In his compelling narrative style, Jacques Pauw picks up where he left off in The Presidents Keepers. Our Poisoned Land: Living in the Shadows of Zuma’s Keepers looks at the current criminal justice system and what went wrong. Pauw delves deep to find answers. Among his shocking findings are top police officers that had a hand in state capture still ensconced in the Hawks and police Crime Intelligence; a cabal of state-capture prosecutors within the NPA; a police minister cavorting with a convicted drug smuggler; and South Africa’s “own Guptas” living in the lap of luxury after the case against them “disappeared”.
Our country is under siege from criminals who continue to unleash violence and mayhem at every turn. To fight this we need men and women of integrity in charge of our police – and other levers of the criminal justice system.
The future of two boxing champions remains unclear with boxing authorities keeping mum on whether action will be taken against them after their arrest for alleged car theft in East London at the weekend. ABU SADC bantamweight champion Lusizo Manzana and African Boxing Confederation bronze medallist Sinovuyo Mthintelwa were arrested together with four others after being found in possession of a stolen vehicle.
Businesses in South Africa will be more likely to report corrupt practices they have uncovered in their own organisation if there is provision made in law for deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) to be reached between state prosecutors and companies.