CHRIS ROPER: Ticks on the body politic

What are politicians for? This is meant to be a serious question. I know the temptation is to assume it’s rhetorical, and that the answer I’m looking for is something along the lines of, not much. And I know that our recent experience seems to indicate that they exist to function as useful idiots for powerful men, and the occasional powerful woman.

Politicians are like the travelling salesmen sent out to cajole ordinary people into spending their hard-earned capital on a vastly overpriced set of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Like the con tricks of our current politicians, these books allowed people the illusion of learning, without the power to deploy the actual knowledge...If you have already registered or subscribed, please sign in to continue.

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Zondo: What must happen nowIt’s likely to take a long time before justice is properly realised against those complicit in state capture. But as a new Open Secrets report makes clear, there are some ‘low-hanging fruit’ the NPA could focus on in the meantime. Excellent article highlighting the urgency of action against those implicated in State Capture report! NPA & private prosecutions can immediately start targetting smaller fish, to get the bigger fish! Dismissal with suspended sentences and pay back the money! 👍
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Zondo must lead to real changeZondo must lead to real change - He was horrified about what he learned of the ANC and government — and we should be too He not horrified by Glencore selective outrage. Let's start the conversation on having the corrupt, kleptocratic and kakistocratic ANC regime re-called. We can talk about the findings all year, but until the regime is re-called, nothing will change for SA.
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Zondo: What must happen nowIt’s likely to take a long time before justice is properly realised against those complicit in state capture. But as a new Open Secrets report makes clear, there are some ‘low-hanging fruit’ the NPA could focus on in the meantime. SA citizens and tax-payers need to see lots of the looters being led into court in handcuffs! That is critical!
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OPINIONISTA: After Zondo, the National Prosecuting Authority dare not fail the nationThe ultimate success of the Zondo Commission will depend in large part upon the ability of the National Prosecuting Authority to use the welter of evidence provided in the commission’s records and institute criminal proceedings against key implicated persons, many of whom continue to exercise considerable influence in the political affairs of the country. Lol say what..... The NPA has already achieved its mandate: get Magashule out so Ramaphosa can focus on his preposterous unity project.
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Zondo: What must happen nowWhat do you get if your cross a crooked president, the Gupta brothers and a corrupted ruling party? Hopefully, 20 years to life, writes natashamarrian. NatashaMarrian
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Zondo: What must happen nowSadly, justice will take time — but there is some low-hanging fruit that the National Prosecuting Authority can pluck to begin the process of accountability, writes natashamarrian.
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