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02140aam a2200313 i 4500 001 A57E81BAFC8011EE9ABF7B513DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240417010124 008 230921s2023 sa ab b 001 0 eng c 020 $a 177619151X 020 $a 9781776191512 035 $a (OCoLC)1398278324 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d OCLCO $d OI@ $d OCLCO $d NDD $d STF $d CUY $d GZM $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f-sa--- 050 4 $a HV7431.5 $b .S53 2023 100 1 $a Shaw, Mark, $d 1969- $e author. 245 10 $a Breaking the bombers : $b how the hunt for Pagad created a crack police unit / $c Mark Shaw. 264 1 $a Johannesburg ; $b Jonathan Ball Publishers, $c 2023. 300 $a xxiii, 272 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "At the very dawn of the country's brave new democracy, Cape Town was at war. Pagad, which started as a community protest action against crime, had mutated into a sinister vigilante group wreaking death and destruction across the city. Between 1996 and 2001, there were more than 400 bombs - most famously at the popular Planet Hollywood restaurant at the V&A Waterfront - and there were countless targeted hits on drug lords and gang bosses. The police were at their wit's end. The new ANC government was alarmed. The citizens of Cape Town were living in fear. Mark Shaw tells the incredible tale of how the police's response pulled together former foes - struggle cadres and the apartheid security apparatus - to break the Pagad death squads. It is a story that has never been told in full and was not possible until recently, when many were released from prison or had retired and were finally willing to talk openly about this revealing chapter in South Africa's recent history." 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index 610 20 $a Pagad (Organization) 650 0 $a Vigilantes $z Cape Town. $z Cape Town. 650 0 $a Gangs $z Cape Town. $z Cape Town. 650 0 $a Crime prevention $z Cape Town $z Cape Town $x Citizen participation. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240417025230.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A57E81BAFC8011EE9ABF7B513DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search