Hip to hypocrisy
JUSTICE MALALA: ANC gala dinner brims with hypocrisy
From an ANC gala dinner brimming with hypocrisy — would anyone like another glass of Rupert & Rothschild Classique? — to hip and cool Parkhurst
The ANC’s gala dinners, usually held at the beginning of national conferences, never fail to impress. No, I am not talking about the speeches. President Jacob Zuma is usually the keynote speaker at these events and by the end of his two-hour marathons half the room is asleep. The rest of the guests are playing footsie with the Gupta family. The galas are mostly organised by the Progressive Business Forum, an organisation started by the National Party guys who dumped the DA in the early 2000s and threw their lot in with the ANC. It’s like the Broederbond, only with a broad-based BEE certificate.So last week people who don’t have a life (like me) descended on the ANC policy conference at Nasrec. After months of rhetoric about "white monopoly capital" and "radical economic transformation" from the likes of Zuma, we were itching to hear what it all means. You will wait a long time to get an answer, a friend whispered in my ear. I agreed. But I am an optimist. As usual there was a gala d...
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