Book Extract | Bheki Cele: the cat in the hat

In this riveting extract from his book Our Poisoned Land: Living in the shadows of Zuma's Keepers, investigative journalist and author Jacques Pauw sheds light on the unsavoury behaviour of Bheki Cele, in his capacity as police commissioner.

The crime rate spiked, units like Crime Intelligence remained in flux and some of South Africa’s very best law enforcers became casualties of the skirmish. Today, every South African feels as vulnerable and exposed as during the Zuma years of state capture.