THE THIRD UMPIRE

JACOB ZUMA

At the time of writing, the fate of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan remained unclear. But with SA on the brink of a credit downgrade, recalling him from an international road show like a naughty schoolboy was reckless in the extreme.

AHMED KATHRADA

The Third Umpire does not award posthumous red or green lights as a rule, but in the current political climate, the late ANC veteran’s written advice to Zuma, just over a year ago, is too good not to acknowledge: step down, sir, for all of our sakes.

GWEDE MANTASHE

The ANC’s top officials are hopelessly divided on land expropriation, which is undoubtedly why the party’s secretary-general chose to avoid the issue and rather accuse the EFF of stealing the ANC’s land redistribution policy. What policy is that exactly?