Thread by @cathiew632

As was evident too from some of the early commentary on the ANC government’s response to the Covid-19 epidemic there is very little current knowledge of the Virodene Affair, one of the earliest and greatest ANC scandals, and one which should 1/2

amazon.com/Last-Jacobins-…

.... have permanently disqualified Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma from public office. The manuscript contains the definitive account of that scandal, and how it led into Thabo Mbeki’s infamous policies of ‘AIDS denialism’. 2/2

James Myburgh @Politicsweb

There is deep concern right now over South Africa’s current predicament, but the understanding of it is very shallow. This has led to the circulation of various destructive or unhelpful myths – all trying to explain why the liberation movement has failed to deliver on its....

... promise of a South Africa transformed and redeemed. Nelson Mandela is accused by the Fallists of stabbing the revolution in the back, minorities are scapegoated by the Economic Freedom Fighters and the Zuptas, or all blame is placed upon Jacob Zuma’s accession to the...

...Presidency.

However, if you are going to understand how the current evils plaguing the country emerged – and have any chance of correcting them - you have to go right back to their beginnings.

In the euphoric early years of South African democracy there was little critical..

...scrutiny of what the ANC was actually up to. Yet bad and largely unnoticed decisions taken at that time are responsible for a disproportionate share of our troubles today. These relate especially to the pervasive corruption and dysfunctionality of the ANC-dominated....

...state, as well as the weak checks-and-balances in the system that later allowed the the Zuptas to plunder State Owned Enterprises with such impunity. These early actions are described in the book.

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