Hamish Pillay

Hamish Pillay

About

Hamish Pillay was born in 1978 in
East London in the Eastern Cape
of South Africa. He studied at
Rhodes University before pursuing
a career as a marketing consultant,
specializing in events and talent
management. He worked for the
ICC 2003 Cricket World Cup, prior
to which he was employed by Justin
Nurse’s satirical, controversial
Laugh-It-Off Promotions. In
writing The Rainbow Has No Pink,
his first book, he seeks to publicize
some of the more bizarre aspects of
the former apartheid regime and highlight how “the reality is that
apartheid is not over”.

Fatal Rivalry: Part Three of The Last Great Saxon Earls

Fatal Rivalry: Part Three of The Last Great Saxon Earls

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<p>In 1066, the rivalry between two brothers brought England to its knees. When Duke William of Normandy landed at Pevensey on September 28, 1066, no one was there to resist him. King Harold Godwineson was in the north, fighting his brother Tostig and a fierce Viking invasion. How could this have happened? Why would Tostig turn traitor to wreak revenge on his brother?<br />The Sons of Godwine were not always enemies. It took a massive Northumbrian uprising to tear them apart, making Tostig an exile and Harold his sworn enemy. And when 1066 came to an end, all the Godwinesons were dead except one: Wulfnoth, hostage in Normandy. For two generations, Godwine and his sons were a mighty force, but their power faded away as the Anglo-Saxon era came to a close.</p>

Story Behind The Book

It took me 4 years from first hearing about the true story behind the abuse of young conscripts in the South African Defence Force. Many of the perpetrators of these abuses never faced any charges and some still live and practice medicine in the free world today while their victims live tortured lives with no hope of justice prevailing. This novel is work of fiction but is inspired by actual events that took place in South Africa during the 1970's and 1980's

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<div>“We have looked the beast in the eye. Our past will no</div><div>longer keep us hostage. We who are the rainbow people</div><div>of God will hold hands and say, ‘Never again! Nooit weer!</div><div>Ngeke futhi! Ga reno tlola!’”</div><div>Archbishop Desmond Tutu</div><div>The Truth and Reconciliation Hearings</div><div>April 15, 1996–July 31, 1998</div>