It is no credit to those south africans who voted him and his anc bunch of clowns for another term on 6th may 2014. Zuma exposed ebook by adriaan basson 9781868425402. I am an investigative journalist, interested only in the truth. Hes received numerous prizes for journalistic excellence the taco kuiper and mondi awards. Author of jacob zuma expose faces criminal charges books the. All three were from his home province of kwazulu natal. Mr pauw published a book last year in which he claimed former president jacob zuma received million of dollars as. South africa has changed since jacob zuma s 2006 rape trial. If reform is going to happen, it will come from cyril ramaphosa, who replaced zuma as president in 2018. The book that had exposed zumas misconduct and all of. Purchase zuma exposed by adriaan basson on paperback online and enjoy having your favourite politicsintl relations books delivered to you in south africa. From shaik to the spear, awardwinning investigative journalist adriaan.
The south african author of an explosive book that promises to expose the darkest secret at the heart of jacob zuma s compromised government has vowed that he is not intimidated by efforts. It reveals the truth behind jacob zuma s presidency of the anc and south africa. Although there hasnt been any formal investigation into the relationship, all probabilities point to an improper alliance. The book jacob zuma does not want you to read, by adriaan basson. Zuma is on his way out, the only difference is how anc members will negotiate with him.
The hardcopy book has been available for presale on takealot and a kindle version is coming soon. Zuma exposed, by adriaan basson vorgestellt im namibiana. The book finishes with the predicted fall of zuma and potentially the anc party at the next election in 2019. Exposing the apartheid regimes security branch killing machine iol. In a normal country, with traditional democratic values.
In 2007, barely a year after the man who went on to become south africas president, jacob zuma, was acquitted on a charge of raping a young woman called khwezi the name given to fezekile ntsukela kuzwayo during her rape trial, gender activist mmatshilo motsei published the kanga and the kangaroo court. The south african author of an explosive book that promises to expose the darkest secret at the heart of jacob zuma s compromised government has vowed that he is not intimidated by efforts from the countrys state security agency to have the book banned from sale. There is a feeling that the guptas are almost running the state, adriaan basson, author of the book zuma exposed, told afp. This book is the result of years of endeavour on the part of basson. The painting triggered a defamation lawsuit by zuma s party, the african national congress anc, and was vandalised on 22 may 2012. One thing you do notice, right off the bat is that adriaan basson has spent a lot of time. Africanglobe zuma exposed was released on the eve of the 53rd african national congress anc elective conference in december although the book detailed president jacob zuma s financial and political troubles, it did little to deter diehard anc supporters from reelecting him for a second term as party president. Jacob zuma to biographer jeremy gordin but of course zuma has been at the epicenter of south african politics, and his life has spilt almost daily onto the pages of south africas newspapers. After reading the book zuma exposed by adriaan basson, which collates nearly a decade of journalistic investigations into the goings on of jacob zuma, one gets an inkling as to why.
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This book provides an interesting conundrum for people working in the media. Adriaan basson is the assistant editor of city press and. Why, a decade on, a new book on zumas rape trial has. The spear, awardwinning investigative journalist adriaan basson reveals the truth behind jacob zuma s presidency of.
On the day that pundits were pondering the staggering bond associated with president jacob zuma s nkandla homestead, mervyn sloman of the book lounge thanked the publishers of adriaan bassons second book, zuma exposed, for everything theyve done to ensure that tonights book about president zuma has a certain resonance. The book that had exposed zuma s misconduct and all of those who have kept him safe the presidents keeper by jacques pauw pdf. South african president jacob zumas dark secrets exposed. In recent years, a new and assertive feminist movement has emerged and attacks on the president have become common cause. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. What the state capture report tells us about zuma, the guptas, and corruption in south africa. We have been following many of the stories contained herein for years, so were familiar with the details of many of the stories that its author wrote while working first for the mail and guardian and. Ralph mathekga, a political analyst and author of the book when zuma goes, said the judgement would strengthen the position of those seeking to remove zuma. South africas state security agency ssa has chosen to shoot the messenger by laying criminal charges against jacques pauw, author of a book that claims to reveal the darkest secret at the heart of jacob zumas compromised government, according to his publisher. But the book is a little shallow in that it fails to flesh out, for those who might care to know, why the beloved country seems these days to be going to hell in a hand basket. As zuma desperately tries to cling to power, awardwinning journalist adriaan basson answers these and other questions in this revelatory look at the presidents dark side. From one bad decision to another, this explosive, rollercoaster account.
In jacques pauws explosive new book he reveals jacob zumas darkest secret. From one bad decision to another, this explosive, roll. The behind scenes of the anc movement are shocking and an embrassement for the freedom that was fought. From shaik to the spear, awardwinning investigative journalist adriaan basson reveals the truth behind jacob zuma s presidency of the anc and south africa. The cadres are now focusing on making money rather than serving the public and settling of political scores. Yes, it is a book about mr zuma, but the subject and how its handled says a lot about the writer too. Zuma protected them, even when cweles wife was convicted of drug smuggling and mthethwa was exposed as a beneficiary of a dodgy crime intelligence slush fund.
The book claims to reveal the cancerous cabal that eliminates the. With his son duduzane zuma owning 30% in the ann7 holding company, it was clear the family had a say in the running of the station. The book is merely focuses on zumas flaws and corruption. In summary, zuma exposed is a persuasive and fascinating catalogue of zuma s dark side. The guptas, an indian family that moved to the country in the 1990s, are alleged to exert a magnetic pull over president jacob zuma, and their influence has. Zuma exposed adriaan basson this is the book president jacob zuma does not want you to read. Zuma exposed is the book president jacob zuma does not want you to read. The books facebook page shared images of their stock pile which shows thousands of books being shipped to good bookshops. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study.
Its going to take negotiations with zuma to so that he can leave office, mathekga said. From shaik to the spear, awardwinning investigative. Rabat in his book, the presidents keepers, south african investigative journalist jacques pauw exposes the secret underworld that has kept the african states president jacob zuma. Often embattled, always controversial, zuma rose to take control of the anc in polokwane last year, unseating president thabo mbeki. Zuma exposed is an enormously helpful guide to the reefs, shoals and currents of south african politics and business. But it suffers from the haste with which it was apparently written. Author of jacob zuma expose faces criminal charges. South african security services move to ban expose of. The level of familiarity between zuma and the guptas is prevalent in the book, with atul gupta telling sundaram to call zuma baba. In his book zuma exposed, city press assistant editor, adriaan basson, takes all of the stories we have read over the past five years and presents them in one depressing offering. Zuma exposed adriaan basson paperback books online. But now the real reckoning begins, as a web of corruption around zuma, the guptas, and at. The spear is a painting by cape townbased south african artist, brett murray. Zuma exposed by adriaan basson is the book president jacob zuma does not want you to read.
I cant see president zuma turning his back on the gupta. Read zuma exposed by adriaan basson available from rakuten kobo. Backed by an immensely courageous editor in ferial haffajee, he has been given free reign to pursue the stories that most need to be unravelled in his new book. This book is the result of years of endeavour on the part of. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. When his frequent debts and murky debtors were exposed, zuma was not shamed. After reading this book one realizes that zuma is a disgrace to south africa and this goes for his anc cronies as well. The book describes an alarming level of corruption inside the anc and the state bureaucracy, but that such a book could be published at all in south africa is a cause for optimism.
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