Gangster State

Contents

Contents

Introduction

Prologue: Death of a Bentley bagman

Part I: Credential struggles

1. The Tumahole ‘treasonist’


2. Hillbrow days


3. Exile

Part II: Premier in waiting

4. An early scandal


5. Free State capture and the ‘cattle thief’


6. Crushing the Scorpions


7. The assassination of Noby Ngombane

Part III: The R1-billion housing splurge

8. ‘Bring your people’


9. Fall guys and fat cats


10. Rewarding friends and punishing foes

PART IV: Iron fist

11. Regime unchanged


12. Fourth estate capture

Part V: All the president’s pals

13. Tea with Atul


14. A family of fixers