There was plenty of scandal and drama in her career: Sarafina, Virodene, Zimbabwe and now cigarettes.But is she the power behind the throne, one so powerful that she can tell the president himself what to do? Is there a secret faction paralysing Ramaphosa?“You have to understand how this works constitutionally. With the announcement of the state of disaster she, as minister of Cogta, became the boss of lockdown and how it would be implemented and enforced. She has no special powers.
It is her job to make sure the rules, as decided on by the collective, are enforced. That is why she is the one behind the podium.”“If it becomes possible for her to try to shoot for the presidency again, I don't think she won't do it, but that is not on the cards right now.”Vrye WeekbladMany of the pillars of SA's democracy have become shaky over the last decade or so, but one seemed solid as a rock: the judiciary. Or so we thought. The cracks we are seeing now are not new though.
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