While Gangster State author Pieter-Louis Myburgh is being sued for R10m by Durban businessman and an erstwhile friend of the book’s main protagonist, ANC secretary general, Ace Magashule, Ace himself resorts to playing the racist card.
The more people threaten to burn books, the more books other people buy, says publishing academic Beth le Roux.
To see Grattan Kirk shrug off a gang of wanna-be book-burning bullies is pretty much par for his course. More surprises in Simon’s inimitable weekly column. Just like we’ve come to expect.
There are key metaphors and litmus tests for the devolution of democracy and political power. One of them is burning books.
Penguin Random House is appalled at the behaviour of those who disrupted the launch of Gangster State at Sandton City yesterday evening.
Yesterday on ENCA Ace Magashule claimed that the author of Gangster State, Pieter-Louis Myburgh, didn’t send him questions prior to the publication of the book.
South Africans have reacted with outrage following fresh revelations that catapult ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule to the top of the state capture tree.
The ANC has taken a leaf out of the Donald Trump school of public relations by claiming that a new book on Ace Magashule is ‘fake news’ and a media conspiracy.
Alec’s first exposure to ANC politician Ace Magashule’s stinky dealings came in mid-2012 when JSE-listed Sanyati Holdings went bust.
It’s a close-run thing deciding who is the worst gangster: the former president of South Africa or ANC secretary general Ace Magashule.