A new billionaire is created every two days. One in four South Africans live on less than R18 a day – barely enough to buy a loaf of bread. Is this the price of progress? What does it mean for the world we live in today, and can anything be done about it?
In “The Dirty Secrets of the Rich and Powerful”, independent South African writer James-Brent Styan explores the phenomenon of global inequality and unveils the secrets of influence and power dictating people’s lives.
He revisits the collapse of Steinhoff after the death of Markus Jooste, investigates the way company shares get manipulated, unpacks the tax games the powerful play and explores the growing inequality between rich and poor, a cause of concern for all South Africans.
Styan’s first book, in 2015, exposed the state of Eskom and
