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Jacques Pauw

ジャック・パウ

Jakku Pauw

Profile

Gender
Male
Nationality
South Africa
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Residence History
Riebeek-Kasteel, South Africa

Career

Occupations
Investigative journalist
Active Years
1988-2022
Affiliations
Vrye Weekblad, SABC, Media24

Awards

Nat Nakasa Award for Media Integrity
2007
Result: winner
CNN African Journalist of the Year
Organization: CNN
Result: winner
Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award
Organization: Vodacom
Result: winner
Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting
Result: winner
Media Institute of Southern Africa award for investigative journalism
Organization: Media Institute of Southern Africa
Result: winner
Young African Leadership Award
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The President's Keepers

2017 Non-fiction/Investigative journalism

Exposes those keeping Jacob Zuma in power and out of prison.

Political corruptionState security agencies

Our Poisoned Land

2022 Non-fiction

Living in the Shadows of Zuma’s Keepers.

PoliticsEnvironment

In the Heart of the Whore: The Story of Apartheid’s Death Squads

1991 Non-fiction

Story of apartheid's death squads.

ApartheidViolence

Bibliography

  • Our Poisoned Land: Living in the Shadows of Zuma’s Keepers
  • The President's Keepers: Those Keeping Zuma in Power and out of Prison
  • Rat Roads: One Man’s Incredible Journey
  • Little Ice-Cream Boy
  • Dances with Devils: A Journalist’s Search for Truth
  • Into the Heart of Darkness: Confessions of Apartheid’s Assassins
  • In the Heart of the Whore: The Story of Apartheid’s Death Squads

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Detailed investigative narrativeUse of raw testimonies
Recurring Motifs
African political corruptionLegacy of apartheid

Legacy

A leading South African investigative journalist who exposed apartheid atrocities and contemporary state capture, receiving numerous national and international awards.

Trivia

  • Faced criminal charges from South Africa's state security agency after his 2017 book.
  • Ran a restaurant with his wife after retiring in 2014.