NATIONAL NEWS - It is tempting to feel sorry for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) over their failure to hold on to the assets of the Gupta brothers and others that had been frozen over their alleged involvement in the Estina dairy farm money laundering. Even the erstwhile first son who went into hiding when his father was removed as president emerged on Twitter to decry how everybody had been fooled by white monopoly capital into believing all was not well during his father’s time in the Union Buildings.
It is easy to forget that barely four months ago South Africa was still in the grip of a tyrannical ruler hellbent on stealing everything he could lay his hands on. Frankly, it is too tiring to hear about the same wayward ruler over and over again. Which is why we might be tempted to excuse the ineptitude of Shaun Abrahams and his lieutenants at the NPA over their bungling of a case that should be serving as the first of many triumphs the people of this country deserve of those that sought to milk them (pardon the pun) dry.
We dare not forget the NPA folded its arms and watched the frenzied looting that went on. Even when it became clear the Gupta brothers and Jacob Zuma’s own son would flee from justice, Abrahams barely raised a whimper. He effectively gave them a free pass.
