JUSTICE MALALA: Zuma's state within a state is at war with Gordhan
'So this is the ANC, calling for its own members and ministers to be necklaced in a free and democratic country. It is not just scary — it reflects the rot that now sits at the heart of the party'
FORGET about Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's Budget. Sure, it was balanced, sober and even inspiring. But it has no political backing from the president and his supporters, which means it was being trashed even before it was debated by parliament. One of the president's most vociferous backers, ANC Youth League leader Collen Maine, told members in KwaZulu-Natal this weekend: “The Budget speech attitude and that of the State of the Nation address towards monopoly capital reflect two separate governments from two ideologically opposed parties.” He then said Gordhan was an impimpi (spy or sellout) for so-called white monopoly capital and something should be done to him as used to happen to impimpis in the past.During apartheid, alleged spies were “necklaced” — a tyre doused with petrol would be placed around a person's neck and set alight, killing them slowly, barbarically. So this is the ANC, calling for its own members and ministers to be necklaced in a free and democratic country....
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