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In the dark days of apartheid a young schoolboy joins the South African Police Force. It is a time when brutality is commonplace and men don’t cry.

Over a period of fifteen years Johan Marais is exposed to extreme violence as he is transferred to Koevoet and later becomes a member of the East Rand Riot Unit. Living with bloodshed and hostility on a daily basis, Marais develops a serious drinking problem. Not realising that he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, he spirals down into a world of corruption and decadence.

Time Bomb looks at the other side of South Africa’s political history and tells it from the perspective of an ordinary policeman.

About the author:

Johan Marais joined the South African Police Force when he was an innocent farm boy of 16 years old. His career in the police spanned more than 15 years – an era which saw the worst of apartheid’s repression and violence. As a member of Koevoet in the seventies and the East Rand Riot Unit in the eighties, he witnessed first-hand what many only whispered about. He quit the Police Force in the early nineties to start his own scrap business but he soon began to suffer from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. He nearly committed suicide before seeking professional help.