So our gallant men and women in beribboned, bemedalled blue are mired in allegations of corruption. No surprises there. There have been hints and allegations, (as Paul Simon sang), for decades.
What is surprising is the silence of the sacrificial lambs, you and I, fellow South Africans. What is the point of democracy, when there is a sense of overwhelming powerlessness in the face of the worst excesses?
Cancer cannot self-correct or reinvent itself, except as a more virulent, malignant version. It has to be cut out. Voters have the knife. But, to quote from that English bloke's 'Julius Caesar', if Caesar had stabbed their mothers, they would have done no less (than vote for the stabbers).
I think of two possible reasons for this bewildering phenomenon. One: the liberator halo shines strong and dazzling, despite the fact that the only liberating done of late has been the liberation of vast sums of money from public fund captivity. "Ag, shame, they suffered for us, in the struggle'. A bit like having your head held underwater by someone who swam to your rescue from drowning. Through a stream of bubbles, you mouth: "Ag, shame, he really tried to save me".
The other reason may be phrased thus: "Don't disturb me while I'm eating".
Of course, General Mkhwanazi may not be aware of a massive, brilliant undercover operation, headed by the minister himself. Perhaps, once all the many, many villains, like sardines in the KZN sardine run, are gathered, the net will be closed. 'When?', you ask. Patience, my fellow citizens. You have already waited some thirty years. What's thirty years more?
"Dem Herren sind eine tausend Jahren Wie ein Tag,
Ihm ist ein Tag Wie Tausend Jahr".
(To God, a thousand years are like a day,
To him, a day is like a thousand years".
There, that's comforting, isn't it?
If there is substance to the allegations, then, to the opposition parties, we expect the usual feeble bleating in protest, but it would be nice if you:
'Do not go gentle into that vile night
Rage, rage, against the dying of the light'.
(Apologies, Dylan).
Some historian will probably say, years hence:
"This was their darkest hour".
Good night, South Africa.
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