Publication: Business Day
Issued:
Date: 2008-02-15
Reporter:
The Bottom Line
Parliament's standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) spent most of a
morning discussing whether to reopen the investigation into the arms deal, a
discussion which committee chairman Themba Godi said turned out to be a
"brouhaha about nothing".
At the end, the committee decided to do what it always does, and that is to
monitor the implementation of its resolutions. Much laughter greeted the comment
of the normally quiet African National Congress MP Trevor Bonhomme, who said it
was precisely because of the nothingness of the discussion that he had said
nothing.
With acknowledgements to Business
Day.
The arrogance of the ANC and its 67% majority used to be
breathtaking.
Now it's just par for the course.
But they are still very fearful about the slightest mention of and independent
enquiry into the Arms Deal.
While it is not sufficient sanction, living the rest of their pathetic lives
under the sword of the Arms Deal cannot be too pleasant or rewarding.
In the meantime, we fishers of corrupt men have Tony Yengeni and Schabir Shaik
and as close as dammit Jacob Zuma.
Not far behind in the dammit department is Thabo Mbeki and Alec Pinoccio Erwin
(although Thabo is not far behind in the lying game).
Coming up we have Chippy Shaik and Fana Hlongwane.
It's a pity the NPA cocked up The People's cases against Tony Yengeni, Ian
Pierce and Mickey Woerfel.
It's a pity Joe Modise and Richard Charter departed our fair earth before they
could tell their tales.