Tom Moyane is desperately trying to drum up public support as he faces serious allegations that could result in him facing criminal charges, yet he still cannot speak for himself and sat silently beside his attorney on Monday at a media briefing he was meant to address. Moyane is fashioning himself as the new Hlaudi Motsoeneng — version 2.0. The only difference is that Moyane has a mouthpiece, his attorney Eric Mabuza. Motsoeneng, the former controversial chief operations officer at the SABC, who had a finding against him by the public protector for lying in his application about having a matric qualification, unilaterally changed the public broadcaster’s editorial policies and also purged critics from the state-owned entity, had theatrically told the nation how he was innocent and adored, powerful and decisive. The nation is in for a similar spectacle with Moyane. Mabuza told the media briefing that Moyane was maintaining a "dignified silence", and his "silence" should not be mista...
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