Download or read book A People on the Boil written by Harry Mashabela and published by Jacana Media. This book was released on 2006 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty years after it was first published, this edition is being reissued to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the political uprising in South Africa and the ongoing struggle for better education. An updated account by a black newspaper journalist, it reflects on the tumultuous events of 1976 that became a watershed in South African politics and helped to change the course of the country's history. This examination looks both at the background of the uprising and its effects on the people of South Africa.