Why does an infuriated prime minister phone a newspaper editor just after sunrise at his home? Why does a cabinet minister want to hit a reporter with his fists? And how does an Afrikaans newspaper manage to report in detail on the ANC's policies in the apartheid years? Harald Pakendorf answers all these questions, and many more, in his recollections of that volatile period in South Africa's history. The big-wigs of apartheid could not stand this 'liberal' editor of Oggendblad (1972-1979) and Die Vaderland (1980-1986). On numerous occasions, Pakendorf had to face the angry outbursts of John Vorster and P.W. Botha. Today's readers will shake their heads in disbelief over the scenarios that played out during the height of apartheid in the living rooms of political power-players. But Harald Pakendorf was way ahead of the political masters of that time. So far ahead that they removed him from his editor's post without much ceremony. A fascinating, personal account that will grip the reader.