BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI: Ramaphosa has risen above the swamp with a clean slate
'That some of us would prefer Mabuza over Pandor to be the country's potential deputy president speaks volumes about the society we've become - a corrupt and immoral swamp where anything goes'
It is remarkable that an election that is only weeks away and whose outcome will determine the country's fortunes has almost been overshadowed by the hue and cry about corruption, crooks and gangsters. Corruption has become the currency by which we are now identified. It's not only our identity, it's also a vehicle to success or power. The corrupt, like cream, rise to the top. What is disheartening is that we've unwittingly integrated it into our culture, custom or our everyday lives.
We're told, for instance, that Cyril Ramaphosa has made a blunder by choosing Naledi Pandor as his running mate. This apparently won't go down well with the all-powerful branches that elect the new ANC leader. If Ramaphosa is serious about winning the ANC presidency, the wise men contend, he should have gone for David Mabuza, the crooked premier of Mpumalanga. Now Pandor, as her name suggests, is a star, an unsung hero - a good pair of hands, a singular mind. She has quietly given unstinting and ...
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