LETTER: The worst is yet to come

The Rainbow Nation has gone to the dogs. Venal judicial officers are absorbed by the culture of impunity to the point of colluding with private interests to exchange privileged information. That’s why ethical controversies have escalated to disgraceful proportions, exposing the young to moral decadence and inevitable havoc.

Some ruined their lives by following the trends of most immoral of human activities. Others are enslaved by the deceptive desire of playing Russian roulette with alcoholic drinks and drugs. There’s no more a village to nudge them, just bystanders who don’t care a fig for their peril.

It is taxing even to reason with parents, because they point at President Cyril Ramaphosa, who always hides behind the law to hide prima facie evidence of his own misdeeds. Ramaphosa is no role model. He’s forever embroiled in accountability controversies. It’s a typical result of a bad choice of leadership that is beholden to a small clique of faceless donors with ulterior motives. No wonder the centre couldn’t hold under his leadership.

At the heart of the fracas is the alleged R1-billion rand kitty that was used to entice cadres to break ranks and rally behind Ramaphosa when he was elected ANC president. It stems from negative lobbying through slates and bulk buying of memberships to gain unholy advantage. That robbed society of a leader with intrinsic moral values and finesse to make a course correction driven by unity and renewal.

Had sanity prevailed there wouldn’t have been any internal mobilisation and bloody scale of looting that engulfed country at enormous cost. All these point to Ramaphosa being unsuitable to hold office, with the worst yet to come.

Morgan Phaahla

Ekurhuleni

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