Themba Maseko, former CEO of the Government Communication and Information System, has written a new book called For My Country: Why I Blew The Whistle On Zuma And The Guptas. I sat down with him to talk about the book, life since the State Capture Commission, and his powerful life story.

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CONTENTS 00:00 Intro

01:02 Talking to the Guptas

03:57 Telling our stories

06:34 Poverty and corruption

11:23 Student protests

14:15 Cabinet experiences

22:42 Did cabinet know about state capture?

25:45 Why speak out?

30:04 Isolation after speaking out

 

About me: Dr Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh is an author, scholar and founder of the Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh Xperience (SMWX), a digital, youth-centred current affairs platform. He holds a DPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WiSER).