Cape Town - “Mr President, will you stand up for us?” This was the question asked by Crime Line boss Yusuf Abramjee in an open letter to President Jacob Zuma.
In the letter, Abramjee tells Zuma “you are the one person who can turn this around. Stop catering to the politically ambitious. In fact, leave politics out of key appointments and deploy people who can do the job and act beyond reproach.
“Stop patting mediocrity, uselessness and corruption on the back, sending their servants on their way with a golden handshake.
“Listen to your people, who are the terrorised and persecuted.”
The letter sparked South Africans to tweet their own “letters” to the president with #DearMrPresident becoming a trending topic on Wednesday morning.