ELECTIVE CONFERENCE
NATASHA MARRIAN: Spy reports are Zuma’s wrecking balls
We know neutralising political opponents using dodgy intelligence reports is not far-fetched in South African politics. In fact, it is par for the course. Much changes, but more stays the same, and the degree of sameness simply encourages the steady degradation of almost every aspect of SA’s body politic. Allegations by former unionist James Motlatsi that Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is the next target of such an attempt are unsurprising. Motlatsi told the media this week that President Jacob Zuma would use an "intelligence dossier" to claim that Ramaphosa was a spy for "western capitalists" and to justify removing him from the Cabinet.Not that Zuma really needs a reason to axe members of his executive anymore — this week he released a statement without even a pretence of caring to explain why. He also simply briefed the ANC’s national officials and, despite a warning from them over the instability that the move would prompt and the devastating effect it would have on the alread...
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