Politics

What poison is at the heart of Mabuza’s Russian riddle?

Russia, wrote Winston Churchill, “is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma”.

ANC deputy president David Mabuza is said to be one of those that the integrity committee is recommending be removed from the party's lists of candidates for parliament and the provincial legislatures.
ANC deputy president David Mabuza is said to be one of those that the integrity committee is recommending be removed from the party's lists of candidates for parliament and the provincial legislatures. (Masi Losi)

Russia, wrote Winston Churchill, “is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma”.

But Russia is an open book compared to the riddle, wrapped in denials, inside the cloud of smoke that is deputy president David Mabuza’s relationship with Moscow.

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