Daniel teaches the title character, also known as Mwawate, how to drive the bakkie, and later steals the shotgun that is used to shoot pigs by Bamford.  
The family at the center of this novel escapes from danger at the beginning by driving away in a "bakkie", which the father had intended for weekend bird-hunting expeditions.  The novel ends with Maureen rushing towards a helicopter in the hopes of escaping.  Daniel teaches the title character, also known as Mwawate, how to drive the bakkie, and later steals the shotgun that is used to shoot pigs by Bamford.  The Smales family is forced to leave their Johannesburg villa during a black uprising.  FTP, identify this novel titled after the Smales' houseboy and written by Nadine Gordimer.
The family at the center of this novel escapes from danger at the beginning by driving away in a "bakkie", which the father had intended for weekend bird-hunting expeditions.  
July's People