Thankfully, to control the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is not necessarily to control the country. Which is why politics, not misuse of the law will decide the Treasury’s fate. It is hardly original to point out that the NPA’s decision to prosecute Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is a new step in the attempt by an ANC faction and its private sponsors to grab hold of the Treasury. No one except the faction’s hired political hands and one confused opposition politician seriously believe Gordhan is guilty of anything, except preventing the Treasury from capture by those who want to turn it into their piggybank. And this means the Treasury is not at all certain to be captured. This is, of course, not the first attempt to seize the Treasury. The ploy was tried last December when then finance minister Nhlanhla Nene was fired because he said no when the patronage barons needed him to say yes. Then the attempt failed after only a few days because it ran up against an alliance stretc...
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