From September: Gareth van Onselen on Dlamini-Zuma and the Virodene scandal
We don’t really vet presidential candidates in SA. It is true, there is intense scrutiny of contemporary politics but that is symptomatic of an obsession with the here and how. For the most part, we are a profoundly ahistorical society, trapped in a 24-hour bubble. It is a problem because, look back in time, and there is much to be revealed. I have, elsewhere, set out Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma’s role in the Sarafina scandal, a debacle that, in many respects, mirrored the events that defined Nkandla. But, further back in the record still, there is another event, far more important and profound. And it also has Dlamini-Zuma at its heart: The Virodene Affair. James Myburgh, editor of Politicsweb, in five outstanding essays of superb detail and argument, published in mid-September 2007, has described the events surround Virodene. They can be found here: • The Virodene Affair I • The Virodene Affair II • The Virodene Affair III • The Virodene Affair IV • The Virodene Affair V So good are t...
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