-capture-adrift-in-the-present-while-captive-of-the-past/ . Accessed on 12 March 2019.

Last updated · 26 Jun 2019

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South African History Online. (2019, March 12). Robert McBride: Caught in the jaws of State Capture, adrift in the present while captive of the past . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/R-0125788

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South African History Online. "Robert McBride: Caught in the jaws of State Capture, adrift in the present while captive of the past ." South African History Online. March 12, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/R-0125788.