THE ERSTWHILE RATS OF FAWLTY TOWERS RUN FOR COVER

The Roman scholar Pliny wrote "when a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it".

So it was with former SABC board members and CEOs who abandoned Fawlty Towers (to borrow a Hogarthism) like rats deserting a sinking ship.  It was not an overnight turn and run for cover, but rather one when Fawlty Towers was about to run aground.

Former board members and CEOs have lined up to testify before the parliamentary inquiry into the SABC.  Those who have testified are readily divulging the systemic rot in the halls and boardrooms of the SABC.

Why did it take a parliamentary inquiry for these former SABC bosses to step up and spill the beans?  Simply because of concerns of personal well-being, having enjoyed the fruits of the poisonous tree during their tenure.

It remains to be seen whether they escape the dragnet of malfeasance.  Until then one telling word, amongst many, comes to mind for these individuals:   hypocrites.