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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
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Nat Nakasa Award for Media Integrity | — | — | — | winner |
| — | CNN African Journalist of the Year | — | — | CNN | winner |
| — | Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award | — | — | Vodacom | winner |
| — | Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting | — | — | — | winner |
| — | Media Institute of Southern Africa award for investigative journalism | — | — | Media Institute of Southern Africa | winner |
| — | Young African Leadership Award | — | — | — | winner |
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 journalismExposes those keeping Jacob Zuma in power and out of prison.
Political corruptionState security agencies
Our Poisoned Land
2022 Non-fictionLiving in the Shadows of Zuma’s Keepers.
PoliticsEnvironment
In the Heart of the Whore: The Story of Apartheid’s Death Squads
1991 Non-fictionStory 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.