The Gupta Wedding
Does the landing of wedding guests on a military airbase imply weak security?
The question as posed by Daily Maverick writers, here is:
"how a flight manifest, which consisted largely of civilian passengers, was allowed the special rights and privileges afforded only to visiting diplomats and states people?"
The average South African, has only seen a plane in the sky, on tv or some other media outlet, how then are they suppose to voice opinions on policies of what special rights belong to whom and why when it comes to planes landing, how is Mam'Sithole in rural KZN or a township like Umlazi suppose to know that this can be seen as a security threat.
She, like many South Africans remains ignorant on such matters that are marginalised by her very real struggles for a house, a job and some food to feed her kids. There it is, priorities, the only security fear she has is whether or not the drug addicted thugs in her area will rob her.
The DA, in all its official opposition party glory has gone used this as a platform to question the South African President on his association with the Gupta family and raise flags on the weak security South Africa must have in order for such an event to occur. The DA Chief Whip Watty Watson stated:
"The abuse of government resources in this scandal has seriously undermined the integrity and security of the state, and Parliament must do everything within its powers to ensure that all those responsible are held to account,"
"We urge President Zuma to make himself available for this debate so that he can answer for his role in this saga"
The Boeremag/Boer Force
Does the existence of the Boeremag mean black South Africans should fear the rise of like "forces":
Contact Wiki for a quick summary
It is hardly an ideal to live in a country where 13 out of the 22 people that stood in the Boeremag trial refuse to acknowledge the legitimacy of the Republic, challenging the court's jurisdiction, alleging that the post-apartheid constitution and government of South Africa are illegitimate. What if the plan to kill off the country's majority black population or drive them from South Africa had succeeded or could succeed in future, dying because of race seems an almost impossible fate in the democratic South Africa but what then of Claudia Mokone's death in the Soweto Blasts? (full articles here and here )
The victory in this trial should effectively mean that although racist South Africans against the rainbow nation exist, they seem unlikely to succeed in returning South Africa to an Apartheid like administration, because this administration will stop them in their tracks. So Mam'Sithole can continue fearing only the thugs that may kill her for her pension.
Al-Qaeda in South Africa
Are we to fear the implications of possible existence of Al-Qaeda?
In a recent article, Potgieter of the Daily Maverick writes an intriguing article on the real threat we may be under, from terrorist organisations existing within South Africa that are seemingly allied with Al-Qaeda.
Are we to then to think nothing of such accusations and pin them to conspiracy theories against Muslims or are we to begin fearing that we will be attacked by terrorist on the train from the CBD's back to townships, whilst working in government buildings or during the Comrades Marathon? And should such attacks take place, how far will they go. Am I to assume safety since I live in a township and fear because I attend a public university. I think the source of safety is found in the belief we hold in our Security and the lack of events that are Al-Qaeda-esque in our country. So Mam'Sithole can continue to keep her fear limited to local events.
There it is, the questions that we can internalise and decide the extent of fear, walking right over the Danger! Gevaar! Ingozi! Sign.
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