This book tells the story of how firebrand politician Julius Malema used his growing political clout to bankroll his party and amass a personal fortune. Investigative journalists Micah Reddy and Pauli van Wyk reveal astounding new details about Malema’s old, seemingly forgotten scandals in Limpopo, where he and his cronies defrauded not only the public, but each other. They retrace the plundering of VBS Bank by Malema and Floyd Shivambu, and show how the EFF became gatekeepers in the metros of Johannesburg and Tshwane. The book sheds light on how Malema keeps refining his methods of extraction and why the criminal justice system has failed to hold him to account. But it also tells a broader story – about the insidious ways in which money courses through South African politics; its corrosive effects on our democracy; and how supposedly radical politicians exploit legitimate grievances about poverty and inequality for personal gain, stealing from the very people they claim to fight for.