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| Author | Adriaan Basson Pieter du Toit |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Jacob Zuma,David van RooyenCorruption in South Africa,Gupta family,Politics of South Africa |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Published | Cape Town |
| Publisher | Jonathan Ball Publishers |
Publication date | 1 November 2017 |
| Publication place | South Africa |
| Pages | 360 |
| ISBN | 978-1-86842-818-2 |
Enemy of the People: How Jacob Zuma stole South Africa and how the people fought back (2017) is a book byAdriaan Basson and Pieter du Toit,political journalists fromSouth Africa about the creation byPresidentJacob Zuma of a patronage network embedded in the South African government; the process ofstate capture that took place under Zuma's leadership; those that supported Zuma and those that resisted.[1][2] The book's publisherJonathan Ball Publishers describes it as the "first definitive account of Zuma’s catastrophic misrule."[3] The book covers scandals such as the attempt by theGupta family, on behalf ofJet Airways, to force the state owned carrierSouth African Airways to relinquish its air route between Johannesburg and Mumbai through the appointment of compliant government ministers.[4]
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