Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Action Man Inaction

Just the other day Cyril Ramaphosa was telling us how Zuma is the "action man" for South Africa who will lead South Africa into prosperity. I understand his words were along the lines of "The time for talking is over. We want action, and action man Jacob Zuma will ensure that this country moves forward."

Thank you Cyril, old buddy, for those reassuring words. I find myself wanting to take comfort from those words ....

But ...

Considering it is 13 months since Judge Willem Heath resigned as head of the Special Investigating Unit and Action Man Jake has yet to appoint his successor I find myself responding to Cyril's words with cynicism.

But hold on ... while we're speaking of crime fighting and especially corruption, one of the SIU's areas of specific concern, wasn't the dismantling of the Scorpions done under Jake's watch.

So maybe Jake is an action man ... Now all we need to do is find the actions that have moved this country forward.

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