The Land Bank was following none of the rules – which is why Trevor had to step in. For one thing they are only supposed to finance PRODUCTIVE farms, not golf estates for pals!

Applying the ANC leaning bloggers argument (I genuinely struggle to follow their logic on many occasions), there is nothing at all wrong with said state of affairs:

* The farm was bought as part of an apparently normal commercial transaction – no law against this.
* A loan was given by the land bank – no law against this, although some lending rules and guidelines are prescribed – I have no idea to what extent they were followed – premumably 100%?
* The former employees have apparently been laid off, with the exception of a handful of subsistence farmers – there are labour laws governing this – prsumably S’bu complied 100% with them.
* The property has been allowed to become derelect – no law against this, although some safety, health and environmental laws may now have been breached.

So, the ANC bloggers should be happy with this transaction.

Your ‘delighted’ contractors should be deeply ashamed of themselves, if they have any self-respect, for forcing an offical to make a choice between self-enrichment and doing the right thing. Trying to portray them as innocent is rather amusing, and their ‘gift’ is probably the oldest and hoariest cliche of bribery in the history of Africa since the 1960′s – the good old ‘wabenzi chariot’. Subtle it sure ain’t. How about offering school bursaries for a few thousand underprivileged kinds as a goal to ‘aspire’ to? . All countries in the world deal with corruption, but your enthusiasm and support for corrupt behaviour is a remarkably naive and pathetic (in the true sense of the word, implying a certain innocence and guilelessness) attitude . SA’s people – and especially the poor – deserve far, far better.

And another ANC LIE was “we have never changed the constitution” – with Constitutional Amendment NUMBER 17 in the wings to take away control of local and regional government if they got their 2/3 majority!

I do not follow how your post answers my point about what the minister might have done.

That is the worst about the ANC

It LIES and LIES and LIES.

And to whom? – to uneducated voters who believe the ANC liberated them (which is another LIE).

A similar LIE is that floorcrossing was an opposition idea. Like most of their lies – a half truth (which the spiritual leader, psychiatrist and author Scott M Peck says is EVIL and worse than an outright lie).

Floorcrossing (to allow exercise of conscience) was a DP idea – but the ANC slipped in the 10% rule which meant that ONLY the ANC could ever benefit. They stalled and stalled and stalled on changing it ( like they have on disclosure of funding ) until, for the first time, after Polokwane, they faced a split of 10% from their OWN party ( the Mbeki supporters ).

Then with great moral rectitude they passed a law to change floorcrossing!

Their total dishonesty nauseates me!