News24 has published an extract from No Longer Whispering to Power: The Story of Thuli Madonsela, an unauthorised biography written by Thandeka Gqubule, published by Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Thuli Madonsela has been one of the most valued and active social justice crusaders of our time. Shy and softly spoken, she had been active in human rights, academic and gender circles for a while before her election to the position of Public Protector of the Republic of South Africa in October 2009.

It is true that important and legendary institutions need powerful and wise leadership. It is also true that, when she was appointed, the office was neither legendary nor powerful. Her election, however, was to make it both.

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