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First published by Daily Maverick 168
This time last year we were pregnant with expectations of what the new year, 2020, would bring. Some even colloquially christened it “Twenty Plenty” – anticipating a year of good fortune and prosperity. That is not unusual as the promise of a better tomorrow is perhaps the main reason we wake up every morning to tackle the day ahead.
To live in hope is to be human.
But by that time the first few cases of Covid-19 had been detected in Wuhan city, Hubei province. As more cases were reported in that part of China, the rest of the world watched from a distance. Normal life continued for the rest of the world. It was China’s problem, not ours.
First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper.
Much has been said about the appearance of ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule before the governing party’s Integrity Committee this weekend.
The committee, made up of party stalwarts, is charged with the responsibility of guarding the ANC’s image and to hold accountable party members who step out of line. So it is reasonable to expect that the committee, chaired by party elder George Mashamba, will take a tough stance against Magashule. After all, he has already been charged with corruption in relation to the R230-million Free State asbestos case.
The resolution of the ANC’s 54th National Congress at Nasrec is quite clear on what should happen in such a case.