Ramaphosa keeps sidestepping the issue of corruption
18 February 2021
In his reply to the State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Cyril Ramaphosa has once again sidestepped the most pressing problem in South Africa, namely corruption, by failing to respond to the questions that the FF Plus posed to him about the matter on Tuesday.
He also did not want to react to a direct question regarding the possibility of presidential pardon for former President Jacob Zuma.
That means it is indeed on the cards, particularly after the visit that the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, paid to Zuma at his Nkandla home.
If the President was not considering presidential pardon at all, he could have been honest and straightforward about it by saying that Zuma will not be exempted. In the FF Plus's view, exempting Zuma will be unacceptable.