Nuclear: Inside South Africa's Secret Deal

By (author): Karyn Maughan. By (author): Kirsten Pearson. Investigative journalist Karyn Maughan and former Treasury insider Kirsten Pearson expose the Zuma-era plan to sign a vast nuclear deal with Russia — one approved, they report, shortly after Zuma returned from Moscow amid claims of an assassination attempt and a conviction that Vladimir Putin had saved him from Western spies. Drawing on insider interviews, leaked recordings and confidential board minutes, the book reconstructs the secrecy and alleged illegality behind the deal, which was ultimately blocked but which the authors argue left South Africa's nuclear ambitions very much alive.