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Friday, 8 December 2017

Book: The President's Keepers, Jacques Pauw



The minute I heard that they wanted to ban the book from being sold, I couldn't wait to get my hands on a copy. It is incredibly sad, however incredibly good, that the public are finding out exactly what is happening. The web of corruption, fraud, lawlessness is absolutely mindblowing.  One of my (many) gripes, is the fact that we have to slog and save to diligently pay SARS to avoid penalties and interest; the people who are meant to set the example owes amounts with so many zeros, it sounds like a made up number.  It is the law-abiding citizens who get punished and the criminals rewarded and looked after. 

Personally, it wasn't as easy a read for me as The Republic of Guptas that was published earlier this year. There are a lot of names in the book, which does at times got a bit tricky to remember where they all fit into and whether or not they are the good guys. 

What was incredibly interesting was a name that cropped up that was the same name as an ex-boyfriend's dad. A quick Google search and low and behold it was! Neither were keepers. 

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