I Will Not Be Silent – Karyn Maughan

As a young journalist, I applied to the court to make news Jacob ZumaRape case in 2006, Karyn Maughan He could not have known that he would be covering Zuma’s legal troubles for the next two decades. He would be an expert; He would be the only journalist who had covered the corruption case from the beginning and was still reporting on it, and the first journalist who would himself become its target.

In September 2022, Zuma would launch a privately abusive investigation against Karyn. Billy DownerProsecutor in corruption case. Karyn, who had to sit in the dock and endure slander on social media and traumatic threats of violence, had to travel with armed guards.

This book tells the story of a respected journalist who was put on trial by a former president, a first in South Africa and in the world. Disarmingly honest and deeply personal, the film also sharply addresses how powerful men undermine democracy by attacking individuals, the media, and the courts to avoid accountability.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Karyn Maughan is an award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker and bestselling author. He writes for News24 and contributes to the BBC. He regularly appears on local and international radio and TV stations and has been named one of South Africa’s most influential journalists. He has over 508,000 followers on X. He lives in Johannesburg.

‘I Will Not Be Silenced’ is published by Tafelberg, an imprint of NB Publishers