The Congress of the People (COPE) suspects that there is "something very strange and questionable" in the case against Elvis Ramosebudi who is accused of plotting a coup. Cope spokesman Dennis Bloem said on Saturday it did not make sense to have one person plotting a coup and being so careless and substandard about his plans. "Cope is asking questions because it smells a rat‚" he said. "It is not a secret that the very list of those to be assassinated is a mixed bag of warring parties. Why would one want to assassinate Ms Vytjie Mentoor and Advocate Thuli Madonsela who are not in power and call that a coup?" Bloem added that it was now well known that President Jacob Zuma reshuffled his Cabinet based on a so-called intelligence report that former finance minister Pravin Gordhan‚ his former deputy Mcebisi Jonas and Lungisa Fuzile‚ the former director-general of the Treasury had gone abroad to conspire to topple the government of Zuma. Gordhan and Jonas were sacked after the former wa...
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