Hennie van Vuuren is a researcher and anti-corruption activist. Formerly director at the Institute for Security Studies, he is director of Open Secrets, a non-profit seeking private sector accountability for economic crime and related human rights violations. He is co-author of The Devil in the Detail: How the Arms Deal Changed Everything.
'Van Vuuren's monumental work is a gripping story of conspiracy,
assassination, bribery and two-faced global dishonesty . . . [he]
methodically and relentlessly exposes what he calls 'the arms money
machine.'
‘It’s not very often that a book really reshapes our perception of
an issue, but Hennie van Vuuren’s "Apartheid Guns and Money"
is one . . . the result of a decade of meticulous, painstaking work
. . . [it] is a compelling and convincing narrative.’
‘'Apartheid Guns and Money' is a must read for any researcher
aiming to learn more about the global politico-economic
arrangements which sustained apartheid in South Africa for
decades.’
*African Studies Quarterly*
‘[Apartheid Guns and Money is an] extraordinary compilation and
analysis of the deep layers of state crime.’
*State Crime Journal*
Probably the single most important book that has been written about
South Africa for the last twenty years.
*Professor Achille Mbembe*
'This book was long overdue. Hennie van Vuuren follows the money
and the weapons and thereby shines light on the role of Western
enablers in keeping the South African Apartheid-regime in power.
Corrupt Western banks, arms companies and governments helped to
bust sanctions, to buy arms and oil and thereby became the driver
for the conflict. Van Vuuren makes sure that the shame of the past
will haunt them.'
*Frederik Obermaier, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
of 'The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and
Powerful Hide Their Money'*
'Van Vuuren shows that the struggle against corruption is indeed a
human rights struggle and that, as we know from South Africa’s own
history, it can be won. But it must be fought for.'
*Jacob Dlamini, author of Askari*
'A labour of political passion, this admirably well researched book
is a must-read. Its most important achievement is to show that
illicit trade does not occur in some parallel realm detached from
corporate boardrooms and governments; it is stitched into the
fabric of everyday statecraft and the exercise of power.'
*Jonny Steinberg, Professor of African Studies, Oxford
University*
'This important book seeks to uncover one of the key secrets of the
last decades of the apartheid era. [It’s] a timely reminder that
the founding values of our new Constitution are key to building a
democracy.'
*Justice Kate O’Regan, former judge of the Constitutional Court of
South Africa*
'This is a crucial book at a vital time in our history. It is a
must read!'
*Andrew Feinstein, former ANC MP, and author of 'The Shadow World'*
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