On 29 March 2006 the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) in KwaZulu Natal issued a press statement which said, among other things;
"As it has always been our position, we still maintain that we support Dr. Jacob Zuma through the corruption charges against him. We further reiterate that the NPA, Scorpions, Judiciary, through Judge Ngoepe and Judge Squires, and the Presidency, through President Thabo Mbeki, and his entire cabinet ministers together with the leadership of the ANC, have painfully, harshly, unfairly and disappointingly mistreated Dr. Jacob Zuma, who should never have been charged or fired from his government positions from the first instance. The less said about the sudden confession by President Thabo Mbeki, that the he had authored and his cabinet approved the controversial letter that the Prosecution and Judge Squires used as a basis for judging that JZ had a ‘GENERALLY’ corrupt relationship with Schabir Schaik, the better. A letter that eventually led, to JZ being fired from his cabinet positions. And for that we say to President Thabo Mbeki, for hanging Dr. Zuma out to dry and embarrassing him the way you did, while knowing that the basis of a charge against him was invalid, the History within our movement and our country will judge you and your prerogatives harshly."
This statement followed what COSAS regarded as a Mbeki confession at the time. With the developments of the recent weeks, it appears as though their statement was prophetic.
I shall return to write more on this subject.
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This is a good phrophecy but it seems as if it is not going to apply to the implications of the Hon President in the context of Judge Nicholson findings. But I shall let history be the ultimate judge of the double standards that have been applied by the president on the matter at hand of the Executive's influence on the NPA's work.
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