Jacques Pauw

“countries are no longer countries, but fiefdoms run by tiny hyper-elites, exclusively for their own benefit”.”

— Jacques Pauw

“I'm not a journalist any longer,” I told him. “I'm a chef!”

— Jacques Pauw

“the South Africa that Zuma has created has rendered sleazebags blameless, guiltless and even righteous.”

— Jacques Pauw

“I want to write a book again,” I said to Sam on a blazingly hot afternoon on the veranda of the Red…

— Jacques Pauw

“Zuma had been infected by the most noxious disease of politics: greed.”

— Jacques Pauw

“We have become world leaders in income inequality, racial tension, rape and illicit financial outflows.”

— Jacques Pauw

“apathy that creates a breeding ground for the evil monsters that will in the end devour us all.”

— Jacques Pauw

“Whether you have to get to the top of the Kremlin or clamber up Jacob Zuma's slithery and gangrenous pole, politics is…

— Jacques Pauw

“Like most South Africans, I realised that should a man accused of fraud and his henchmen lay their hands on the state's…

— Jacques Pauw

“To prevail and to enrich himself, Zuma has been prepared to defy the Constitution, risk the economy, jeopardise social grants, allow his…

— Jacques Pauw

“Can you imagine charging one of the most powerful people in the country with treason and those around him with fraud and…

— Jacques Pauw

“The problem with the recent history of crime intelligence is this: there is little honour, no moral compass, a complete lack of…

— Jacques Pauw

“What I have revealed is an orgy of depravity and venality, and if there is any attempt to stop the publishing of…

— Jacques Pauw

“If there was ever a capitalist finger up Lenin's waxy ass, it was the opening of the ultra-luxurious GUM store on the…

— Jacques Pauw

“Predictably, a full-scare intelligence and propaganda war has been unleashed in the run-up to the ANC elective conference.”

— Jacques Pauw

“That’s the biggest danger of incarceration: you get used to it. It’s not the goon in the bathroom with a blade hidden…

— Jacques Pauw

“The leader of the delegation to Zuma was reportedly Lloyd Hill. At the opening, Hill thanked the president for seeing them and…

— Jacques Pauw

“In his first five years, Zuma had ripped like a tornado through the state's institutions and wreaked havoc across the land. But…

— Jacques Pauw

“Zuma may have the appearance of a scuzzy ghost, but the war against his wretched, calamitous, inept and divisive rule is far…

— Jacques Pauw

“The campaign against the SARS “rogue unit” was driven by elements in the SSA ... Suffice it to say for now that…

— Jacques Pauw

“I can basically go to prison or at least be prosecuted for what I have revealed to you about the PAN programme…

— Jacques Pauw

“I don’t remember everything that was happening around me at the time, but gangster life was intoxicating and irresistible. It’s difficult to…

— Jacques Pauw

“It is often said that Zuma is proof that anyone, even from the humblest beginnings, can rise to the top. A son…

— Jacques Pauw

“His handlers have built an enormous blockhouse for him, and he almost never strays from its air-locked confines. We only encounter him…

— Jacques Pauw

“What is the typical spy? To start with, they think that they are on a mission to save the world. The worlds…

— Jacques Pauw

“The ongoing reports continue to demonstrate years of the most horrendous and systematic looting, stealing, corruption, money laundering and abuse of our…

— Jacques Pauw

“Why has no one, not the Hawks with their serious commercial crimes unit or the police's crime intelligence unit, ever investigated the…

— Jacques Pauw

“Ngcukana concluded that Zuma is the “ultimate traitor” for having subverted the police, the Hawks, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the…

— Jacques Pauw

“Zuma is one of the most lampooned and jeered heads of state in the world and can easily be brushed aside as…

— Jacques Pauw

“Zuma vowed at his inauguration: “This is a moment of renewal. I will devote myself to the well-being of the Republic and…

— Jacques Pauw

“It is much quicker to fly from Johannesburg to Lagos than from Moscow to Vladivostok. I couldn't help thinking: can you imagine…

— Jacques Pauw

“There is no dispute: Jacob Zuma has ripped the society and state to shreds. He swore at his inauguration to be faithful…

— Jacques Pauw

“Only after Zuma has looked after himself comes the small little problem of governing the Republic and its millions and millions of…

— Jacques Pauw

“Poor JZ is the perpetual victim. In the case of Nkandla, he was the victim of a 'supply-chain' fiasco; something he knew…

— Jacques Pauw

“A pattern of appointing cronies and loyalists in key positions emerged at the outset of Zuma's presidency. He was mindful that he…

— Jacques Pauw