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02638aam a2200361Ii 4500 001 7202809E462211E9A3F20F6897128E48 003 SILO 005 20190314012734 008 171031t20182018enkaf b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2017491954 020 $a 9781785903618 020 $a 1785903616 035 $a (OCoLC)1008766907 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d CDX $d BDX $d DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCA $d KOTUI $d SILO 043 $a f-sa--- 050 4 $a JQ1929.C6 $b R46 2018 082 04 $a 353.4/60968 $2 23 100 1 $a Renwick, Robin, $e author. 245 10 $a How to steal a country : $b state capture and hopes for the future in South Africa / $c Robin Renwick ; with illustrations by Zapiro. 264 1 $a London : $b Biteback Publishing, $c 2018. 300 $a xxii, 298 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-288) and index. 520 $a "The vertiginous decline in political leadership from Nelson Mandela to Jacob Zuma has engulfed South Africa in a serious crisis over the past ‘lost decade’. Based on his personal experience of the key protagonists, former British ambassador to South Africa Lord Renwick introduces the reader to an astonishing array of rogues and villains, ministers taken captive, crimebusters who are criminals, investigators who don’t investigate, prosecutors who don’t prosecute, red berets, black hearts and compulsive liars, alongside some heroes and an authentic heroine ... Renwick explores the ingenuity, audacity and impunity with which the South African state has been looted on an unimaginable scale, and how Bell Pottinger, KPMG, McKinsey and others became complicit in this process. But, in the end, this is an uplifting story, as a remarkable press, judiciary and civil society combined to ‘save South Africa’ and its constitution under serious threat. Now, as Cyril Ramaphosa takes the reins, How to Steal a Country looks ahead to a brighter future, though Ramaphosa will find that his greatest challenges are within his own party"--Publisher's description. 650 0 $a Political corruption $z South Africa. 651 0 $a South Africa $x Politics and government $y 21st century. 650 7 $a Political corruption. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069240 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 $a South Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204616 648 7 $a 2000-2099 $2 fast 700 0 $a Zapiro, $e illustrator. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210030640.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7202809E462211E9A3F20F6897128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search