SCANDAL AND CORRUPTION HAVE DESTROYED THE ANC OF 1994

THE SCANDAL engulfing the ANC regarding state capture is like a fiery inferno. It must lie at the door of the ANC and the corrupt hierarchy that administers it.

These shameless demagogues ran the organisation for 10 years as their own personal kingdom. They bludgeoned members into submission when choosing favours for their comrades in arms. They stealthily perfected the art of politic coercion and intimidation. Dissent was not allowed.

The executive is the epicentre and vortex of the current crisis. Decisions were taken within a pyramid of total deceit. Their modus operandi was comply or face elimination.

State capture is a grim economic reality. It was Karl Kraus who said “Corruption is worse than prostitution”. Prostitution might endanger the morals of an individual, but corruption endangers the morals of the entire country.

The extortionists who run the executive are inherently greedy. Throughout history, man has proven that when left to his own devices he is increasingly malevolent. Powerful people default to the immoral, debauched, dishonest and corrupt. Pope Francis said: “A life based on corruption is varnished putrefaction”.

Bribery is endemic within the corridors of power in the ANC. It is right at the top and percolates down. Financial chicanery and accounting charades,will be the legacy of the ANC.

There are those who have vulgarised the emblem and good name of a noble institution.The diabolical escapades of one devious family single-handedly destroyed the legacy of an organisation that freed us from bondage and gave us our precious freedom. The fallout is now enveloping the country. Beloved icons Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Oliver Tambo and Albert Luthuli must be turning in their graves. The ANC of 1994 is now history. FAROUK ARAIE