Shaking up the security cluster

Surely these Shaiky Shenanigans should dispel any illusions that we are a democracy, where the institutions of state are meant to serve the people. In the post-Polokwane SA, the Zuma-Cabal is running the show, without even an attempt to appear impartial. This shouldn't surprise us, given the Stalinist-steeped training of many ANC freedom fighters. But it should terrify us. Let's only hope that the zeal with which Zumallies don their mantles of power will be matched by their incompetence -- a well-oiled National Intelligence that serves the ruling party's needs is a lot more dangerous than a bumbling one. Isn't it sad that these are the choices we're faced with?

"This will also spell out a management system that will ensure that all the capabilities of our government and nation are effectively harnessed and coordinated to better deal with threats confronting us."

What threats? The biggest threat to the nation is from the ANC Alliance itself. No one actually knows what they stand for. Is the ANC communist inspired? Are we being governed by a communist cabal? The various ministers and mouthpieces so contradict themselves, and each other, that it is impossible to know what they mean.

The Shaiks own Zuma lock stock & barrel.

Sounds a bit dodgy.The spooks coming out to play I see. Shabir Shaik strike me as a very arrogant person, and with this power that comes with being a DG of Intelligence,one can not help but worry about the misuse of state institutions for political point scoring.Surely the President can find someone equally experienced, and a less contrevesial than Mr Shaik to fill the position.Creating unneccesary backlash by appoint Shabir Shaik, in my view,defy all sense of logic.

But then again every political appointment can be justified and in reality there is not much that we can do about it.It just goes to show how powerless we can be in the face of a political party that is so conscious of its power and influence in domestic politics.pretty much a license to do as they wish.

No, its cool. Let Zuma appoint Shaik. And then all will see his standpoint. Even some ardent ANC supporters would massively object to this and it will hasten the fall of the ANC.

Like putting the wolf in charge of lamb’s security?

Sam Soole and his team at MG are too naive to =can believe a lazy journo from city press, why is it always that we are fed information "unanimous sources". Are people giving you information getting paid for mudslinging and name calling without substance, as for people that comment here, all we see is just second guising Pres Zuma and in finding him guilty on every aspect. We need sober minds in dealing with National debates and not this one sided nonsensical approach. Today some you benefited from aprtheid and there are people in this country that goes at length to try and extend this hand of reconciliation but with such tones we will only see it as a dream and never live it. Attitudes in this country and in particular some minority group is very concerning and need to change and acclamatise otherwise will result in them being victims of their own doing, look at Skierlik boy, he was taught to hate black people and now his parents are paying dearly for not teaching him right things. Hatred will never take you anyway except that you will have to deal with your own traumatic stress disorder whenever you see JZ on TV. Deal with it damned!

@mogale, we all "benefited" from apartheid. That's why we are so concerned about "benefiting" from an almighty, answerable-to-nobody ANC. Power corrupts, and Zuma WILL be corrupted if he fences himself in with cronies. There's no doubt about that. In fact, he runs the danger of becoming a stooge of these cronies, who will "lock him in" and make him their puppet.

@ pete, I wonder who made you a doomsayer, because reality is that that person made a very poor job, and please find out if there is change for you.

These comments realy do not match the real juice be it 70% or 50%. I hope the time you spent here is not valuable to yourselves. It might be better if you had used it to benefit the country and protect its image.

The same country need those efforts you spent painting it black for you to show the light and give advice.
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