Wednesday, 18 February 2015

SONA 2015 – The Illegal Repression Continues


At the opening of the second day of the Debate on the State of the Nation Address, the Democratic Alliance requested the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces to explain an explanation of why the Presidential Security Detail was checking persons entering the Chamber.  The Presidential Security Detail is a unit which has displayed its contempt of South African laws by transporting the President, Ministers and other high-ranking members of the ANC at speeds considerably in excess of the national limits, by forcing their way through traffic, sometimes firing shots in the air and generally behaving in the manner of hooligans.  They are heavily armed, and appear to consider themselves above the law in practically every respect, a matter which should not surprise anyone, given that they are under the protection of a President who has frequently shown a complete disregard for the Constitution and many other laws, as well as for Orders of the High Court and the Public Protector.

There can be no doubt that the process that will lead to the military takeover of the Government of South Africa is gathering speed, urged on by the clear signs that the public, as represented by the Opposition Parties are becoming unified, not in their policies, but in their disgust of what Zuma and the ANC are doing to the country and the people.  The more extreme of the opposition, the Economic Freedom Fighters, has stated in Parliament that they intend to take power in the country, no matter how it will be necessary to do so.  They have even used the word ‘revolution.

In the light of this, the President and the ANC is visibly moving towards armed control of the country, displacing any persons in the Police, the Revenue Services, the National Prosecuting Authority and other units of control, wherever those persons show a tendency to ignore the instructions of the President and the ANC and choosing to follow what the laws and their oath of office dictates.

What does this mean for foreign investors and for White businesspersons?  The writing is clearly on the wall, not only in the minds of thinking persons, but in the words of the President.  The proposed banning of land ownership in the country is only the first small step.  There can be no doubt that the next steps will be taken, following the example of the most-admired Robert Mugabe, whose polices, soon to be emulated by the ANC, have brought a strong country to its knees.  South Africa will soon be sliding down that slope towards the disaster that awaits it, joining the ranks of other admired countries, such as Mozambique and Namibia.

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