THE THIRD UMPIRE

National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete. Apologising for calling Julius Malema a cockroach is all very well, but how about begging the rest of SA’s forgiveness for inviting armed police into Parliament to assault MPs?

Corruption Watch executive director David Lewis. The group received 17% more tipoffs last year than in 2013, which may mean corruption has increased but probably has more to do with gaining the public’s trust.

SARS commissioner Tom Moyane. It turns out the probe into a covert unit of the service, which he has used as the basis to suspend senior employees, came to no clear conclusion and called for further investigation.