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082 0 4 _a364.1323 RENW
100 1 _aRenwick, Robin,
_eauthor.
_9155109
245 1 0 _aHow to steal a country :
_bstate capture and hopes for the future in South Africa /
_cRobin Renwick ; with cartoons by Zapiro.
264 1 _aJohannesburg :
_bJacana,
_c2018.
300 _axviii, 232 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm.
336 _astill image
_bsti
_2rdacontent.
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"The vertiginous decline in political leadership from Nelson Mandela to Jacob Zuma has engulfed South Africa in a serious crisis over the past 'lost decade'. Based on his personal experience of the key protagonists, former British ambassador to South Africa Lord Renwick introduces the reader to an astonishing array of rogues and villains, ministers taken captive, crimebusters who are criminals, investigators who don't investigate, prosecutors who don't prosecute, red berets, black hearts and compulsive liars, alongside some heroes and an authentic heroine ... Renwick explores the ingenuity, audacity and impunity with which the South African state has been looted on an unimaginable scale, and how Bell Pottinger, KPMG, McKinsey and others became complicit in this process. But, in the end, this is an uplifting story, as a remarkable press, judiciary and civil society combined to 'save South Africa' and its constitution under serious threat. Now, as Cyril Ramaphosa takes the reins, How to Steal a Country looks ahead to a brighter future, though Ramaphosa will find that his greatest challenges are within his own party"--Publisher's description.
650 0 _aPolitical corruption
_zSouth Africa.
_9179955
651 0 _aSouth Africa
_xPolitics and government
_y1994-
700 0 _aZapiro,
_eillustrator.
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942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
_w156
_xLettie Matukane
_y156
_zLettie Matukane
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