JUSTICE MALALA: Zuma’s motley crew sold us down the river
A trip to a dying town on the banks of the Vaal serves as a depressing reminder of the legacy left by the Zuma administration
Me, I am a nice guy. So I believe our former leader Jacob Zuma when he says it is all lies, lies and more lies that he took a bit of bakshish in the arms deal 20 years ago. But what surprises me about our brother leader is that whenever he appears in court, he is surrounded by really dodgy people. In fact, the podium at the man’s trial could have been a convention of the "Desperate Politician About to Go to Jail" organisation. At Zuma’s court appearance last week, ANC Port Elizabeth leader and councillor Andile Lungisa, who has been found guilty of violence and sentenced to two years in the slammer, took to the stage and spewed rubbish at the crowd. His contribution to the very complicated issue of land reform? Land must be taken by force immediately. The rest of Zuma’s friends were plucked straight out of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. There was Supra Mahumapelo, the man who is best known for allegedly saying, back in 2007, that a "rapist" Zuma should not be allowed anywhere near t...
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