STEVEN BOYKEY SIDLEY: How the corrupt are turning to violence
'When the numbers hit billions, as we have seen with the Gupta leaks, the stakes ratchet up'
17 July 2017 - 09:51
Over the past few weeks we have read of death threats on senior ANC members. Long time loyal members. I speak of Makhosi Khoza, an MP and Thokozani Magwaza, the CEO of Sassa. There are no doubt others, who have perhaps decided either to keep the threats out of the public eye, or who have done the bidding of the threateners. It is not clear which individuals made the threats. But is a matter of simple logic why. It is not politics. It is money. This article first appeared in Daily Maverick
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