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Kasrils and the zuma enigma kasrils took on zuma in johannesburg on tuesday night. Former intelligence minister ronnie kasrils has published a new book titled, a simple man. Discover book depositorys huge selection of ronnie kasrils books online. Nov 07, 2017 former intelligence minister ronnie kasrils has launched a book detailing his shared history with president jacob zuma. Ronnie kasrilss insights into jacob zuma in a simple man, both shocking and revelatory, are vividly illuminated through this story, from their shared history in the underground to kasrilss time as minister of intelligence and his views on south africa now. Kasrils and the zuma enigma is a pageturner that courageously. A simple man kasrils and the zuma enigma by ronnie kasrils.
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Ronnie kasrils is author of the bestselling memoir armed and dangerous, which has been translated into german, russian, and spanish, and the alan paton awardwinning the unlikely secret agent, which has been translated into french. Former intelligence minister ronnie kasrils says president jacob zuma and the state security agencies are not interested in solving political killings in kwazulunatal. Ronnie kasrils latest book reveals that president jacob zuma was a flawed leader even before the corruption claims and his rape trial. Former intelligence minister ronnie kasrils has launched a book detailing his shared history with president jacob zuma. Ronnie kasrils in conversation with shannon ebrahim at exclusive books, brooklyn, for the local launch of catching tadpoles, the shaping of a young rebel, a memoir by kasrils. Kasrils and the zuma enigma, ronnie kasrils, former head of intelligence for umkhonto wesizwe and senior member of the anc and sacp attempts to address a question he is repeatedly asked. A commander in umkhonto wesizwe from its inception in 1961 until 1990, he served in government from 1994 to his resignation as minister for intelligence in 2008. How did jacob zuma, the freedom fighter, a man of the people. Nov 02, 2017 a continuous theme of a simple man is kasrilss concern of how south africa came to be a country in dire straits, with zumas role of the demise of the country explicitly stated. Ronnie kasrils s insights into jacob zuma in a simple man, both shocking and revelatory, are vividly illuminated through this story, from their shared history in the underground to kasrils s time as minister of intelligence and his views on south africa now. In a simple man he attempts to gauge how zumas flaws went unnoticed, and what led to his demise as an. Simple man ronnie kasrils paperback books online raru. As the book opens, in 1963, south africa is in crisis and the white state is under siege. A simple man kasrils and the zuma enigma paperback.
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