LETTER: Beware the slippery slope
The eventuality of Ramaphosa no longer running the show is too ghastly to contemplate
Shortly before the ANC assumed the reins of government, Nelson Mandela stated, with conviction: “We will be able to use the country’s resources in a more efficient manner and to prevent the corruption which is so endemic in the National Party government. The gravy trains, where most of the funds of the country have gone, have come to an end.” In retrospect, not only is the irony staggering but the implications more so. While Mandela was president, no-one doubted that his anticorruption crusade would be pursued with the utmost vigour. Regrettably, however, Mandela was not blessed with immortality, and the worthy goals for which he strived have been consigned to the history books. Similarly, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s conviction that expropriation without compensation would be implemented with great care so as not to prejudice food production and the economy resonates with a belief that under his curatorship all will be well. Yet have we considered the consequences of the strategy sh...
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