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Revolution

Ian Martin in Pearly Beach

Revolution is a gripping political chronicle of South Africa’s rebirth after a 2026 coup that topples a failing government and sparks an age of reform. Led by the principled academic Harvey Jacobs, a coalition of soldiers, scholars, and civil rights leaders rebuild the nation on fairness, discipline, and Ubuntu.

From collapsing institutions and mass unemployment arises a technocratic government that dares to do what others feared: print money to create jobs, merge ministries to end corruption, and replace chaos with competence. As industries revive and crime falls, new schools, hospitals, and homes rise across the land.

Through Jacobs’s televised addresses and the Council’s policy debates, Revolution traces how moral leadership, economic imagination, and social renewal turn a country from despair to dignity. Five years later, with growth surging and democracy beckoning, Jacobs faces his final test — to relinquish power or extend reform.

Told as a historical chronicle, Revolution is both cautionary and inspiring — a vision of how nations may rebuild themselves through courage, reason, and moral conviction.

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