OPINION | SA has had a terrible week and the ANC needs to be held to account

There is no excuse for looting. There is no excuse for criminality and there is no excuse for spewing hatred. Not when government does it and not when citizens do it, writes Howard Feldman.

The magnitude of the theft and the control that he had over the ruling party, along with the Guptas is not yet fully visible, and there is a good chance that we will only ever view the tip of the iceberg that could well sink the ship.With the terrible images flooding social media over the past few days, the image that I found the most disturbing was the one of the ANC dancing and celebrating the life of Watson. It was at Watson's funeral that the ANC danced and sang and praised.

Clearly Mr Malema has no problem with violence and with criminality, so long as it focused on the white population of the country. It was an appalling and horribly disappointing thing to have tweeted. If the ANC doesn't hear this and doesn't take the message on board, then we are unlikely to solve the situation. Not any time soon. It will take real maturity and introspection and it will mean taking responsibility for what has occurred prior.

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