"Of course the new black elite had to be accommodated with shares and directorships in the mega white corporates. The white captains of industry added another line of defence. The new black elite would be there to fend off black demands for an economy that allowed for full participation and economic justice."

And, as would happen in the absence of true principle, they did, in spades! You can blame apartheid for denying these people the opportunity to grow principle, but they sure claimed they did. And who listened to their lies? The very people they claimed to have fought for. And they still do, as last night's debate in the Cape Provincial parliament demonstrated very clearly.

Yes, I agree ANC has hit rock bottom and is now digging. But what none of your ilk of apologists for that ANC are prepared to do is to name and shame those leaders, every one of them, who have taken the ANC down there. That is your responsibility and with the exception of Dr Makhoti Khosa you are failing to do