Guptas won’t give up without a fight

When political prophet Julius Malema said South Africa would one day be sold to the highest bidder many thought it was just a political statement to settle scores.

It was about three years back, if not more, when he warned that the original ANC was buried with its iconic leader Nelson Mandela.

Malema sounded silly back then, of course.

Yet the Guptas’s sphere of influence grows day by day, even though the mastermind of the Saxonwold empire relocated to Dubai. They won’t give up our country without a fight because much is at stake.

If their preferred candidate can’t win the ANC elective conference they know that their influence will collapse.

If our country’s democratic institutions were not weak they wouldn’t have been allowed to leave before the pending investigations into their undue influence were concluded.

They should thank President Jacob Zuma that their businesses and assets are not frozen.

The comical cabinet reshuffle by the president was a sign that Zuma is no longer willing to listen to anyone except his handlers.

The return of Brian Molefe to Eskom is just a rubber stamp to the arrogance of Zuma’s handlers, whose wishes have to triumph against the national interests.

The so-called “radical economic transformation” slogan intensified by the embattled president is not something new in the political arena. We all know that President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe got his people to believe that economic emancipation was to be attained by turning against whites.

Poor and vulnerable South Africans, particularly the youth, should be vigilant against rhetoric because not everything that shines is gold. Phaswana Rofhiwa

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