JUSTICE MALALA: David Mabuza’s darkly prophetic signal
The signal Mabuza is sending is clear: he doesn’t trust or care about his own country’s facilities
What does it say about your country when the deputy president, suffering from some or other ailment, rushes off to get treatment in foreign climes? What are we to make of David "DD" Mabuza, the deputy president of our fine republic, and his frequent trips to Russia for medical treatment? I will tell you what we should make of it. There is something so offensive and so darkly prophetic about Mabuza’s health holidays to Russia one feels nauseated just thinking about it. The whole thing is offensive because he just needs to call any one of our fine hospitals and he would be helped — without the huge bills to him personally and to the state. Prophetic, because Mabuza is telling us something profound about our future: there isn’t one unless we can stop people like him from hollowing out our institutions, neglecting our facilities and creating a sense that excellence is only found elsewhere. He is sending us all a signal. The same depressing signal that Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari...
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