Food for Thought
JUSTICE MALALA: Drumming up patronage
This week’s column is expressly written to thank Zuma’s acolytes for the hours of laughter they have given me over the years.
What, pray tell, would we do for laughs if it were not for the wise statements of the lamebrains (as my colleague Peter Bruce calls them) President Jacob Zuma has surrounded himself with? I am sorry — that’s a mistake. From what we are learning from the press I should rather say the lamebrains the Gupta family has surrounded the president with. A delicious addition to the state capture story is the revelation by broadcaster the BBC that cellphone intelligence from the night before former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene was fired puts his replacement, Des van Rooyen, at the Gupta house. Sipping tea, apparently. What a delight. This explains why Van Rooyen rushed off to try and get a gag order against the public protector last week, and why Zuma also tried to get a gag order. I digress. This week’s column is expressly written to thank Zuma’s acolytes for the hours of laughter they have afforded me over the years. Week in and week out these gifted individuals just keep giving. Last Satu...
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