Jacksonville Public Library

For my country, why I blew the whistle on Zuma and the Guptas, Themba Maseko

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-226) and index

autobiography

illustrations

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For my country

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Themba Maseko

why I blew the whistle on Zuma and the Guptas

"In 2010, government spokesperson Themba Maseko was called to the Gupta family's Saxonwold compound and asked by Ajay Gupta to divert the government's entire advertising budget to the family's media company. When Maseko refused to do so, he was removed from his position and forced to leave the public service. The life of this once-proud civil servant would never be the same again. Maseko, whose activism was forged in the Soweto uprising of 1976, is a product of the struggle, and has always been unfailingly loyal to the principles of the ANC. In 2016, when the party called on members with evidence of wrongdoing by the Guptas to step forward, Maseko was the only one to do so. For this courageous act of whistleblowing, he was ostracised, slandered and even threatened. As a former senior state official, Maseko also offers a rare insider's view of the presidencies of Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma and of the inner workings of government. Compelling and revelatory, <i>For My Country</i> shows what it takes to stand up for one's principles and defy the most powerful man in the country." --Back cover

Foreword / by Sydney Mufamadi -- The president calls -- A boy called trust -- Joining the SACP and ANC underground -- South Africa gets a black president -- Of political heads and an early form of state capture -- I become government spokesperson -- Two centres of power -- The Saxonwold summons -- Redeployed or fired? -- I decide to speak out -- The Public Protector calls -- The Zondo Commission -- Postscript -- Annexure: a voice of reason