Author: Rees, Mervyn. & Day, Chris.
Title: Muldergate. The Story of the Info Scandal.
Description: Macmillan, Johannesburg. 1980 1st edition. Red cloth boards. 222pp illustrated 8vo. 0.7kg. Ownership inscription ffep. 4 square corners. VG+ condition in matching dustwrapper. ISBN: 9780869540893 The putting together of all the fragmentary information exposed by Authors as Rand Daily Mail investigators to unravel the truth about the secret fund operated by the then South African Department of Information. Tracking down the erstwhile Secretary of the Department, Eschel Rhoodie, exposed slush funds, corruption, and cover-ups, and the triumvirate in control of this consisting of himself, Connie Mulder (former Minister of Information), and General Hendrik van den Bergh (former head of the Bureau of State Security). This had the plan of buying South Africa out of the criticism of its apartheid policies.

Keywords: south southern africa african politics hendrik van den bergh connie mulder eschel rhoodie


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