Poison: Episode 5 - A Toxic Aftertaste
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BBC
4.1 • 885 Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2021
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
In July this year South Africa’s former President, Jacob Zuma, was jailed for contempt of court. The 79-year-old is now facing trial for corruption. But Zuma insists he is a victim of a vast, international conspiracy to poison him and silence him. And when his arrest triggers an orchestrated campaign of violence, fears grow that Zuma’s conspiracy theories and populist rhetoric could threaten the democracy he once fought to build.
'Poison' is the story of one man's toxic obsession and the battle for South Africa's future.
Presenter: Andrew Harding Producer: Vauldi Carelse Sound mix: James Beard Series editor: Bridget Harney
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| 0:00.0 | This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box. |
| 0:05.0 | The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from. |
| 0:09.0 | And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.0 | The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.5 | The IRA inmates who found a way. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path |
| 0:19.5 | through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history. |
| 0:25.0 | The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them. |
| 0:28.5 | Escape from the maze, listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.0 | BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:39.0 | Hi, I'm Andrew Harding and this is seriously from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:44.5 | In this final episode of poison, Jacob Zuma is forced to account for his claims of a vast conspiracy against him. |
| 0:54.0 | On a crisp winter's morning, |
| 1:02.0 | Jacob Zuma walks into a crowded hall in Johannesburg. |
| 1:06.0 | A handful of loyal supporters start applauding him, only to be told off by the presiding judge. |
| 1:14.4 | May I request that there be no clapping of hands? |
| 1:20.0 | Zuma has been summoned here in 2019 to testify under oath and on live television at a corruption |
| 1:27.4 | inquiry. He walks past me on his way to the witness box. |
| 1:31.2 | How are you feeling Mr. Zuma? You ready to tell the truth? |
| 1:37.2 | Zuma looks appropriately grim. After all he's just been stripped of his job as |
| 1:42.2 | South Africa's president due to his alleged corruption. |
| 1:45.8 | He is in disgrace, vulnerable, that he's facing a mountain of detailed accusations, |
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