PATRICK BULGER | The untouchables: a kick in the teeth for human rights (and Polo drivers)
Callous bodyguards protecting callous politicians, or just a bad at the office for the deputy president’s minders? What were Paul Mashatile’s heavies thinking?
06 July 2023 - 21:18
The image of the haughty dictator and his cavalcade of heavies barrelling down a public road, skittling citizens onto broken sidewalks and leaving them spluttering in the dust, is a defining motif of the uncaring state. This week’s highway road rage by deputy president Paul Mashatile’s bodyguards has gone around the world, a stain on our claim to being a nation that puts dignity above all else. A middle finger to civility. ..
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