{"product_id":"the-untouchables","title":"The Untouchables (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRE-ORDER NOW! The estimated release date is 15 September 2026. Please note your complete order will only ship once the Pre-Order item becomes available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSouth Africa came to a standstill in July 2025 when KwaZulu-Natal police boss Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi put organised crime infi ltration on record — and a bomb went off in law enforcement. Whatever his motives, what followed moved faster than anything South Africa's criminal justice system had seen in decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaryn Dolley watched without surprise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Untouchables is a journalist’s life work vindicated in real time: organised crime at an unbelievable scale, criminals who co-opted police and gutted the institutions meant to stop them. But this cartel is not new. Its predecessors built up the Mandrax routes that the apartheid state manufactured, that the liberation struggle used, and that democracy never dismantled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cast of characters in this book covers them all – alleged cartel members, accused cops, indicted politicians, and enablers across the private sector and security industry. From a Mandrax mastermind who rubbed shoulders with heavyweights and a sharp-tongued businessman with a love of money now facing criminal charges, to gang bosses killed before they could talk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese names were not secrets. Dolley knew them. Her sources knew them. The police knew them. The politicians knew them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor years, they moved through the system with an invisible shield – not hiding, not particularly careful, just somehow immune to consequence. Untouchable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caryn Dolley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47568096886962,"sku":"9781048305418","price":306.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781048305418.jpg?v=1783084499","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/the-untouchables","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}