Thursday, April 10, 2025

Monday Morning Spice

Western Cape taxi stayaway continues, First pill for postpartum depression, Lady R didn’t load South African weapons to Russia, and Thuli Madonsela’s appointment to UN’s Scientific Advisory Board.

Guptas Threaten Thuli Madonsela

As her tenure comes to a close, Thuli Madonsela is preparing to release one of her most damning reports. That’s where the Guptas step in and get nasty.

Zuma Finally Responds To Nkandla Allegations

Jacob Zuma has responded to a damning report into the construction of his R246 million Nkandla homestead by the Public Protector, who found that Zuma had ”benefited unduly” from the construction of non-security features including a swimming pool, amphitheatre, kraal, cattle culvert and chicken run, and that he ought to pay back the money used in their construction.

“A Thief, A Fool, And A Zulu Man Who Was Incapable Of Managing The Affairs Of His Kraal”

The “Secure in Comfort” report by the Public Protector is over 400 pages of devastating findings, that will in most likelihood be used as loo paper by the government. The ANC refuses to see it at all. Even if the results end up being benign, as journalist Richard Poplank puts it, Zuma “will be forever remembered as a thief, a fool, and a Zulu man who was incapable of managing the affairs of his kraal.”

Enjoy This: They’re Probing The Failed Guptagate Probe

DA MP David Maynier summed the situation up rather nicely when he said, “We welcome the fact that the public protector will effectively be investigating the investigation into Guptagate.” And if that isn’t solid gold, then we don’t know what is

Public Protector Appeals To MP’s Over Info Bill

While the public protector, Thuli Madonsela, wouldn’t outwardly say that the current tabulation of the Protection of Information Bill was unconstitutional, she did say MP’s could be spared the embarrassment of having it declared invalid by the courts if they rethought certain aspects of the bill.