Welcome to Tweet of the Week. Every Friday I will use this column to hand out an award to one person who has tweeted something of significance. There are no strict rules, only that the tweet in question must offer an important insight, define a debate (notorious or otherwise) or mark an occasion. This week the Tweet of the Week goes to @JacksonMthembu_ for:"Those found corrupt are dealt with by our courts and imprisoned. The white colonial and apartheid regimes did not." Profile: Jackson Mthembu is the ANC chief whip in the National Assembly. He has held numerous high-profile positions in the ANC and government, including serving as the party’s national spokesperson, portfolio committee chair and an MEC in Mpumalanga. He has some 89,000 followers on Twitter. Citation: Mthembu received much praise when he recently said of the ANC national executive committee, "We are not only equal to the apartheid state, we are worse", before calling on the entire NEC, himself included, to resign. T...
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