Give Thuli NPA top job

AGAIN, Jacob “Gehazi” Zuma bites the dust in court. Biting the dust with the former president is Jeff Radebe who was used by Gehazi to harass Advocate Mxolisi Nxasana out of office. Hadebe has an LLM in international law from the Karl Marx University in Leipzig, Germany. Surely he knew he was assisting Gehazi to avoid prosecution.

When thugs aligned to Gehazi began an onslaught against Nxasana, a lie was crafted that his father, Harold Bhekisisa Nxasana was a sell-out in the terrorism and treason trial of Harry Gwala and others in 1977. Harold was the youngest and police forced him to agree to testify against Gwala and others but in court he refused and was banned for five years.

He was not the first, Bob Hepple refused to testify against his comrades in the Rivonia Trial. A Groutvillian had to be taken out of the country because he did not wish to testify against Pascal Ngakane, son-in-law of Chief Albert Luthuli who, with Joe Modise, was ferrying MK recruits out via Botswana for training. Bulelani Ngcuka spent three years in jail for refusing to testify for the state in the treason trial of the late Judge Patrick Maqubela. Radebe knows this but allowed himself to be used by an ANC super-thief for the sake of a “career”.

Radebe deserves no place in cabinet after the Nxasana saga. He failed to behave like a communist and to emulate great lawyers such as Griffiths Mxenge, Pius Langa, Arthur Chaskalson, Bram Fischer, Phyllis Naidoo and Big Boy Guma.

Shaun Abrahams is of course, a key member of the African National Cartel, defending Gehazi. Among his comrades are Judge John Hlophe, Barnabas Xulu, Richard Mdluli, Sdumo Dlamini, Andile Mngxitama, Ace Magashule, Dudu Myeni, Arthur Fraser, Nomgcobo Jiba, ... the list is very long.

This judgment pushes back the “demon of corruption”. When Gwede Mantashe called judges “counterrevolutionaries”, we said “you are wrong SACP chair”. Today we are vindicated again.

Time has arrived for us to demand a proper person be appointed to head the NPA. We call for Advocate Thuli Madonsela as the next NPA boss. If we don’t fix NPA, criminals and their political bosses will continue stealing with impunity.

Madonsela did a good job as public protector. She is intelligent and a legal guru of high standing. Other women to consider are Linda Zama and Louisa Zondo. We want a new head who will not be intimidated by Gehazi and his hooligans. – Siyanda Mhlongo, via e-mail