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SABC Book Review with Daniel Janse van Rensburg

16 October, 2022
In his newly published book titled, BLACK BEACH: 491 Days In One Of Africa's Most Brutal Prisons, Daniel Janse Van Rensburg shares a thrilling story of being incarcerated at one of the world's most feared prisons. This read is Daniel's narration of how what was supposed to be a short business trip to Equatorial Guinea turned into what he describes as a journey to the depths of hell. Daniel Janse Van Rensburg joins us now on Zoom to dissect this offering.
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Name: Mr. Daniel Janse van Rensburg

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16 October, 2022

In his newly published book titled, BLACK BEACH: 491 Days In One Of Africa's Most Brutal Prisons, Daniel Janse Van Rensburg shares a thrilling story of being incarcerated at one of the world's most feared prisons. This read is Daniel's narration of how what was supposed to be a short business trip to Equatorial Guinea turned into what he describes as a journey to the depths of hell. Daniel Janse Van Rensburg joins us now on Zoom to dissect this offering.

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A Cautionary Tale

A cautionary tale for South Africans doing business in Africa
Review: Muriel Hau Yoon

Black Beach, by Daniel Janse van Rensburg and Tracey Pharoah (Penguin Random House SA)
This is by no means your average survival tale of some gung-ho testosterone-loaded Rambo-type who endured months of gut-wrenching confinement in a hell-hole prison for some illicit arms deal or failed coup.

Rather, this is the true story of Daniel Janse van Rensburg from Hoekwil, near George – a regular, honest-to-goodness, South African husband, father and son, who gets swallowed up in a Machiavellian maelstrom when a legitimate business deal with a well-connected local tycoon in Equatorial Guinea goes horribly wrong.

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2023 02 22 Yacht released in Cape Town

Dateline: 2023 02 22: CAPE TOWN, WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA
THE SUPERYACHT, BLUE SHADOW, HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY RELEASED BY THE SHERIFF OF THE COURT IN CAPE TOWN
 

According to my legal representatives, during the course of last week, Teodorin Nguema Obiang, Vice President of Equatorial Guinea petitioned the Sheriff of the Court seeking the immediate release of the superyacht, Blue Shadow, stating that the vessel was a military asset belonging to the Equatorial Guinea Defense Force and threatened to act with 'reciprocity' against South Africa in Equatorial Guinea.

The superyacht was seized on the 7th of February in Cape Town harbour in relation to my ongoing legal dispute with the Vice President regarding the outstanding payment of damages awarded to me after a lengthy court battle associated with my false imprisonment at Black Beach prison between 2013 and 2015.

My legal team have confirmed that the superyacht, which is now sailing under the flag of the Cayman Islands, was subsequently released at 01h00 on Tuesday, 21 February 2023 but remains in port taking aboard fuel and supplies in readiness for its departure.

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VICE PRESIDENT’s SUPERYACHT SEIZED BY SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESSMAN

Dateline: 2023 02 07: CAPE TOWN, WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA
Legal representatives acting on behalf of Daniel Janse van Rensburg have seized Blue Shadow, a luxurious multimillion dollar superyacht, belonging to the Vice President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodorin Nguema Obiang at Cape Town harbour.
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Daily Maverick - Book Extract

Until We Meet Again 
Black Beach Prison, Malabo
In 2013, South African businessman Daniel Janse van Rensburg set off to Equatorial Guinea for a short business trip. Then he was arrested.
 

Within days of his arrival in the country, Janse van Rensburg had been arrested by the local Rapid Intervention Force and detained without trial in the island’s infamous ‘Guantanamo’ cells. He was later illegally incarcerated at Black Beach, a prison located on Bioko island off the mainland, notorious for its brutality and inhumane conditions.

Black Beach: 491 Days in One of Africa’s Most Brutal Prisons is his remarkable story of survival over nearly two years.



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