It seems that I became less prolific in 2015. There were a few posts between the last re-post and this one. The posts about zuma have become more significant because we're watching trump do the same to USA. zuma was deluded, but he was primarily a thief. trump is something else. He's senile, but he's creating bigly wealth for his family. Not specifically ripping off America.
zuma stole from South Africa.
Unfortunately the reference to Bob is not bolshie, it's Bob Mugabe
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he understands history as a struggle among giants for honour and for power. His interventions in the economy are a quest to give influence to those he feels are owed it, but have never had enough of it.
He has invested a lot of his time over the past few years giving sway and wealth to traditional leaders — as equity holders in mining operations, as leaders of large land restitution claims and as guardians of customary law. His vision is grand and ambitious. He wants to redistribute a great deal of power to the countryside and have it wielded by a small number of people.
I suspect, too, that his abiding interest in SA’s pending acquisition of nuclear power has similar motives.
He sees himself as righting old wrongs, using a state acquisition process to create considerable wealth for groups of people who received little patronage under former president Thabo Mbeki.
via www.bdlive.co.za
I would argue that this small group of people include a number of black businessmen (as they call themselves) who want to milk the state for all its got. The revised BEE codes smack of this.
How will this idiot's successor plunder to please the next round of entitlements. Will there be anything left? Ask Bob.
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