We have the Hawks chasing Hawks. The Hawks chasing the police. The police chasing the Hawks. The police chasing politicians. Politicians chasing the police.
The Special Investigating Unit chasing the police. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) chasing the police. The NPA chasing ANC politicians. The police chasing the defence force ...
It’s the most beautiful mess known to SA citizens, and we are the ones getting screwed left, right and centre.
Then you have Moody’s flagging Standard Bank’s high exposure to government debt (“Moody’s flags Standard Bank’s high exposure to government debt”, July 8).
Whether it’s the police or Standard Bank, the complexity of doing business with government comes at a high cost, and SA citizens are shouldering the bad decisions and nefarious workings of government.
Eckehardt Ficinus
Dunkeld
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