TOM EATON: The ANC all-nighter that ended with just one spokesperson still standing
Our thoughts and prayers are with Dakota Legoete as he explains why nobody has gone to jail, and downplays the next Gupta leak or Bosasa revelation or Eskom implosion
According to Tony Yengeni, Monday night’s meeting of the ANC’s national working committee was “the longest … ever!”. Some might doubt the word of a convicted fraudster. Others might argue “the longest ever!” is simply the traditional greeting of Zuma-era loyalists, usually delivered in a prone position while touching the hem of uBaba’s robe. But I believe him. For starters, Yengeni made the claim in a tweet posted at 6.47am on Tuesday morning. Now, there are only two reasons for any senior ANC politician to be awake at 6.47am on a weekday. The first is that his butler has rushed into the bedroom, switched off the revolving, vibrating bed, and yelled at him that the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is on its way and they have 25 minutes to stuff 25 Louis Vuitton bags with 25 years of liberated loot. The second is that he has been awake all night. So yes, I can absolutely believe Yengeni was staggering home on Tuesday morning from a marathon session in the Joe Modise Thyssenkrupp Memo...
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