Peter Bruce’s confusion, as he puts it, over the SAA business rescue plan is derisory, and as a senior commentator on SA politics he should have learnt a long time ago that the leadership that pretends to run this country are not driven by magnanimous intent, but rather by what is in it for themselves (“No way can this SAA rescue plan work (../bd/opinion/columnists/2020-06-17-peter-bruce-no-way-can-this-saa-rescue-plan-work/)”, June 17). 

SAA is a holy cow that cannot be sacrificed in the name of economic expediency. It has been an ATM with no credit limit to the many in the ANC nucleus who depend on monthly disbursements made into their accounts for services never rendered...

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