Robert Mcbride: Sentiments, Ideologies and Moving Forward:
Corruption and Cadre deployments exist in every part of the world. Hell, the entire Western Neo liberal edifice is constructed on just that. I have great respect for Robert and other cadre`s who have performed so valiantly in the struggle against apartheid. For this, the ANC and the people of South Africa owe him and others like him a debt of gratitude. No, I am not going to argue “behaviour pre and post 1994”, even though there might be merit in such an argument and even though I believe that the ANC should accommodate him within their own structures rather than use state positions to reward cadres. No I am not going to use the race card either. My concern rather, is the context of the appointment. Firstly it is the context of a contested state in which the levers of state power has become the key prize in an ongoing battle between the political elites who happen to be mainly located within the ANC, but which has also seen a growing fragmentation of the centre of power...