Publisher's Synopsis
In 2018 an explosive expose revealed that South African newspapers were disseminating fake news, this came as no surprise to police Captain Jake Smit, who had been the victim of false Sunday Siren allegations. Jake was an Afrikaner who'd been brought up amongst the Zulu, he spoke Zulu fluently and was recognized by police, as an authority on Zulu traditions. Along with Peter Khumalo his trusted Zulu Sergeant, Captain Jake Smit kept the peace in rural Umuzi, now he had to deal with an outbreak of killing that froze the district in fear.Because the slaughter was reputed to be the work of the Impundulu, a legendary Lightning Bird that struck lightning off its talons, and fed off human blood. Compounding the problem was Sunday Siren editor Malebe Masende, who was diverting attention from an illegal organ harvesting ring, by publishing 'death squad' stories about the investigating police captain. So Jake Smit approached journalist Marlin Madison, who uncovered illegal organ harvesting by French transplant surgeon Silvio Sarkoy, and the Sunday Siren cover-up.Which resulted in Sunday Siren editor Malebe Masende being dismissed, and the cessation of fake news like a 'Cato Manor death squad, ' hopefully this has taught the media a lesson. For the International Bar Association and the International Association of Prosecutors, are becoming concerned at newspaper manipulation, and are beginning to wonder? Is South African news reporting truly fair comment, or is the local liberal system of media self-regulation and internal control, merely a pseudonym for media dictatorship and social control?
