How to Steal a Country: State Capture and Hopes for the Future in South Africa - Couverture rigide

Renwick, Robin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1785903616 ISBN 13 : 9781785903618

Editeur : Biteback Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

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.

The book reads like a crime novel as 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Robin Renwick, Baron Renwick of Clifton, is a crossbench peer in the House of Lords. He was ambassador to South Africa during the period leading to the release of Nelson Mandela. He was subsequently served as ambassador to the United States.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Biteback Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1785903616
• ISBN 13: 9781785903618
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible