Against the Tide by Steven Friedman

When a police general whose allegations trigger two official inquiries is seriously challenged by no one except a single member of parliament, and that member is hauled off to prison by police under the general's  command because he visited a prisoner, we need to worry - even if we reject the MP's view of the world.     

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Steven Friedman is a public commentator and an academic, currently employed as a Research Professor at the University of Johannesburg. He has been writing on South African politics for the entire democratic period both as a scholar and public commentator. He has published books on South Africa’s transition to democracy, the role of the trade union movement, and current South African politics. He has also written columns and articles for several South African newspapers. His writing seeks to use academic research to shed light on current politics but to ensure that this is conveyed in a way easily understood by people who have no academic training.