Ferial Haffajee writes a piece on the part-time caterer and social media star Zamaswazi Zinhle Majozi, who is the sixteenth alleged instigator of the riots that rippled across KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng last month in the wake of former president Jacob Zuma’s arrest.
Haffajee writes: “In court, Majozi cut a haggard and lonely figure – far at odds with the Radical Economic Transformation (RET) braggadocio that has made her a social media star with her account @_AfricanSoil, which goes by the name of “Sphithiphithi Evaluator”.
We’re starting to see those responsible for the awful violence and rooting starting to pay for their actions.
Business Day writes in its editorial that a majority of South Africans have a serious mistrust of courts and especially in the wake of the decision to begin impeachment proceedings against Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
The publication quotes a recent Afrobarometer poll, where 43% of participants “responded “somewhat” or a “lot” when asked how much they trusted courts of law, or whether they had not heard enough about them to say.”
Here’s a roundup of interesting opinions and analyses:
Andy Mukherjee asks whether the formal banking sector shares the same fate as the news publishing industry.
Ralph Mathekga says the ANCs internal party politics is fast becoming a larger problem with consequences for the country as a whole (for subscribers). While Tom Eaton muses over the ANCs internal troubles too, in his usual comedic manner (for subscribers).
While Allan Greenblo has advised employees to ignore commenting on social development minister Lindiwe Zulu’s proposed plan to have a state pension fund where employees would contribute up to 12.5% of their monthly income to the fund (for subscribers).
