Rogues’ Gallery

If you think corruption in South Africa began with the arms deal and Zuma, or even with apartheid, think again. Rogues’ Gallery tells the story of some of the biggest skelms to grace
our (un)fair shores and shows that dodgy dealings have been a feature of the country throughout history.
The action starts with the machinations of three colonial governors: rotten Willem
Adriaan van der Stel and the ‘twaddling’ British duo, Sir George Yonge and Lord Charles
Somerset. Added to this is Cecil John Rhodes’s unparalleled success in poisoning the land with theft, fraud and war, and Oom Paul Kruger’s corrupt and compromised Volksraad.
Readers are then treated to apartheid’s finest achievements in corruption: from the
Broederbond’s perfect ten in state capture, to the Department of Information’s pedalling of fake news and the apartheid state’s manufacture of – no, not illegal cigarettes – Class A
drugs! And let’s not forget the hotbed of corruption that was the ‘independent’ homelands.
Add to this a few murders, plenty of nepotism and a state president who started out as a Nazi spy, and the gallery of rogues is complete. On the flipside, every chapter also

features at least one brave whistle-blower – the true heroes of this book.

Rogues’ Gallery busts the myth that the Zuptas were the first to capture the South African state, showing that corruption has always been around – and that the tricks people play haven’t changed a jot.

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