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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. Kasrils and the zuma enigma kasrils took on zuma in johannesburg on tuesday night. 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. This book deals with the faustian pack of the 1990s and the current political crisis an inevitable outcome of these compromises. Kasrils and the zuma enigma, which traces president jacob zumas character from his. Zuma is symbolic of the rottenness of this country.
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