The SA Politics Thread Part 3

[cr@zydude]

Where is Ramaposer, the ANC president, in all this? It's like he is some third party not involved with the ANC. If this **** show was ongoing at the DA, you would be hard-pressed to find a media outlet not hammering down his door asking the hard questions.

Yet again the media giving the ANC and Ramaposer a free pass

The DA-led coalition elected Makwarela speaker without any media enquiries.

 

[wingnut771]

Where is Ramaposer, the ANC president, in all this? It's like he is some third party not involved with the ANC. If this **** show was ongoing at the DA, you would be hard-pressed to find a media outlet not hammering down his door asking the hard questions.

Yet again the media giving the ANC and Ramaposer a free pass

because the media is captured like during apartheid.

 

[ShaunSA]

I am happy for Sihle Zikalala, he is a hard worker and will add value to the executive.

@surface can you bookmark this for one year please. Make it two or three if the poster wishes... I can afford to be really generous on this one

 

[daveza]

because the media is captured like during apartheid.

The media is lazy.

But to be fair, there are simply not enough journalists to do more than a cursory article before the next scandal is in the spotlight.

Forgery just gets lost in the cesspit.

 

[Galactica]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1633843227290923008

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1633843227290923008

Surprisingly full of energy for a man on his death bed...

 

[Galactica]

Surprisingly full of energy for a man on his death bed...

He was never on his deathbed, there was never such a claim either.

 

[Inertia]

The DA-led coalition elected Makwarela speaker without any media enquiries.

And the President of the DA, John Steenhuisen, has issued a statement.

Does the President of the ANC not comment on ANC related shenanigans?

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

He was never on his deathbed, there was never such a claim either.

There's no doubt Zuma is terminally ill, argues Mpofu, defending the ex-president's medical parole | News24

Jacob Zuma’s advocate Dali Mpofu SC argues that it has been established “beyond any doubt” that the former president is suffering from a terminal illness – and therefore qualified for release on medical parole.

www.news24.com

Terminal illness or end-stage disease is a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and is expected to result in the death of the patient.

 

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

The DA-led coalition elected Makwarela speaker without any media enquiries.

It's the responsibility of the political party to which he is a member - COPE in this case - to vet their candidates. Certainly not the responsibility of the DA.

 

[Galactica]

There's no doubt Zuma is terminally ill, argues Mpofu, defending the ex-president's medical parole | News24

Jacob Zuma’s advocate Dali Mpofu SC argues that it has been established “beyond any doubt” that the former president is suffering from a terminal illness – and therefore qualified for release on medical parole.

www.news24.com

You can have a terminal disease and live with it for years, no? So terminal doesn't necessarily mean death's door.

 

[Galactica]

It's the responsibility of the political party to which he is a member - COPE in this case - to vet their candidates. Certainly not the responsibility of the DA.

So the DA would endorse even a criminal then because of their lack of scrutiny of their partners' candidates.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

You can have a terminal disease and live it with it for years, no? So terminal doesn't necessarily mean death's door.

Can live with it for years but can't serve an 18 month prison sentence.

How did medical parole work out for the terminally ill Clive Derby Lewis?

 

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

So the DA would endorse even a criminal then because of their lack of scrutiny of their partners' candidates.

No, the blame is on COPE, not the DA (or any other party). I've never heard anything so ridiculous in my life. So in addition to the DA having to vet their own candidates, they must now also vet the candidates of other parties?

 

[Galactica]

Can live with it for years but can't serve an 18 month prison sentence.

Yes, because prison is not a conducive environment for a person living with such.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Yes, because prison is not a conducive environment for a person living with such.

And the second part of my post?

 

[Galactica]

No, the blame is on COPE, not the DA (or any other party). I've never heard anything so ridiculous in my life. So in addition to the DA having to vet their own candidates, they must now also vet the candidates of other parties?

Lol, so if you are in a business relationship with someone for example their bona fides is none of your business?

 

[ToxicBunny]

Yes, because prison is not a conducive environment for a person living with such.

Well then the twat should have been cognisant of his own condition when he chooses to piss on the courts battery

 

[Galactica]

And the second part of my post?

That will have to be looked at on its own merits, I'm explaining the general principle. Terminal doesn't equal "he can die at any moment."

 

[Galactica]

Well then the twat should have been cognisant of his own condition when he chooses to piss on the courts battery

Perhaps, but that has nothing to do with prerequisites for medical parole.