Cosatu reports Zille to HRC for, get this..."endangering SA's international interests by criticising the ANC..??!!" Ha ha ha. The idiocy of these people never ceases to amaze me.
Helen Zille's response to Tony Ehrenreich
The DA leader says it's the ANC's closed cronyism which brings SA into disrepute, not her critique of it
It was revealed today that COSATU's Tony Ehrenreich has lodged a complaint against me with the Human Rights Commission and the Public Protector for apparently endangering South Africa's international interests by criticising the closed, cronyism of the ANC (see here).
Well, I will continue to tell the truth about the ANC, and I will say it loud and clear: The ANC runs a closed crony system, only for comrades. The ANC has a Presidential candidate who faces more than 700 counts of corruption, yet who does everything he can to delay facing his charges in court. ANC cronies, like Schabir Shaik, are placed above the law. The National Director of Public Prosecutions, Vusi Pikoli, was fired. In the absence of any credible reason, we conclude that Pikoli must have been fired because he laid corruption charges against Jacob Zuma.
That is how a closed crony system for comrades works. It is based on the ANC's abuse of power. And it is this power abuse that brings South Africa into disrepute - not the fact that I expose it. I will keep on telling the truth about the ANC again and again, because it is in South Africa 's interests to do so. The DA will stop ANC corruption and power abuse. That is our job as the biggest opposition party. And we will do our job whether Tony Ehrenreich and the ANC like it or not. We will not let our beloved country become a banana republic.
Even President Motlanthe admitted that the ANC runs a closed, crony system for comrades. In an interview with the Financial Mail last year he said: "this rot is across the board. It's not confined to any level or any area of the country. Almost every project is conceived because it offers opportunities for certain people to make money. A great deal of the ANC's problems are occasioned by this."
That is the closed, crony system in action and if even the President admits it, who is Tony Ehrenreich to deny it?
Statement issued by Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille
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What a bloody fool this Tony Ehrenreich is. The absolute stupidity of Cosatu. They will never get anywhere with this kind of intimidation. All on the same level of native intelligence as Julius Malema.
Tony Ehrenreich is what the communists would call a useful idiot.
If Cosatu think they have a case against Zille for mucking up SA's reputation, then it follows that Thint have a case against the state for filthing up their name as well.
If you dine with the devil, you should use a long spoon ...
'Thint's rights infringed'
Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:50
French arms company Thint on Monday filed papers in the Pietermaritzburg High Court arguing that the state should drop the corruption case against it because it was impossible for them to have a "fair trial".
Thint's attorneys filed papers for a permanent stay of prosecution based "on an infringement of their rights to a fair trial".
They said it would be impossible for them to have a "fair trial" because there was a perception that the Supreme Court of Appeal was already "convinced of their guilt" before their trial could even take place.
The stack of papers was handed to the court before noon.
The accused in the case are ANC president Jacob Zuma, Thint Holdings (Southern Africa) Limited, and Thint Limited.
They face charges of racketeering, corruption, and money laundering.
Thint allegedly paid Zuma R500 000 a year in exchange for protection from investigations into the country's multi-billion rand arms deal.
The payment was, according to charges faced by the company, allegedly facilitated by Zuma's former financial adviser Schabir Shaik.
None of the accused have pleaded to the charges yet.
Zuma is expected to file his own application for a permanent stay of prosecution in the same court on 18 May.
In the notice of motion, counsel for Thint – Shamin Rampersad and Associates – said the decision by the National Director of Public Prosecutions to re-indict Thint was "unconstitutional and invalid".
The company also wanted to interdict the state "from proceeding with the prosecution of the second and third accused on "any other charges which might arise out of... the charges...".
The papers were accompanied by affidavits from Pierre Moynot, the managing director and chief executive officer of Thint Holdings Southern Africa and Thint Limited, Christine Guerrier, Alain Thetard, Robert Driman and Advocate Ajay Sooklal.
Referring to extracts from the judgment of an appeal that came before the Supreme Court of Appeal on 25 September 2006, Moynot said there was a reason able perception "created in the minds of the second and third accused that the SCA is already convinced of their guilt, and has effectively convicted them in their absence, despite their trial... not yet having commenced, and that it would be impossible for this Honourable Court to disabuse its mind of the... findings by the SCA".
He said the state in the SCA judgement "proved that Thomson" (which falls under Thales) corruptly offered "to give a benefit which was not legally due to a person, being Zuma...".
"The state, therefore, proved that Thomson committed an offence..." and was "guilty of these offences", Moynot said.
"Accordingly, it is submitted the second and third accused's fair trial rights have been infringed in a most serious fashion and it will be impossible for them to receive a fair trial," he continued.
Part of the infringement arose from "a breach by the state" of an agreement concluded between the state and Thint Limited.
Another infringement to a fair trial arose "out of what has transpired in relation to the (Schabir) Shaik matter," Moynot said in his affidavit.
He stressed that the allegations of corruption were also "mischievously used" and had affected both Thint groups, which fell under the Thales international group.
Search and seizures carried out on the homes of some of its employees had resulted in "widespread negative publicity both in South Africa and abroad".
"The reputations of the parent company, Thales International in Paris, and its subsidiaries and associated companies in South Africa, Mauritius and in other parts of the world came under the spotlight and, as a result, became severely and adversely affected. IF YOU DEAL WITH CORRUPT POLITICIANS YOU WIND UP WITH SHIT ON YOUR FACE.
"The allegations of corruption with which the searches, seizures and investigations were associated seriously affected some of the business endeavours of the accused... particularly in relation to the submission of tenders."
Thint also wants the state to pay the costs of the application. IF YOU'RE UP TO YOUR EYEBALLS IN SHIT YOU MIGHT AS WELL DO WHAT THE GUY WHO GOT YOU INTO SHIT IN THE FIRST PLACE DID.
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