Loose Canon
Leading political scientists Mcebisi Ndletyana and Mashupye Maserumule recount the full story of how Zuma – through plots, proxies and power plays – transformed the ANC from a party of principle to one of rent-seeking. Drawing on more than 50 interviews with key insiders, this is the definitive account of the Zuma presidency.
Soul of a Nation: A Quest for the Rebirth of South Africa explores the spiritual and social dimensions of South Africa’s ongoing transformation and renewal.
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As a young journalist covering Jacob Zuma’s 2006 rape trial, Karyn Maughan could not have known that she would be reporting on Zuma’s legal woes for two decades – and would herself become his target, the first journalist privately prosecuted by a former president. Disarmingly honest and deeply personal, but also a razor-sharp analysis of abuse.
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“Mass incarceration has not just brought us nowhere. It has taken us backwards.” Edwin Cameron takes an unflinching look at what it will take to fix South Africa’s broken prison system and build a safer society. As inspector of prisons, he has intimate insights into what goes on behind prison walls. And it is shocking.
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On 23 August 2021, a quiet, hardworking single mom was shot down in a hail of bullets as she drove home. Her name was Babita Deokaran, chief accountant at Tembisa Hospital. The izinkabi paid to kill her were caught, but the question remained: who ordered her murder, and why? Crime reporter Jeff Wicks set out to find the answer.