Betrayal chronicles: The agonising case of Apartheid's black collaborators

Perhaps it’s a sign of our growing historical distance from Apartheid’s formal structures – though not from its legacies – that our democracy can begin to countenance narratives that destabilise certainty about the identities of perpetrators and victims. Jacob Dlamini’s Askari might be the most intriguing, provocative book you’ll read all year – but its account of betrayal and collaboration under Apartheid is also deeply discomfiting. By REBECCA DAVIS.