In the last few weeks, more attention has been focused on South African President Jacob Zuma than usual because of the release of an explosive new book -- 'The President's Keepers', by Jacques Pauw. The book details the extraordinary ways in which Zuma's alleged corruption is enabled by criminals and spies.
It is a chilling read and --unsurprisingly-- Pauw has come under considerable pressure in the aftermath of its publication. The state security agency has threatened to ban the book, and as a result, pirated copies have flooded the social media accounts of many South Africans eager to know more and to defy the authorities' desires to squash an important story.
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