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Jacques Pauw
Journalist and author Jacques Pauw was a founder member of the anti-apartheid Afrikaans newspaper 'Vrye Weekblad' in the late 1980s, where he exposed the Vlakplaas police death squ...view moreJournalist and author Jacques Pauw was a founder member of the anti-apartheid Afrikaans newspaper 'Vrye Weekblad' in the late 1980s, where he exposed the Vlakplaas police death squads. He worked for some of the country’s most esteemed publications before becoming a documentary filmmaker, producing documentaries on wars and conflicts in Rwanda, Burundi, Algeria, Liberia, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sierra Leone, among other countries. When he left journalism in 2014, he was the head of investigations at Media24 newspapers. He has won the CNN African Journalist of the Year Award twice, the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting in the US, Italy’s Ilaria Alpi and the Nat Nakasa award for bravery and integrity in journalism. He is the author of five books: four nonfiction and one fiction. They are 'In the Heart of Whore', 'Into the Heart of Darkness', 'Dances with Devils', 'Rat Roads' and 'Little Ice Cream Boy'. Three of his books have been shortlisted for major literary awards.view less
Books by Jacques Pauw
The President's Keepers: Those keeping Zuma in power and out of prison Our Poisoned Land: Living in the Shadows of Zuma’s Keepers Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Into the Heart of Darkness: Confessions of Apartheid's Assassins Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Into the Heart of the Whore: The Story of Apartheid's Death Squads Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings