BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI: Zuma's ministers are in a deep hole and still digging
'If the primary responsibility of a government is to protect its people, President Jacob Zuma's administration has hopelessly failed to carry it out'
31 October 2017 - 06:00
Even for a country accustomed for so long to a daily diet of dispiriting events, blatant criminality and plain stupidity in high places, the disclosure in parliament on consecutive days this week of the dire state of the economy and the horrific crime statistics came as a jolt to the system. It was a double whammy that neatly sums up our predicament: criminals are running the show.
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