This drama that is playing out is just another ANC game being played using the state and political machinery as they skop, skiet and donner each other in the quest to occupy the top six positions in the party.
As I write this, it is Tuesday evening and Eskom has issued an impending load shedding notice. The City of Johannesburg’s City Power has again issued one of its “Update on the Power Interruptions” memo. Well, this is just what one experiences each day, every week in this country, delivered by the government of that old “people’s movement” — the broad church called the African National Congress.
Best believe me when I tell you that no matter what you think of this incident, we are still caught up in the ANC’s game — pun intended. The game is that of keeping South Africa in Groundhog Day.So, the former head of the country’s intelligence service, Arthur Fraser, goes and opens a case against the president for concealment of crime, kidnapping, defeating the ends of justice and all sorts of other charges you can think of.
I am not trying to take your attention away from Cupcake’s alleged criminal activities. Time will tell if he faces the full might of the law or not. As with his predecessor, I am sure that the principle outlined by the Supreme Court of Appeal in 2017 where it said, “the motive doesn’t matter if there’s a case to answer”, will apply — Cupcake will have his day to tell all.
The EFF’s Commander-in-Chief, Julius Malema, even boldly claimed that “there is more”.
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