The fire meant political parties could score points, Dudu Zuma could gloat, and the rest of use await the commission of inquiry.
It has been said by a number of people, but it is well worth repeating. The fiery destruction of parliament in Cape Town and all of the events around it are a sadly fitting metaphor for present-day, ANC-governed South Africa. The inferno could have been caused by incompetence or malfeasance – including possible failure to comply with safety requirements due to corruption – more or less the same story in our government departments and our state-owned enterprises over the past 20 years ....
The inferno could have been caused by incompetence or malfeasance – including possible failure to comply with safety requirements due to corruption – more or less the same story in our government departments and our state-owned enterprises over the past 20 years . Much as Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan did last year when distancing himself from the Eskom power station failures because he does not work at the plant, speaker of parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula got angry with journalists who asked whether she, as the political figurehead, should not be held accountable. It is the people lower down the chain of command who are always hung out to dry.
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