Gangster State

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Published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd Reg. No. 1953 / 000441 / 07 The Estuaries N ...

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For the journalists, whistleblowers, sources and activists who have fought and continue to fight to turn the tide. ...

Contents Contents Introduction Prologue: Death of a Bentley bagman Part I: Credential struggles The Tumahole ‘treasonist’ Hillb ...

Reddy to rumble Zuma’s Vrede ‘thank-you fee’ PART VI: Daddy’s girl The R9-million freebie Vogelfontein Paved with gold PART ...

Introduction One Friday evening in mid- 2013 my cellphone rang just as I was about to put a few takeaway pizzas in my car. I had ...

that I was looking into the matter. I later learnt that, over the years, Magashule contacted other journalists in a similar fash ...

More than a few sources in the Free State’s political set-up referred to Magashule as ‘Mr Ten Percent’ for allegedly demanding a ...

murdered businessman’s dealings. For ease of reference, I refer to these documents as the IgoFiles. In order to protect my sourc ...

heaps of tender documents, company records and related material to construct this partial account of what I consider to be Magas ...

dynamics, and has been remarkably quiet. It is Magashule who, in my view, now most prominently embodies the ruling party’s glari ...

that will have even graver implications for the ruling party. At the time, there were enough allegations of misconduct for the A ...

Prologue Death of a Bentley bagman On the day of the murder, Tshepo Thabane* had been at his usual spot on the corner of South R ...

from where the Bentley waited at the traffic light. Then two men got out of the Audi. Both brandished handguns and wore hoodies ...

driver was paralysed with fear. At this point, the two assassins had had enough. The taller man pointed his gun at the driver an ...

at the scene. The first emergency responders and police cars arrived not long thereafter, probably at about 12 p.m. Tshepo watch ...

Tshepo’s intersection. It seemed certain that the story about the young businessman’s gruesome end would soon fade into oblivion ...