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Jacques Pauw. The President's Keepers
About the Layout
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Introduction
One. The spy in the cold
Two. Projects Vodka, Pack and Psycho
Three. The shadow state
Four. Glimmers of horror
Five. Little altar boy
Six. President on a payroll
Seven. I beg you, Mr President
Eight. Tom's tempest
Nine. The gentleman gangster and his donkey
Ten. Up in smoke
Eleven. Tom's tax bones
Twelve. The spiders in the centre of the web
Thirteen. Somebody in a neighbourhood full of nobodies
Fourteen. Gladiators
Fifteen. Top Hawk down
Sixteen. Jeremy of the Elsies and the woman of trouble
Seventeen. Killer, KGB and a guy in a crumpled suit
Eighteen. The one who laughs while grinding his enemies
Epilogue
Photo Section
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Summary
About the Author
Praise for the Book
Other Publications by Jacques Pauw
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JACQUES PAUW
THE PRESIDENT'S KEEPERS
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I was horrified at Fraser's appointment but neither shocked nor surprised. It was clearly payback time in return for the favour he had done the embattled Zuma almost a decade previously. Fraser had, at the very least, taken out a political insurance policy.
Fraser's rise to the top of the intelligence hierarchy must be seen against the backdrop of what I regard as the primary objective of Zuma's presidency: to stay out of prison. In order to avoid spending his last days behind bars, he has to cling to power in order to prepare an exit strategy that will guarantee his freedom. This is closely followed by his greed to fill his and his family's pockets. Cronies are welcome to help themselves but their priority is to assist him to retain his freedom. Only after Zuma has looked after himself comes the small little problem of governing the Republic and its millions and millions of hungry, uneducated and jobless voters who are looking to him for salvation and deliverance.
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