Killing Kebble

Killing Kebble
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Publisher : Pan Macmillan South africa
Total Pages : 419
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ISBN-10 : 9781770102729
ISBN-13 : 1770102728
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Killing Kebble by : Mandy Wiener

In September 2005 one of South Africa’s most eminent mining magnates and businessmen Brett Kebble was killed on a quiet suburban street in Johannesburg. The investigation into the case was a tipping point for democratic South Africa. The top-level investigation that followed exposed the corrupt relationship between the country’s Chief of Police and Interpol President Jackie Selebi and suave Mafioso Glenn Agliotti. A lawless Johannesburg underbelly was exposed – dominated by drug lords, steroid-reliant bouncers, an international smuggling syndicate, a shady security unit moonlighting for the police and sinister self-serving sleuths abusing state agencies. The new paperback edition of the bestselling non-fiction title, Killing Kebble includes: A Postscript that updates the reader on events and people since the publication of the book in April 2011; An extensive author interview that explores the author’s background, the success of the book and people’s reactions to it as well as the impact it has had on Mandy’s life. The additional new material will also be available in a Kindle Single via Amazon – as Postscript to Killing Kebble.

Killing Kebble

Killing Kebble
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Publisher : Pan MacMillan
Total Pages : 428
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ISBN-10 : 1770102450
ISBN-13 : 9781770102453
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Killing Kebble by : Mandy Wiener

"In September 2005 Brett Kebble, a prominent South African mining magnate, was killed on a quite suburban street in Johannesburg in an apparent 'assisted suicide'. The top-level investigation that followed was a tipping point for democratic South Africa, which implicated an astonishing array of high-profile politicians and public figures as well as illuminating the shadowy depths of Johannesburg's underworld"--Back cover.

Killing Kebble

Killing Kebble
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Publisher : Pan Macmillan South africa
Total Pages : 42
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ISBN-10 : 9781770102736
ISBN-13 : 1770102736
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Killing Kebble by : Mandy Wiener

Dive back into the gripping underworld of Johannesburg with this bonus material edition to the gripping exposé of South Africa's corrupt underbelly with an exclusive postscript and an engaging author interview. This edition is a follow-up to the bestselling, Killing Kebble and includes a postscript updating readers on events and people since the book's original publication in April 2011, as well as an extensive author interview exploring the author's background, the book's success and impact, and people's reactions to it. The book peeled back layers to expose a web of corruption that once gripped Johannesburg. In September 2005, eminent mining magnate and businessman Brett Kebble was killed on a quiet suburban street in Johannesburg. The investigation into his murder exposed the corrupt relationship between South Africa's Chief of Police and Interpol President Jackie Selebi and suave Mafioso Glenn Agliotti. It revealed a lawless underbelly in Johannesburg, dominated by drug lords, steroid-reliant bouncers, an international smuggling syndicate, a shady security unit moonlighting for the police, and sinister self-serving sleuths abusing state agencies.

Ministry of Crime

Ministry of Crime
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Publisher : Pan Macmillan South africa
Total Pages : 440
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ISBN-10 : 9781770105768
ISBN-13 : 177010576X
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Ministry of Crime by : Mandy Wiener

As a follow up to the bestselling Killing Kebble: An Underworld Exposed (2010), the new book from Mandy Wiener, Ministry of Crime: An Underworld Explored, examines how organised crime, gangsters and powerful political figures have been able to capture the law enforcement authorities and agencies. These various organisations have been eviscerated, hollowed out and left ineffective. They have been infiltrated and compromised and, as a result, prominent underworld figures have been able to flourish in South Africa, setting up elaborate networks of crime with the assistance of many cops. The criminal justice system has been left exposed and it is crucial that the South African public knows about the capture that has occurred on different levels.

Glenn Agliotti

Glenn Agliotti
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Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Total Pages : 299
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780143531005
ISBN-13 : 014353100X
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Glenn Agliotti by : Peter Piegl

The press called him a drug trafficker and a drug dealer. He was. He'd admitted to these crimes and signed a plea bargain to grass on an associate. He was also known as the Landlord, which made him sound like a mafia boss. He was too a facilitator between those in high places, think Jackie Selebi, and businessmen on the make, think Brett Kebble. He was known as a fixer, the go-to guy who commanded fees of R100 million to organise connections. This is the story of the man who did business in coffee shops and met associates in car parks and underground garages. It is the story of the man who bought shoes for the national commissioner of police. The man accused of the murder of Brett Kebble. This is the story of Glenn Agliotti, one of Johannesburg's sons of the underworld.

The Whistleblowers

The Whistleblowers
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Publisher : Pan Macmillan South africa
Total Pages : 460
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ISBN-10 : 9781770108486
ISBN-13 : 1770108483
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis The Whistleblowers by : Mandy Wiener

UPDATED EDITION With corruption and fraud endemic in democratic South Africa, whistleblowers have provided an invaluable service to society through disclosures about cover-ups, malfeasance and wrongdoing. Their courageous acts have resulted in the recovery of millions of rands to the fiscus and to their fellow citizens as well as in improved transparency and accountability. But in most cases, the outcomes for the whistleblowers themselves are devastating. Some have been gunned down in orchestrated assassinations, others have been threatened and targeted in sinister dirty-tricks campaigns. Many are hounded out of their jobs, ostracised and victimised. They are pushed to the fringes of society. These are the evocative accounts of South Africa’s whistleblowers, told in their own voices, from across the country. The Whistleblowers also advocates for a change in legislation, organisational support and social attitudes in order to embolden others to have the courage to step up. Photographs by Felix Dlangamandla

Fruit of a Poisoned Tree

Fruit of a Poisoned Tree
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Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers Sa
Total Pages : 460
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105133321302
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Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Fruit of a Poisoned Tree by : Antony Altbeker

In June 2005, Fred van der Vyver, a young actuary and the son of a wealthy Eastern Cape farming family, was charged with murdering his girlfriend, Inge Lotz, allegedly bludgeoning her to death with a hammer as she lay on a couch in her lounge. The case against Van der Vyver seemed overwhelming. His behaviour at the time of the murder appeared suspicious and incriminating, and a letter, penned by Inge on the morning of her death, suggested that the two had been fighting. But it was forensic evidence that seemed to prove his guilt: his fingerprints were found at the scene, one of his shoes was matched to a blood stain on the bathroom floor, and traces of blood were found on an ornamental hammer that had been given to him by the victim's parents. And yet, in one of the most sensational and controversial murder trials in South African legal history, Van der Vyver's lawyers sought to turn the tables on the police, accusing them of fabricating evidence and lying to the judge. In this book prize-winning author Antony Altbeker takes you into the heat of this epic courtroom battle. Altbeker's eye-witness account of the trial presents the reader with all the evidence and testimony of the trial, while also placing it in the context of a society and a justice system that are being stretched to breaking point.

Hitmen for Hire

Hitmen for Hire
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Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 9781868427123
ISBN-13 : 1868427129
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Hitmen for Hire by : Mark Shaw

Hitmen for Hire takes the reader on a journey like no other, navigating a world of paid hitmen, informers, rogue policemen, criminal taxi bosses, gang leaders, and crooked politicians and businessmen. Criminologist Mark Shaw examines a society in which contract killings have become commonplace, looking at who arranges hits, where to find a hitman, and even what it is like to operate as a hitman – or woman. Since 1994, South Africa has seen a worrying increase in the commercialisation of murder – and has been rocked by several high-profile contract killings. Drawing on his research of over a thousand incidents of hired assassinations, from 2000 to 2016, Shaw reveals how these murders are used to exert a mafia-type control over the country's legal and illegal economic activity. Contracted assassinations, and the organised criminal activity behind them, contain sinister linkages with the upperworld, most visibly in relation to disputes over tenders and access to government resources. State security actors increasingly mediate relations between the under and upper worlds, with serious implications for the long-term success of the post-apartheid democratic project.

Cruise to Cape Town: A Journey into a New South Africa

Cruise to Cape Town: A Journey into a New South Africa
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Publisher : Grosvenor House Publishing
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : 9781781485729
ISBN-13 : 1781485720
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Cruise to Cape Town: A Journey into a New South Africa by : Hugh Leggatt

An expatriate South African's detailed portrait of life aboard the superliner Queen Mary 2 as she sails from Southampton to Cape Town, followed by impressions of the spectacular Cape, with a tour to little-known upcountry destinations. This Travel/Memoir is spiced with autobiographical reminiscences of apartheid years, an English heritage, gold mining magnates and a meeting with Nelson Mandela.

Against the Tide

Against the Tide
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Publisher : African Books Collective
Total Pages : 202
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781990922435
ISBN-13 : 1990922430
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis Against the Tide by : Kolski Horwitz

The four plays that make up this collection Thabo Mbeki and Other Nightmares by Tsepo wa-Mamatu; Circles by Tau Maserumule; Comrade Babble by Allan Kolski Horwitz; My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Lesego Rampolokeng/Liepollo Rantekoa, Stacy Hardy and Jaco Bouwer; The Life and Times of Brett Kebble by Patrick Bond, have, as a linking thread, their confrontation with the ongoing corruption and mismanagement that characterizes the not-so-new liberated South Africa. Stylistically quite different, each breaks new ground in presenting these debilitating features and while tackling political themes head-on, never degenerates into mere sloganeering or counter-propaganda. Indeed, they take contemporary South African playwriting to new heights of 'committed theatre'.