Lunch with Helen Zille at Buitenverwachting

Launching Helen Zille’s Autobiography

One of the most important political autobiographies

to be published in many years

Join us at Buitenverwachting Restaurant

Meet Helen Zille

Thursday 13 October at 12 noon for 12:30

Guest Speaker Helen Zille said the following about her planned biography: “It is a lot of fun, and a great challenge to write a book that weaves together my personal life story with the political transformation of the country.”

About the book:

Helen Zille’s long-awaited autobiography is one of the most fascinating political stories of our time.

Zille takes the reader back to her humble family origins, her struggle with anorexia as a young woman, her early career as a journalist for the Rand Daily Mail, and her involvement with the End Conscription Campaign and the Black Sash. She documents her early days in the Democratic Party and the Democratic Alliance, at a time when the party was locked in a no-holds-barred factional conflict. And she chronicles the intense political battles to become mayor of Cape Town, leader of the DA and premier of the Western Cape, in the face of dirty tricks from the ANC and infighting within her own party.

This is a story about political intrigue and treachery, floor-crossing and unlikely coalitions, phone tapping and intimidation, false criminal charges and judicial commissions. It documents Zille’s courageous fight against corruption and state capture and her efforts to realign politics and entrench accountability. And it describes a mother’s battle to raise children in the pressured world of South African politics.

This book is as frank, honest and unflinching as Helen Zille herself, and will appeal to anyone interested in the story of South African politics over the past fifty years.

Chef Edgar is excited to be hosting Helen Zille and is planning a menu par excellence to be accompanied by Buitenverwachting’s superb wines.

Tickets are R300 per person

Early booking is suggested, for more information or to book, please contact Sandy by telephone  on 021 685 8016 or sandybailey@telkomsa.net

“The memoir of Helen Zille is the most anticipated political biography in South Africa, and Penguin Random House South Africa (PRHSA) is immensely honoured to be this iconic politician’s publisher of choice.”