Books in South Africa that published lies about me, in order to character assassinate me.
“I was deliberately and systematically never approached to reflect my truth and present the facts, and no evidence was ever produced in these books of the allegations against me”
Blood on their hands
Anybody can pay a ghostwriter to write a book of lies. Any discredited journalist can use the power of the pen to write a false story in order to character assassinate a whistleblower. In 2016 Jessica Pitchford , a white South African journalist, played by the charm and reputation of General Johan Booysen, chose to compromise her journalistic principles and not contact me for comment, so as to silence me and never give me the right of reply to Booysen’s false allegations against me.
Had Jessica made the choice to contact me -as the legal department of Sunday Times suggested prior of the publication of the book,- she would have been spared the professional embarrassment and would have realised that General Booysen was lying to her, as my evidence within my timeline proves.
What is most alarming is the fact that my former business partner, Miss Zonke died just a week and a half before Booysen and the members of the Cato Manor unit where criminally charged and arrested, as well as the fact that Booysen provided a false affidavit in 2021, lying about the time frame of the death of Miss Zonke! I am concerned that another potential witness against the Cato Manor police unit has ended up dead in South Africa.
With the power of the pen, a journalist sympathetic and biased towards Booysen and his false narrative ignored facts, and was tasked to divert attention from legitimate accusations, by character assassinating a whistleblower who made a public disclosure of racist misconduct, extra judicial killings, torture, and corruption against members of the South Africa police force in South Africa.
Regrettably, the South African public was the real victim. The truth was kept from them. Judiciary suffered a blow, as controlled public and political influence, interfered with justice served.
So for the record
Sadly, another white journalist and shockingly a professor of journalism in South Africa, chose to paint a negative picture of my character, without ever having met me or engaged with me. Anton Harber should practice what he is preaching: “Always allow the voice of whistleblowers to be heard.” Well clearly Anton only chooses to present the voices of such whistleblowers that agree with his own biased narrative.
Neither did Anton ever bother to engage with me, nor did he give me the right to reply prior to publishing his own book.
Had Anton exercised basic journalistic principles and ethics, his book would have been fair, balanced, and non-bias.
In 2021 I contacted Anton Harber after he had attended my press ombudsman hearing complaint that I won in South Africa.
Prior to that he had engaged via email with a social worker and friend of mine, John Clarke. In this email correspondence, he referred to me as a “devious character”.
I demanded an explanation and an apology from Anton and asked him to provide me any evidence that he had, in order to support his negative opinion of me. He did not provide any and asked me to provide him with evidence proving the opposite!
I found this laughable and an insult to my intelligence.