South Africa

Something needs to be said.

 

The latest revelations about just how dirty Brett Kebble was and how he had a number of senior ANC heavyweights under his little finger is indicative of a serious malaise affecting the ruling party. I remember a while back some ANC Youth League functionary declaring something to the effect that Kebble was "our white man". In other words the ANC Youth League believed that they were the ones calling the shots and Kebble was just some happy-go-lucky fat white guy who they (the league) could go to to get some cash when they needed it. 

 

But Kebble was the player, the puppet master who used these idiots ego's and lust for the latest Visa platinums to suck them into his world of chequebook politics. You wonder why Kebble managed to avoid paying tax for so long, or why he seemed to always be one step ahead in the PR war with the Scorpions? It's because he had all of these fools dancing to his tune as he changed his personae to suit whatever the situation - generous donor to the arts/africanist/patriot/BEE pathfinder - it's easy to do all this if you're using other people's money!

 

But of course the blowhards at the ANCYL didn't see this. No, instead they just focused on those "babe magnet" cars, designer suits and pampering their juvenile ego's. The same can be said for all those listed in Kebble's loan list - what the hell does crooked Tony Yengeni need R1.4m for? Doesn't he have enough cash from Thales already? It is really starting to seem that the political elite in the ANC are playing a one-upmanship game with each other to see who can buy the best silk-tie/exotic trip on government money/latest luxury vehicle, all the while the majority of the population lives in poverty.    

 

Here's an adage I think should be stapled onto the forehead of every Party crony who thinks he's hit the big time when a "friend" from big business wants to lend him some cash "no strings attached" -

 

                  "I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts" - Virgil