POWER PLAY
PALESA MORUDU: Molefe, Dlamini and SA’s reality cheque
There is madness in our land among those who wield power and those who imagine themselves powerful, writes Palesa Morudu
"Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power," said Charles Beard, building on an ancient proverb. The US historian would have been spoilt for choice had he been alive in SA today, for there is plenty of madness in our land among those who wield power and those who imagine themselves powerful. It’s like a bad reality TV show, minus the reality. Let’s examine a few choice examples. Consider Mzwanele "Jimmy" Manyi, the self-styled "activist for transformation" who runs a one-man foundation and likes to tweet, like Donald Trump. Last week, he tweeted that he wears the title "peacetime revolutionary" as a badge of honour. Manyi’s main occupation seems to be acting as a shill for the Guptas and performing as critic-in-chief of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. The record shows that Gordhan’s contribution to our democratic revolution began before peacetime. Fortunately, he can now rely on the expertise of someone unsullied by the struggle to lecture him about transformation...
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