Jacques Pauw

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Jacques Pauw [ poː ] (* in the 20th century ) is a South African writer, journalist and documentary filmmaker. He co-founded the Vrye Weekblad newspaper and is known as an investigative journalist .

Life

Pauw has been a journalist since 1984. He was co-founder in 1988 and until 1994 deputy editor of the opposition Afrikaans-language weekly newspaper Vrye Weekblad . In 1989 he was the first journalist to discover the existence of death squads in Vlakplaas , South Africa . From 1994 he worked as executive director of the Special Assignment series in the news department at the South African Broadcasting Corporation . He was best known for his documentaries about Africa, in which he mainly describes acts of violence, such as the crimes of the apartheid government in South Africa, the Darfur conflict and criminal milieus in southern Africa . The 2001 documentary The Bishop of Shyogwe was about an Anglican bishop who was involved in the genocide in Rwanda and wanted to evade prosecution.

As an author he mainly wrote non-fiction books and a novel with Little ice cream boy .

In October 2017 his book The President's keepers was published , in which he describes the network around President Jacob Zuma . In it he attacks, among other things, the South African secret service State Security Agency (SSA), whose director-general seeks to prevent the book from being distributed by issuing an injunction. Parts of the South African Revenue Service (SARS) are also accused of illegally supporting President Zuma, as is the Gupta family , who, in addition to the already known influence, are accused of forcing people to be employed in the judiciary. Informants included lawyer Paul O'Sullivan, who heads the Forensics for Justice association . After the threat of a ban on November 4, 2017, the book sold around ten thousand times in one day. Pauw received support from the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation in his conflict with government agencies . On November 9, the SSA filed a complaint against Pauw and a suspected informant for violating the Intelligence Service Act. On February 28, 2018, his house was searched unsuccessfully by members of the Hawks Police Force . In May 2018, The President's Keepers had been sold over 200,000 times.

Pauw has lived in the town of Riebeek Kasteel in the municipality of Swartland north of Cape Town since 2014 , where he and his wife, the also award-winning journalist Sam Rogers, run a guest house and restaurant.

He is part of the editorial team of Vrye Weekblad , which is scheduled to appear again in April 2019.

Pauw is a member of the International Network of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

bibliography

  • 1991: In the heart of the whore: the story of apartheid's death squads.
  • 1997: Into the heart of darkness: confessions of apartheid's assassins.
  • 2007: Dances with devils: a journalist's search for truth.
  • 2009: Little ice cream boy.
  • 2012: Rat roads: one man's incredible journey.
  • 2017: The President's keepers: those keeping Zuma in power and out of prison.

Honors

  • 1999 and 2000: CNN African Journalist of the Year
  • 2001: ICIJ Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting for The Bishop of Shyogwe
  • 2007: Nat Nakasa Award for Media Integrity

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 5 key points from Jacques Pauw's 'The President's keepers'. enca.com from November 6, 2017 (English), accessed on November 8, 2017
  2. ^ Paul O'Sullivan helped Jacques Pauw. biznews.com of November 6, 2017 (English), accessed November 7, 2017
  3. ↑ First 20,000 'The President's Keepers' books sold. Enca.com, November 5, 2017, accessed November 8, 2017
  4. ^ Picket in support of Jacques Pauw's book - The President's Keepers. radioislam.org.za, November 8, 2017, accessed November 8, 2017
  5. ^ State Security Agency lays charges against Jacques Pauw. businesslive.co.za on November 9, 2017, accessed November 10, 2017
  6. ^ Hawks raid Jacques Pauw's house. timeslive.co.za on February 28, 2018 (English), accessed June 14, 2018
  7. ↑ 'The President's Keepers' Just Broke A South African Record 2oceansvibe.com (English), accessed March 9, 2019
  8. ↑ Helen Grange: Time for a career detox. iol.co.za from October 19, 2015 (English), accessed November 7, 2017
  9. ↑ Jessica Levitt: Vrye Weekblad is back and armed with a powerful crew. timeslive.co.za, February 19, 2019, accessed March 8, 2019
  10. ↑ Portrait at icij.org (English), accessed on December 2, 2017
  11. ↑ List of the award winners , accessed on November 7, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Pauw, Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African writer, journalist and documentary filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century