TOM EATON: It’s not a Watergate moment, with the politburo waiting in the wings
Machiavelli would be outraged if this showdown with Ramaphosa was saddled with his name
When the ANC’s obituary is written it will surely include the delicious irony of these final, ham-fisted attempts to recall Cyril Ramaphosa and wrench back control of the patronage machine: in the end, the party was so incompetent it couldn’t even put together a half-decent smear campaign.
At least one essay has described the ongoing showdown between Ramaphosa and the “radical economic obliteration” faction as “Machiavellian”, which is utterly libellous — to Machiavelli. What we’ve seen so far has been straight out of a Coen brothers comedy, complete with alleged masterminds blowing their loot on diamond teeth...
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