Blood on their hands
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When Johan Booysen hears that the new Provincial Police Chief takes backhanders from a Durban businessman, he decides to give her the benefit of the doubt. But the evidence becomes impossible to ignore and he soon gets dragged down the corridors of power and politics into a web of intrigue, deceit and betrayal that, at times, he has trouble making sense of. Only when he is arrested, handcuffed and tossed into a cell does Booysen realise just how ruthless those opposed to him are – an opposition he comes to call the ‘cabal’ – and whom he believes have more blood on their hands than the so-called Cato Manor Death Squad with which he is closely associated. Blood on Their Hands traces Johan’s Booysen’s life and career - from patrolling the streets of Amanzimtoti in the 1970s to his rise in 2010 to major general and head of KZN's Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation unit, the Hawks. But his tenure is short-lived. When Booysen decides to take on those so determined to be rid of him, each legal battle he wins is met by hostility and further efforts to shut him out of the criminal justice system. But capitulating is not in his DNA…
CONTRIBUTORS: Jessica Pitchford
EAN: 9781770104778
COUNTRY: South Africa
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WEIGHT: 325 g
HEIGHT: 234 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan South Africa
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GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African
WIDTH: 153 cm
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Republic of South Africa, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Biography: historical, political and military, Espionage and secret services, Corruption in politics, government and society, African history
After graduating from Rhodes University in the 1980s, Jessica Pitchford became a news reporter in Johannesburg during one of the most turbulent and exciting times in South African history. Twenty-five years later, having worked for Special Assignment, Carte Blanche and Checkpoint, she thought she’d heard it all – until she met Johan Booysen, who restored her belief in the adage ‘life is stranger than fiction’. Blood On Their Hands is Pitchford’s third book.
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When Johan Booysen hears that the new Provincial Police Chief takes backhanders from a Durban businessman, he decides to give her the benefit of the doubt. But the evidence becomes impossible to ignore and he soon gets dragged down the corridors of power and politics into a web of intrigue, deceit and betrayal that, at times, he has trouble making sense of. Only when he is arrested, handcuffed and tossed into a cell does Booysen realise just how ruthless those opposed to him are – an opposition he comes to call the ‘cabal’ – and whom he believes have more blood on their hands than the so-called Cato Manor Death Squad with which he is closely associated. Blood on Their Hands traces Johan’s Booysen’s life and career - from patrolling the streets of Amanzimtoti in the 1970s to his rise in 2010 to major general and head of KZN's Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation unit, the Hawks. But his tenure is short-lived. When Booysen decides to take on those so determined to be rid of him, each legal battle he wins is met by hostility and further efforts to shut him out of the criminal justice system. But capitulating is not in his DNA…
CONTRIBUTORS: Jessica Pitchford
EAN: 9781770104778
COUNTRY: South Africa
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 325 g
HEIGHT: 234 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan South Africa
DATE PUBLISHED:
CITY:
GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African
WIDTH: 153 cm
SPINE:
Book Themes:
Republic of South Africa, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Biography: historical, political and military, Espionage and secret services, Corruption in politics, government and society, African history
After graduating from Rhodes University in the 1980s, Jessica Pitchford became a news reporter in Johannesburg during one of the most turbulent and exciting times in South African history. Twenty-five years later, having worked for Special Assignment, Carte Blanche and Checkpoint, she thought she’d heard it all – until she met Johan Booysen, who restored her belief in the adage ‘life is stranger than fiction’. Blood On Their Hands is Pitchford’s third book.
