By the end of the week, Ramaphosa should have suspended Andrea Johnson and initiated a process to remove her from office.
The PKTT must be on stand-by with a J50.
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE CITIZENS OF SOUTH AFRICA
Beloved,
I wrote The Big Five Cartel because silence was no longer an option. You can see where we are today. I have spent too much time away from you, studying them , men and women. I watched, I questioned and I wrote.
What did they think would happen? How do you silence a writer? We can never fight what’s already written. There are book we all fear to write and yet there is this ONE!
Also because my therapist said “journaling helps” and I took it a bit too literally.
For years I’ve been called “controversial,” “too loud,” “too much.”
Translation: I speak in a room full of whispers and apparently that’s a crime. We all have slept with the enemy, we have eaten with cowards and we lost ourselves in love. That all ends when I step into the writing room, everyone is enemy.
I’ve been dragged through courts, spent two years under house arrest, and lost friendships, brand deals, and a few good nights of sleep. We all pay a price for what we have been chosen to become.
People told me: “Jackie, stop writing. Stop talking. Stop naming what everyone sees but no one says out loud at the braai.” Well, the truth dies when we all cower.
But I kept taking notes. With receipts.
Being a vocal minority is exhausting, however someone has to carry the weight.
It’s tweeting the truth at 2am and waking up to 3000 comments, 2 lawsuits, and 1 aunty asking “but why must you always?” It’s the months of research, not reading things online, literally finding the information that’s in this book!
It’s being told “you’re causing division” for pointing at the division that was already there.
It’s doors closing, publishers hesitating, and people suddenly forgetting your number — until they want to know if they are in the book.
The sacrifice was real. Goodness I have fought so hard, you saw it!
There were threats. Headlines that tried to turn me from an author into a scandal. Nights I asked myself: “Is documenting our own stories worth it?”
Yes. Because someone has to say it first so that others can say it louder later.
I wrote this book because South Africa deserves the truth, even when it’s ugly. Especially when it’s ugly.
The Big Five Cartel is about the systems, the networks, and the “no honour amongst thieves” culture that keeps ordinary people trapped while a few eat in the dark. It’s about power without accountability. About not letting them win, brokers, cartels; and the cost paid by women, men, and kids who never asked to be part of it.
This book will make people uncomfortable. Good. Comfort has kept us stuck.
It will be called defamatory, sensational, dangerous. But what’s truly dangerous is pretending.
I am not a hero. I’m just a daughter of this country who decided to document instead of disappear. And maybe crack a joke or two while doing it, because if we don’t laugh we’ll cry.
“The Commission is only the start.” There’s more to tell. So, we shall stand up and say what they can’t. There is more to unmask. More to fight for.
To those who pushed back: thank you. You proved why the book needed to be written.
To those who stood with me: thank you. You reminded me why I kept going.
To you, the reader: read it with an open mind and an open heart. Argue with it. Feel it. Share it as far as possible. But don’t ignore it. We can’t just talk, someone has to document it.
South Africa, we cannot be silenced. Not by courts, not by fear, not by power.
And definitely not by group chats or should we say Cartel’s?
With courage, love, and a little bit of mischief,
J.P
Advocate Nceba Ntelwa is a senior state prosecuting advocate within South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).He is always not prepared and sounds very confused in all his cases ,why is he being assigned to such big cases when he is doing a shoddy job 😤
Let me focus on matters with proof so from tomorrow I will be exposing how IDAC boss Andrea Johnson covered up for this guy Keith Keating, the kingpin of the biggest corruption cartel in SAPS history that has stolen over R50 billion from the SAPS over the past 20 years
@naseemak27 We facilitate a two hour prayer session/ fasting from 12:00 to 14:00 on the 6 th July, prayer for General Mkhwanazi and General Khumalo, and we pray for South Africa 🇿🇦
A tribute to Generals Mkhwanazi & Khumalo. 🇿🇦
Thank you for your courage, integrity, and commitment to serving South Africa. Your leadership has inspired hope and reminded us that true leadership is rooted in accountability, justice, and service. May God grant 🙏🇿🇦 #Safety 🌺🌺
Tomorrow 06th July is one year exactly since that fateful press briefing by General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
CAT Matlala is in prison, Information peddler Brown Mogotsi is in prison, KT Molefe is on trial, 007 Agent Sergeant Fanie Nkosi is in prison, Julius Mkhwanazi is in prison, Brigadier Rachel Majeng is dismissed. Organised crime Head Richard Shibiri dismissed. KZN Hawks Head General Senona resigned.
Generals Feroz Khan and Kadwa are in hot water with the former involved in a questionable assassination plot to himself. All SAPS members involved in the awarding of Medicare24 tender are on suspension, Illegal cigarette dealers are under the microscope. Julius Malema's proximity to illicit cigarette dealers has been exposed. Truck hijacking syndicate by EMPD is exposed, precious metals dealership involving senior cops exposed.
Parliament Ad-hoc Committee's shoddy work for shielding General Khan has been exposed. Special Task force members hired into private bodyguards and as possible assassins has been exposed. IDAC is busy with self destruction. A Judge inexplicably striking off the court roll a high profile case and charging a prosecutor reveal a possible infiltration of the Judiciary. Let me just stop here.....
Does General Mkhwanazi understand the magnitude of his July 06th 2025 press briefing or does he think he was just doing his job? Those in denial are still demanding evidence. 🤣
Tune in to @eNCA (DStv Channel 403) at 3pm as we reflect on the first anniversary of Lt. Gen. Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s explosive media briefing.
One year later, we’ll examine its impact, the developments that have followed, and what it has meant for policing, accountability and the fight against organised crime in South Africa.
Don’t miss the discussion.
@pule_jones@DasenThathiah
@naseemak27 We facilitate a two hour prayer session/ fasting from 12:00 to 14:00 on the 6 th July, prayer for General Mkhwanazi and General Khumalo, and we pray for South Africa 🇿🇦
We all know that the reasons for the Reports to be hidden from the Public it's because there are names which are a possible links to his most protected
If the government had listened to the Deputy Minister of Police in 2007 and taken decisive action against illegal immigrants, we wouldn't be here today.
In 2026, we are pretending to be shocked by this crisis 😳😳🙆♂️