Summary: Many schools in the north of South Africa have gone for months without text books. There was money to buy the books. There was also a contract to deliver them. Yet they didn't arrive. Many students and parents are furious with politicians of the governing ANC - and say the problem is due to mismanagement and alleged corruption. For Crossing Continents, Rob Walker investigates the mystery of the missing books, and asks what it says about the way the ANC is running South Africa.
