A Simple Man: Kasrils and the Zuma Enigma - Softcover

Kasrils, Ronnie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 143142577X ISBN 13: 9781431425778

Publisher: Jacana Media, 2017

Synopsis

Ronnie Kasrils’s insights into Jacob Zuma, both shocking and revelatory, are vividly illuminated through this story—from their shared history in the underground to Kasrils’s time as minister of intelligence and his views on South Africa now. This fast-paced, thriller-style memoir outlines the tumultuous years that saw Mbeki’s overthrow and replacement by Zuma, Nkandlagate, the growing militarization of the police and the Marikana Massacre, the outrageous appointment of flunkies to high office, the "state capture" report and his relationship with the Guptas. We relive the Schabir Shaik corruption trial, Kasrils’s relationship with Fezeka Kuzwayo (Khwezi), Zuma’s rape trial accuser, the email and spy tapes saga, conspiracy, and betrayal. While Kasrils explains the enigmatic contradictions of Jacob Zuma, he also explains that corruption and the abuse of power did not begin with him. His story points to the compromised negotiations of the 1990s, which he refers to as a "Faustian Pact." This is a story told from the inside, exploring the many machinations of power and how one man’s struggle for the truth can have such an impact on the political outcomes of a nation.

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About the Author:

Ronnie Kasrils is author of the bestselling memoir Armed and Dangerous, which has been translated into German, Russian, and Spanish, and the Alan Paton Award-winning The Unlikely Secret Agent, which has been translated into French. A commander in Umkhonto weSizwe from its inception in 1961 until 1990, he served in government from 1994 to his resignation as minister for intelligence in 2008.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jacana Media
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 143142577X
• ISBN 13: 9781431425778
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288