Madam Public Protector

 Dear Madam Public Protector 

I am disappointed that, (if reports are to be believed), you expected your staff to address you as 'Madam".  What's wrong with 'Your Grace'?  Having watched Game Of Thrones (no, not the KZN version), that form of address strikes me as eminently suitable.

Respect and discipline have gone to hell. Bring back flogging and the rack, I say. The gallows too. How can you be expected to serve the great South African public effectively when people are flinging your first name about with gay abandon? That would distract the most focused Public Protector from the epidemic of corruption plaguing South Africa. I would certainly have trouble deciding what to investigate and what to leave alone. Which Bosasa issues to leave alone, for example.

This is how it all starts, Your Gr..., I mean, Madam Public Protector. First names, familiarity, then disrespect and the collapse of discipline. I think the disintegration of the Roman empire  began with such casual, disrespectful stuff as: "How's it hanging Jules?", instead of "Hail Caesar!".  

You may be experiencing some minor problems but no-one can deny that you run a tight ship. Captain Bligh would probably have approved.

Yours in the struggle for order and discipline.

Richard 

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