It was not a good year for Kwame Nkrumah in 1966. His February peacekeeping visit to the Far East enabled his enemies to stage a coup d’état. Nkrumah’s mistake was to warn African leaders about their heavy dependence on Western countries. African leaders were not ready for his vision of a unified and self-reliant Africa and Nkrumah was attacked and his reputation soiled. SA is witnessing a repeat of the Nkrumah affair. Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan is under constant attack for asking the nation to connect the dots of corruption. He is called a sellout and the looters are celebrated as heroes. President Cyril Ramaphosa prefers self-preservation to defending his minister. It was the same for Popo Molefe. He fought on his own to clean up the Passenger Rail Agency of SA with no support from the ANC and the government of Jacob Zuma. Molefe took on two chief executives who were protected by a cabinet minister. The propaganda campaign against Molefe failed. He stood his ground...
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