jacques pauw president's keepers power cut

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – NOVEMBER 08, 2017: The launch of investigative journalist Jacques Pauw’s book, ‘The President’s Keepers’ at Hyde Park shopping centre on November 08, 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The book, which has been widely shared on social media, investigates damning allegations against President Jacob Zuma and the capture of state owned entities. (Photo by Gallo Images / Alet Pretorius)

Conspiracy theories run wild after ‘suspicious’ power outage at The President’s Keepers launch

Eskom claimed responsibility, BLF says it was “the black god”.

jacques pauw president's keepers power cut

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – NOVEMBER 08, 2017: The launch of investigative journalist Jacques Pauw’s book, ‘The President’s Keepers’ at Hyde Park shopping centre on November 08, 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The book, which has been widely shared on social media, investigates damning allegations against President Jacob Zuma and the capture of state owned entities. (Photo by Gallo Images / Alet Pretorius)

The President’s Keepers continues to dominate headlines. The book, written by veteran investigative journalist Jacques Pauw, has caused much consternation. From threats of legal action to suggestions that the book needs to be recalled… it’s certainly ruffled feathers.

Also read: What are the 10 most shocking claims from The President’s Keepers?

On Wednesday, Pauw held an official launch in Hyde Park. And the venue was absolutely packed. But something strange happened which left many people on social media asking a few questions.

Also read: “State Security Agency threw away R1bn from taxpayers” – Jacques Pauw

The power went out at the venue and while Eskom has claimed responsibility for the outage, that doesn’t there weren’t a few conspiracies doing the rounds – especially since this sort of thing had never happened before.

And here’s a view from the opposite side…

Black First Land First (BLF) had threatened a “nice surprise” at the launch, but denied responsibility for the power cut.

https://twitter.com/Mngxitama/status/928256259610087424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.co.za%2F2017%2F11%2F09%2Fblf-black-god-killed-the-lights-at-jacques-pauw-launch_a_23271557%2F

Mngxtitama fired off a bunch of follow up Tweets saying “more surprises” are planned.

https://twitter.com/Mngxitama/status/928488627616837632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.co.za%2F2017%2F11%2F09%2Fblf-black-god-killed-the-lights-at-jacques-pauw-launch_a_23271557%2F

Later, though, he told South Africa’s Huffington Post the “black god” acted on BLF’s behalf.

“I was praying that something like this would happen. Our message about that man [Pauw] is very clear, so we said, ‘God, do something for us tonight’, and our black god answered,” he said.

And, just to make sure that he got the message across, he Tweeted:

https://twitter.com/Mngxitama/status/928494520278355968

Alrighty, then.

If there was anything suspicious going on, those in attendance weren’t going to let anything bad happen to Pauw.