STATE CAPTURE
NATASHA MARRIAN: Urgent, urgent, urgent road to nowhere
The judicial commission of inquiry into state capture is seemingly urgent for everyone except President Jacob Zuma. State capture, like many other potential criminal or corrupt practices involving the state, is in danger of being swept under the carpet. It will be another arms deal, discussed for years, but without any real resolution and no perpetrators brought to book. Yes, Zuma paid back the money on Nkandla, but where is the case against his architect or any other official accused of inflating prices? Former crime-intelligence boss Richard Mdluli is still running around on his sixth year of paid suspension. Zuma’s ANC is indeed, as former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi famously said, one of Absolutely No Consequences. It is an indictment on both our criminal justice system and our politics. Especially our politicians. Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa told Parliament on Wednesday that setting up the commission was "urgent". It was also "urgent" when he addressed Parliam...
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