ANC warns Public Protector... ♦.♦

I found an interesting article, written by Baldwin Ndaba, published on: 

http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/nkandla-anc-warns-thuli-1.1616351#.UqBH7dKmiBI

The article covers a warning that the ANC has apparently issued to Public Protector Thuli Madonsela concerning the leaking of certain aspects in the provisional document covering expenditure in Nkandla.

Frankly, it all boils down to a blame game of he said, she said and somehow now the EFF said something... in any case you get the idea.

What interests me most however, is the questions stated in the article that is supposedly posed to the public protector by the ANC, who seem very eager for the whole Nklandla thing to be over and done with.

I find that the ruling party are asking some pretty specific questions, the type you ask in a court of law where the words you use aren’t really the words you mean but the words you want the people to think you mean, while actually really being the wrong words to ask…

O_O

ANC’s questions to the Public Protector:

1.    Did President Jacob Zuma ask for any security upgrades at his homestead?

Did Mr President, at any point in time, refuse the installation of these upgrades as they were being installed?

Doing nothing is the same as conceding is it not? Unless of course, you are drugged and handcuffed to some dungeon or immovable object, forever alone

2.    Did the ANC president spend more than R200m in state money on his homestead?

I think this question is redundant by now. Shouldn’t we be looking more along the lines of, ‘How much more state money has he spent on his home?’

Just to be clear, differentiation between ‘state money’ and ‘his money’ is a bit senseless considering the president is paid by the money gathered from the state and thus anything he makes is and always can be classified as ‘state money’.

3.    Did President Zuma request that a swimming pool and a kraal be built and that his wife’s tuck shop be moved from its original position?

Did Mr President or said wife complain of such changes? No… well moving on.

4.    Did President Zuma request that bulletproof windows be put on particular windows and did he ask for the building of a waiting room at his homestead?

Truthfully I can see how this can be a security risk question and bring some people’s G-strings and Twinkies in a fuss, but on the other end of the jam stick: did he pay for it?

Anybody can ask for anything, nobody will complain […within reason…] but come time for checkout and the bill arrives, that’s when things REALLY matter.

As for that ‘waiting area’ mentioned… Comrade, for what..?

At home, we normal peoples like to call it a ‘lounge’ or ‘sitting room/area’. But maybe that’s a journalist’s typo, still….

5.    If not, who made those decisions and who is accountable?

I got nothing here accept to ask if JZ isn’t doing the signing of things, then who, in effect is doing his job. O__O

6.    The ANC wants to know which projects were built on state land and who decided on this.

Last year Zuma stated in parliament that ‘the government’ had come to his land and found his own construction people there and just added onto that. He went on to clarify that he didn’t know what they wanted to do or in fact were doing.

Am I wrong in assuming that ‘the government’ he spoke of is the ruling party which just so happens to be the ANC, of which he is president… @_@? Why would they want to know something they already know…?

7.    Was it the ANC president?

Wasn’t this indirectly already asked, like three times?

…Is it just me or do these questions seem repetitive and completely non-explanatory of the situation that the people would want the actual answers to…

8.    How much was spent on the security upgrade at Nkandla and how does this compare with the expenditure on the homes of other presidents?

More importantly, why does that kind of comparison matter?

There is no way you could pin the cost of half a million on a ‘fire pool’ because of ‘inflation’. Spending close to R 200 million on a president’s home is beyond ludicrous and in no way comparable to any past presidents.

Anyhow, that’s my take on those questions. Can’t wait to hear what the real answers will be, THOSE will most likely be much more fascinating to read.

To the holidays then and remember: Nkandla needs your funding, so be safe on those main roads, maybe even take a detour and visit the Nkandla road we paid a nice hefty R 290 Million for, see how the other half lives with no potholes, you know.