Hints of Animal Farm? Zuma deploys army for SONA
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma approved the deployment of the country’s army to maintain order during the opening of parliament this week and SONA.
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma approved the deployment of the country’s army to maintain order during the opening of parliament this week and SONA.
Gideon Joubert is concerned by reports that the State’s largest weapon depots are basically unprotected, and are easy targets for criminals and terrorists.
A South African panel that spent four years investigating allegations of corruption linked to about R46.7 billion worth of weapons purchased in the late 1990s found no evidence of wrongdoing by politicians or government officials.
The police, with assistance from the army, launched an operation in Hillbrow on Monday, Gauteng police said.
“Defence” is the euphemism politicians use to justify a war machine. A few years ago I had an informal conversation with a since departed cabinet minister. He was doing his best to justifying infamous Arms Deal “investments” and winked when I asked him whether he regarded the increasingly deranged Robert Mugabe as a military threat. … Read more