Opinion: Zuma has committed treason
In the latest episode of "Zuma Screws the Country", Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene was removed from his position to be redeployed to some other role to be revealed at a later date. This is an act of willful abuse towards a country and an economy in desperate need of fiscal leadership – or just about any leadership really. The Daily Maverick has described this as an “act of sabotage”. I’d go further and call it an “act of treason” (if we’re working with the definition that says treason is “a violation of the allegiance that a person owes his country”).
Nene was a pretty big cog that was still functioning in a very broken wheel. Here are some of the good things Nene has done:Is this a blatant opinion? Or, is this a blatant truth?It’s clear why Zuma doesn’t like the guy. He was doing his best to cut the direct line of rands to Zuma's pockets. Realistically, Nene didn’t stand a chance. And now, as my friend Rico Schacherl pointed out, he’ll most probably become the ambassador to Chad.
In his place,we have David van Rooyen, a man who certainly hasn’t held any senior financial governmental positions and whom nobody’s really heard of. Except COPE deputy president Mbhazima Shilowa. He knows Van Rooyen. This is what he had to say about him on Twitter last night:
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