Lights go off on "The President's Keepers"
A sudden power outage dumped Hyde Park into darkness, while Exclusive Books hosted the official launch of Jacques Pauw's controvertial book
Social media was abuzz on Wednesday night, after hundreds of people were left in the dark, while listening to an interview with Pauw.
He was explaining his research and talking about the overwhelming reaction to his book, "The President's Keepers".
However, the event was unexpectedly interrupted, when the lights went off, leading to rumors flying on Twitter.
Leave this here#ThePresidentsKeepers pic.twitter.com/gJUePlLOFx
— Lebeko Mosebetsi (@Lebeko_Ndlondlo) November 8, 2017
Power outage at Hyde Park book launch of #ThePresidentsKeepers has just confirmed what the book claims, that South Africa is being run by gangsters @Radio702 @702Aubrey pic.twitter.com/raCDki5ofy
— TakingChances (@TKmadibana) November 8, 2017
Good to see people flocking to a #book launch in South Africa
— Mzansi Facts (@mzansi_facts) November 8, 2017
Reminiscent of Redi Tlhabi-#Khwezi-scenes#ThePresidentsKeepers #JacquesPauw
Hyde Park pic.twitter.com/y0ZN3vTOOh
So there's a power outage during a book launch of an author that exposes #corruption???
— Mzansi Facts (@mzansi_facts) November 8, 2017
This is no coincidence!#ThePresidentsKeepers
-Hyde Park
In his book, Pauw writes amongst others that President Jacob Zuma did not hand in tax submissions for the first four years of his presidency.
He continued to sign hundreds of books in the dark - with the help of a torch.