Nzimande hardly a hero

THE latest cabinet reshuffle must have the “Chief”, as former President Thabo Mbeki is called by his close confidants, swimming in a sea of laughter and great personal satisfaction.

They say revenge comes like a thief in the night and, although the axe on Blade fell in broad daylight, it must have been sweet revenge for the so-called 1996 class project.

As an arch-enemy of the “Chief”, Blade was very instrumental in mobilising ANC structures and alliance partners to replace Mbeki with Jacob Zuma (“the Tsunami”) and his national executive (the song and dance brigade) at the 2007 Polokwane conference.

Zuma has undoubtedly lived up to his metaphorical name and destroyed everything in his path, including the careers of Nzimande and others who marched him to the corridors of the Union Buildings.

Nzimande is thus no hero of the country. In fact, Blade and his squeaking voice was at the heart of Mbeki’s recall, his forked tongue the peddler of the regime change narrative and his blind loyalty key to the dropping of Zuma’s corruption charges.

One thing is for certain, Nzimande and the SACP did not start speaking out against state capture because they suddenly developed concerns about ordinary citizens, They started speaking out only once they found themselves outside Zuma’s inner circle.

One thing South Africans shouldn’t fall for is the victim syndrome of Nzimande and his crew. In fact, Nzimande and his SACP colleagues like Jeremy Cronin and Thulas Nxesi, should never be forgiven for their complicity in the Nkandla matter. — Khaya Tyatya, via e-mail

PRESIDENT Jacob “Butternut head” Zuma has done it again, with his boat-without-a-radar reshuffling of ministers.

He is very busy doing nothing. — Vusumzi Matu, via e-mail