The idea behind veld schools was to take the city children into the clean air and let them live a controlled adventure outside of their comfort zones. It's only later, in hindsight, that I noticed the agenda that was being serviced by adults I was supposed to trust. In this episode, Les and I take a look back at those days in the bush and how authority tried its best to wash a few brains.

Research books drawn on for this episode:
A Far-Away War: Angola, 1975-1989
edited by Ian Liebenberg, Jorge Risquet, Vladimir Shubin
https://bit.ly/2YyMM0S

The Militarization of South African Politics
by Kenneth W. Grundy
https://bit.ly/2HLU10d

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