About a decade ago two fateful decisions were taken that have haunted us, defined our politics, enabled the phenomenon known as state capture and allowed evil men to not only survive but flourish.
We all know the saying that “all that is necessary for evil to flourish is for good men to remain silent”. The two decisions were Thabo Mbeki’s decision not to press ahead and charge Jacob Zuma, and the second when the National Prosecuting Authority allowed the charges against Julius Malema and his Ratanang Trust and On-Point Trading to be dropped. Both were “unlosable” cases...
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