Now we know why the outside world is afraid of 2010 WC violence - the German team will be wearing permanent flak jackets! While our esteemed NIA (Not Intelligent Agency) should be using their Rmillions budget gathering info on terrorists, they are in stead using their time and TAX payers' money to spy on political opponents of the regime.

This is the last we the public will EVER hear about these tapes... Zuma will ALWAYS have that 'sword' hanging over his head!!!! This is another classic ANC cover-up!

The ANC politicians drink our blood daily.

Ja, indeed it will be difficult to know everything about this saga, especially when it concerns one Mr Ngcuka. South Africans with more than 1 megabite memory would recall that former President Thabo Mbeki decreed a 30 year embargo on classified files relating to amongst others, spies from the apartheid era who spied for the ANC from within the apartheid machinery and vice versa. This embargo was triggered by the spy allegations that resulted in the appointment of Justice Joost Hefer's commission. When poor Mo Shaik was connered in the commission by Adv Kessie Naidoo, the least he could do was to cry because he could not release any copy of the classified files on Ngcuka he had in his possession to prove his allegations, that would have sent him to prison since he was not suppose to have such files although he conducted the investigation for the then ANC Intelligence. When questioned further, Mo indicated that he handed the all the files from his Unit to NIA, he even produced a receipt as proof, yet NIA could not come to his rescue, hence he was called a "liar". The question is, why a 30 year embargo on these files if Ngcuka is clean? Why NIA refused to release the files to the Hefer Commission if Ngcuka is clean? Judge Hefer concluded that his was a finding based on the unavailability of evidence, not conclusive proof that indeed Ngcuka was clean. The abuse of power and manipulation of the media was proven against Ngcuka, this was supported by the Public Protector's findings that indeed Ngcuka abused his powers and continuously leaked damaging information about Zuma without charging him. We all remember the insults that came from Maduna & Ngcuka directed at the person and the office of the public protector, yet Mbeki did nothing to protect a chapter 9 institution, meaning failure to protect and uphold the constitution inline with the oaths of office he, Maduna & Ngcuka took. That is why I do not expect any revelations even in the current saga, any revelation will open a bucketful of rotten worms. Is President Zuma willing to lift the 30 year embargo? I guess not, because it will undo the very little that was achieved by the Truth & Reconciliation Commission. Ngcuka has been at it for a longtime, if it is indeed him and his buddies on the tapes, why is Kasrils crying?

I'm also interested in who are the "appropriate authorities" because it won't be fair if it is the JSCI or Parliament or President or Cabinet as there is a direct conflict of interest - maybe the "appropriate authorities" should be the Constitutional Court.

In any country where the rule of law exists there would be a proper judicial inquiry by an independant judge, clearly several laws and ministerial orders has been broken in the process ( interception without permission of minister, possible interception without valid and correct legal ground approved by judge, handing over of copies to private individuals, interception of ministerial and presidential communication) Furthermore it was clearly just a political exercise to get charges dropped against Zuma. If he was really ever serious to confront charges in court, he should not be spending tens (maybe now hurdreds) of milluions of taxpayers money to avoid facing the charges. His "day in court" that he said he wants apparently just consist in trying to avoid charges brought against him. By his own actions he clearly shows that he is guilty. An innocent man is not afraid to face charges. There is also enough information in the public sphere to create a first impression that he is guilty of fraud. This all creates the impression that there is no longer any rule of law in this country, but the rule of power and this will lead to increase in crime and put us on the threacherous slope leading to an African "democracy" (aka dictatorship)

Are there any any government officials left with any integrity whatsoever left? Why can they not just do their work and see the country flourish? Was their so called "struggle" just to get to the government coffers and party it all away? Sooooo disappointed with the state of affairs....

More skeletons for the ANC cupboard and more dust to be swept into the growing mound under the carpets at Luthuli house.