“My readers were been intimidated too. Even people I didn’t know who saw through the bullshit and criticised my attackers. More often that not, it was Mark Allan and Dr Martin Young who belittled, scolded, insulted and scared them.

A regular tactic was to join their pages and then tag them in horrible posts, as if they had committed my ‘crimes’. Businesses were tagged too.

Allan was particularly vicious towards women who stuck up for me. A young mother whom I hardly knew, saw me in town and gave me a hug. She said Allan had made her cry.

People didn’t even have to comment. They were considered guilty by association, just for being my subscriber. Young and accomplices would threaten to sue them.

An example of the insanity was the targeting of Amanda Forrow, a woman who met me once. Baden Hall joined in for that one…”

Those words were from ‘Same Shit, Different Government: Book 1 – The Corruption & The Intimidation’. The book will be released in digital format for R200 on April Fool’s Day 2019, South Africa’s national holiday for politicians. Subscribe for free and be notified of a R50 discount during the first week of sales. Subscribe to receive 6 free samples from the book, one in your email box every day.