Shawn Abrahams' decision to withdraw fraud charges against Pravin Gordhan has put him in the crosshairs of President Zuma and Hawks boss Berning Ntlemeza. Zuma has called on Abrahams to show cause why he should not be suspended. Ntlemeza has accused Abrahams of bad faith/lack of integrity in dropping charges against Gordhan.
Inasmuch as South Africa's political landscape breeds systemic cynicism, it is not inconceivable for Zuma and Ntlemeza to have orchestrated a pincer movement against Abrahams. Both are furious at him for withdrawing charges against Gordhan.
Allegations of gross incompetence leveled at Abrahams coupled with Ntlemeza's bad faith/lack of integrity accusation have afforded Zuma the perfect cover to suspend Abrahams to make way for a dyed-in-the-wool Zuma lackey.
In time the political chicanery surrounding the Gordhan saga will be known. In the meantime Abrahams has suffered lasting damage to his professional reputation. As for Ntlemeza his role is a lesson in ignorance cloaked in irony - ignorance as to the respective mandates of the Hawks and NPA, and ironically, his questioning of Abrahams' integrity after a judge called Ntlemeza dishonest and lacking in integrity. He certainly does not possess the traits of a hawk, but rather a dumbass dodo.
Inasmuch as South Africa's political landscape breeds systemic cynicism, it is not inconceivable for Zuma and Ntlemeza to have orchestrated a pincer movement against Abrahams. Both are furious at him for withdrawing charges against Gordhan.
Allegations of gross incompetence leveled at Abrahams coupled with Ntlemeza's bad faith/lack of integrity accusation have afforded Zuma the perfect cover to suspend Abrahams to make way for a dyed-in-the-wool Zuma lackey.
In time the political chicanery surrounding the Gordhan saga will be known. In the meantime Abrahams has suffered lasting damage to his professional reputation. As for Ntlemeza his role is a lesson in ignorance cloaked in irony - ignorance as to the respective mandates of the Hawks and NPA, and ironically, his questioning of Abrahams' integrity after a judge called Ntlemeza dishonest and lacking in integrity. He certainly does not possess the traits of a hawk, but rather a dumbass dodo.
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