SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Greed is Brian Molefe’s downfall
Free to read from Financial Mail's archives. He would only have agreed to take up the seat if it clears his path to the treasures in the finance ministry
First published in February 2017.
That Brian Molefe has not yet declined his nomination to be a member of parliament shows how far the ANC has descended into the nasty, dark drain of lawlessness from which it may never again emerge. The party, led by Nelson Mandela into the hallowed halls of the most important and sacred of our democratic institutions, seems to now only prefer the least honourable among our society to represent it. The rule of law, and common decency, can go to hell. The soul-searching that the party of Oliver Tambo promised after its not-unexpected defeat in the metropolitan areas in the local government election last year has turned out to not even be a damp squib. Instead it is a big middle finger being shown to its most optimistic supporters. Those who still nursed the hope that the party would regain the glory and lofty ideals that carried it through the most dangerous of times for the 80 years to democratic rule now know that this is never going to happen. Instead, it is abundantly clear that ...
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