This is a story about two speeches. The first was made on Thursday by Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas. You will remember Jonas. He is the man who turned down two bribes, one of R600 000 in cash, and another of R600-million over time. As described in the public protector‘s State of Capture report, the bribe offers were allegedly made by a member of the Gupta family. The second speech was made on Friday by a long-standing ANC leader, and now president of our republic, Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma. Zuma was speaking at an ANC “cadres forum” in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. You will remember Zuma from his interactions with the Guptas too. In 2013 he told parliament that the family (members of which have allegedly boasted about how they made Zuma‘s son, Duduzane, a billionaire) were his friends, adding: “Every human being has a right to have friends … We are not in the state that bans people because they have friends.” The two speeches reflect the quality of leadership in our count...
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