Mastig! I can’t get my head around why Gordhan was fired
IT IS not a bit uncomfortable. It is a helluva lot uncomfortable. The sad part about the discomfort is the absence of reasoning. It does not make sense why the president got rid of our minister of finance.
I am not really a fundi in the sphere of economics but I can smell something is not right when a minister of finance is replaced with no proper reasoning. My weird psychology pleads that the nation deserves a proper articulation when the minister in this department is shown the door.
When the president replaced our minister of finance, I was shocked because I had a high opinion of Pravin Gordhan. I did not understand the move. Worse, when the dismissal happened after a recall from a humungous trip overseas, I was not merely shocked, I was distraught. Later, seeking a proper explanation from the president was not successful because the media – as in the SABC and the newspapers – were not helpful in revealing his motives.
I still do not understand the motives behind the dismissal of so convincing a person in the finances of the motherland. Mastig!
People have heard weird rumours about the reasoning behind the president’s action, but I am not sure if I care or understand the theories behind the theatre. I am just alarmed that a president at the end of his presidency can make a move like this. I cannot begin to imagine the possible reasoning behind the shocking melodrama of his actions last week. If you do, please explain it to me. I’ll buy you a glass of cooldrink; a genuine cooldrink of the status of a Coca-Cola or a fantastic Fanta. Honestly. I am not impressed with the changes announced in our cabinet because it does not suggest a confident state. Mind you, this country ought to exhibit some signs of a confident administration. But damn, I do not believe the change to the Ministry of Finance is giving the world confidence in our doings. On the contrary, I am of the opinion that the rest of the world is amazed by our bizarre administrative events.
I am also not impressed with the damage to the tripartite alliance. Cosatu was a bit diplomatic in its response but the SACP was less cordial, demanding a full explanation.
Let me be honest… I have not heard the makhulu baas making such an explanation, no. Between you and me, do you think he has some clever intellectual reasoning for this drama?
I suspect he does not. I also suspect that the thinkers in the democratic movement are perusing the situation with extra diligence. I just struggle with the thought that Zuma was, in a short time, going to say goodbye to the Presidency. Is this the best way of saying “arrivederci?” I think not. I am suggesting that he finds another way of doing it. I, in fact, feel embarrassed by the whole thing.
I am scared that this might not be limited to the president but will be used as an understanding of the entire democratic movement – in some instances, exaggerated by the forces who have been waiting for an exhibition of weakness in the progressive forces.
The progressive forces must exhibit a sober-minded attitude that can endure the awkwardness of this moment and organise for the reawakening of the democratic forces.
In other words, whatever happens at the end of this traumatic moment, let the depths of the movement be retained in the soberness of revolutionary thought. In other words, the broader democratic spirit should find ways of unburdening itself of this traumatic load. This should be viewed as a moment of deep thought.
We must be reminded that the world’s democratic senses carries this country as precious moment in the beauties of this continent.
We owe this to the elegant majesties of the world. We dare not fail the great majesties suggested by the brave moments in our revolution. Dare we? I think we dare not and so does the entire continent.
It is general knowledge that the majestic deep essences are waiting to bestow on us the graces of the many principles in an existence called human. As an aside: Mr Zuma, what’s up? The world is watching with bated breath.