It seems the leading party will side with apartheid government values when it suits them. Jacob Zuma, in particular, has used PW Botha to argue why the Nkandla debacle is above board.
From Timeslive:
Beeld newspaper reported on Monday that while answering a question during a Sunday lunch to mark media freedom day, he said he lived in a state house without paying rent and travelled on state planes without paying for it.
“Is this an unfair advantage?” he asked.
When it was pointed out that his Nkandla dwelling was a personal home, not state property, Zuma said it was the state’s duty to protect the president and deputy president.
Zuma said the airport in George was not built for economic reasons.
“It is because Botha lived there (Wilderness).”
He wanted to know why there was so much criticism over Nkandla saying: “Is Nkandla not meant to produce a president?”
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So behaving like apartheid presidents is something that should be encouraged?
Perhaps there are other similarities between what the current government are doing, and the apartheid NP government?
God – it’s all so confusing…
