MO SHAIK: NEW INTELLIGENCE CHIEF? Since his election, Jacob Zuma has, so far and to a large degree, not lived up to his critics’ predictions of gloom, doom and disaster. In fact, like a true politician, he has been making the right noises. He can even be accused of saying what his audience wanted to hear, irrespective of who the audience was. What he has been guilty of, is somewhat discreetly – read ‘without too much noise – appointing his cadres to key positions of power. Much like Mbeki did.

Where there is smoke, there is usually fire, and if the latest allegations are true, the president could be showing the first clear signs of an arrogant abuse of power.

 

City Press reported over the weekend that Mo Shaik - brother of the convicted former financial adviser to President Jacob Zuma, Schabir Shaik - would be appointed as the new intelligence chief.

Mo Shaik has emphatically denied the rumor, and the National Intelligence Agency has refused to confirm or deny the allegation.
NIA spokesperson, Lorna Daniels, said the announcement would be made by the presidency once all the necessary procedures had been followed.

Meanwhile, the contract of the NIA's current director general, Manala Manzini, expired on Monday and he was apparently already informed that his term would not be extended.

What next?
Schabir Shaik as Minister of Finance?

Kader Khan
Editor
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