LETTER: Pravin Gordhan and Cyril Ramaphosa insult us by playing dumb
If South Africans lack the wisdom or maturity to vote for a change in government, we will continue to sink into failed state status
18 May 2023 - 17:30
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The Zondo state capture commission made it abundantly clear that corruption runs deep throughout the state and its entities in SA. That public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan and President Cyril Ramaphosa play ignorant and insult SA by playing us for fools is to be expected.
Mea culpa is definitely not in the lexicon of anyone in the ANC, a party from which no-one ever resigns for incompetence, malfeasance, corruption or simply failure to perform. At best they are redeployed to screw up another department.
If South Africans lack the wisdom or maturity to vote for a change in government, the basic principle behind a true democracy, we will continue to sink into failed state status. Neither Russia not China, nor even the UN will be able to save us.
This, sadly, is the story of Africa. Shame on us for doing nothing to change the course of history.
Peter Baker Parktown North
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LETTER: Pravin Gordhan and Cyril Ramaphosa insult us by playing dumb
If South Africans lack the wisdom or maturity to vote for a change in government, we will continue to sink into failed state status
The Zondo state capture commission made it abundantly clear that corruption runs deep throughout the state and its entities in SA. That public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan and President Cyril Ramaphosa play ignorant and insult SA by playing us for fools is to be expected.
Mea culpa is definitely not in the lexicon of anyone in the ANC, a party from which no-one ever resigns for incompetence, malfeasance, corruption or simply failure to perform. At best they are redeployed to screw up another department.
If South Africans lack the wisdom or maturity to vote for a change in government, the basic principle behind a true democracy, we will continue to sink into failed state status. Neither Russia not China, nor even the UN will be able to save us.
This, sadly, is the story of Africa. Shame on us for doing nothing to change the course of history.
Peter Baker
Parktown North
JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Send us an email with your comments to letters@businesslive.co.za. Letters of more than 300 words will be edited for length. Anonymous correspondence will not be published. Writers should include a daytime telephone number.
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