Jan Heunis, son of constitutional development minister Chris Heunis, was born into the National Party. As a law graduate from the University of Stellenbosch, where he served on the Student representative council for the NP, he joined the Department of Foreign Affairs as a legal adviser. He swiftly moved up the ranks and subsequently became Chief State Law Adviser in the State President's Office. In this titel of witness, Heunis reveals the inside story of some of the most dramatic historic moments during the final years of white rule. These include the signing of the Nkomati Accord with Mozambique, PW Botha's infamous Rubicon speech and his later resignation, and how the National Party were outwitted during negotiations with the ANC. Heunis describes the actions of such figures as PW Botha, Pik Botha, FW de Klerk, Kobie Coetsee, Denis Worrall, Hernus Kriel, Roelf Meyer and of course his father Chris Heunis. Heunis looks back on a remarkable period of South Africa's history, and in doing so paints a vivid portrait of the inner sanctum of a political party during its last decade of rule.

Jonathan Ball. 2007. In good condition.