Andrew Feinstein
Andrew Feinstein (born March 16, 1964 in Cape Town ) is a former politician and non-fiction author from South Africa .
Career
From 1997 to 2001 he was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) in the South African National Assembly . In the course of this, he participated in the investigation into the purchase of combat aircraft by the South African government in 1999. The sellers were the British BAE Systems and the Swedish Saab group. He resigned his mandate to protest the corruption that this entailed. Since then he has lived in London and works as a writer and journalist. He has published various books and his reports have appeared in the Guardian , Daily Telegraph , New Statesman and Spiegel , among others . He also reported for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Al Jazeera .
Books
- Andrew Feinstein: After the party . A Personal and Political Journey Inside the ANC. 2007.
- Andrew Feinstein: The Shadow World . Inside the Global Arms Trade. Penguin Books , London 2011.
- in German: Andrew Feinstein: Arms trade . The global business of death. 1st edition. Hoffmann and Campe , Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-455-50245-9 (English: The Shadow World . Translated by Stefan Gebauer, Tom Goeller, Jens Hagestedt, Bernhard Josef, Jürgen Krause, Thorsten Schmidt and Jochen Schwarzer).
Web links
- Andrew Feinstein's profile on the Guardian website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b blurb: Andrew Feinstein: Arms trade . The global business of death. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-455-50245-9 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Feinstein, Andrew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African politician and non-fiction author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cape Town |