Thulani “Silence” Dlomo, seriously implicated in findings of the High-Level Panel Review into the State Security Agency (SSA) has, it turns out, not been AWOL.
The genesis of the now-discredited “rogue unit” narrative can be traced back at least to this report which the EFF and the Public Protector have relied on in various court actions.
The South African Revenue Service Rogue Unit is believed to be an invention of pro-Zuma individuals who were intent on excising anti-corruption busters from the country’s tax organ and beyond.
An EFF entourage that travelled to Cape Town for SONA and the subsequent parliamentary debates booked into a four-bedroom luxury Camps Bay villa priced at between R7,100 and R25,000 a night.
The question one cannot help but ask after reading this list of degenerate/corrupt activities exposed by the media and inside whistle-blowers at various commissions, but totally ignored by our Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, is why?
Marianne Thamm picks up on how media boss Iqbal Survé has snapped up journalists who appear to be partial to a smear campaign to help political friends.
As a journalist and author, Marianne Thamm is a storyteller herself, bearing witness to pain and violence, as much as to hope, resilience, fortitude and determination, in a country shaped by constant change.
