In November 1993, African National Congress activist and development worker Clare Stewart’s body was found in a shallow ditch in rural KwaZulu-Natal as the province sat on the brink of civil war.

Amid the ensuing chaos and euphoria of South Africa’s ‘new dawn’, the details of Clare's killing would stay hidden beneath the surface.

This gripping, moving account of Clare’s life and the mystery surrounding her death touches on the fragility of memory, family loss, apartheid’s evils, and the fault lines in our democracy.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Christopher Clark is a multimedia journalist and documentary filmmaker covering underreported social issues, mainly across southern and central Africa. His writing, films and photography have been commissioned by leading international outlets including Al Jazeera, The Atlantic, BBC, The Guardian, Harper’s, Reuters, Vice and The Washington Post. He has also done regular work for South African titles including GroundUp and New Frame. Christopher currently lives between Cape Town and the south of France.

Clare: The killing of a gentle activist is published by Tafelberg, an imprint of NB Publishers