Corridors deceit

When Johan Booysen hears that the new Provincial Police Chief takes backhanders from a Durban businessman, he decides to give her the benefit of the doubt. But the evidence becomes impossible to ignore and he soon gets dragged down the corridors of power and politics into a web of intrigue, deceit and betrayal that, at times, he has trouble making sense of. Only when he is arrested, handcuffed and tossed into a cell does Booysen realise just how ruthless those opposed to him are an opposition he comes to call the cabal and whom he believes have more blood on their hands than the so-called Cato Manor Death Squad with which he is closely associated. Blood on their Hands traces Johan Booysens life and career from patrolling the streets of Amanzimtoti in the 1970s to his rise in 2010 to major general and head of KZNs Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation unit, the Hawks. But his tenure is short-lived. When Booysen decides to take on those so determined to be rid of him, each legal battle he wins is met by hostility and further efforts to shut him out of the of the criminal justice system. But capitulating is not in his DNA Softcover, 209 pages. Published September 2016.

Investigative journalist Jacques Pauw exposes the darkest secret at the heart of Jacob Zumas compromised government: a cancerous cabal that eliminates the presidents enemies and purges the law-enforcement agencies of good men and women.  As Zuma fights for his political life following the 2017 Gupta emails leak, this cabal the presidents keepers ensures that after years of ruinous rule, he remains in power and out of prison. But is Zuma the puppet master, or their puppet? Journey with Pauw as he explores the shadow mafia state. From KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape to the corridors of power in Pretoria and Johannesburg and even to clandestine meetings in Russia. Its a trail of lies and spies, cronies, cash and kingmakers as Pauw prises open the web of deceit that surrounds the fourth president of the democratic era. An amazing piece of work, stuffed with anecdote and evidence. It will light fires all through the state and the ANC.  Peter Bruce This is dynamite. Dynamite that will shake the foundations of the halls of power. Max du Preez Softcover, 352 pages.