Selebi, Scandal, and Some Sassy Style...

Since 1994 South Africa has been THE rainbow nation. We didn’t have a civil war, our leaders won a mutual Nobel Peace Prize and from then on the country was restored to everyone equally. However, through these years, scandal and corruption passed unnoticed through the hands of the wealthy and powerful. Some of it has been left buried in the past, but now, years later, what was thought to be secret has turned into the biggest soap opera drama in recent years: The Selebi Case.

Playing the role of former national police commissioner, Jackie Selebi is the accused. Guilty until proven, he is being targeted by the Scorpions, who are no longer even in practice. He has been charged with accepting large sums of money from Glenn Agliotti, convicted drug lord and everybody’s friend. Agliotti first sided with the NPA and now, with immunity under his belt if the truth is told, is on Selebi’s side. But even his new story is deemed a lie by Selebi’s advocate.

Of all the articles my favourite was published in the Sowetan: ‘Fashion highlights at Selebi Trial’ http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=1078906 commenting on the impressive style from both Selebi and his wife, with details from her make-up and hair do to her matching bag, in a serious tone no less!

This is the biggest, most scandalous court case since Jacob Zuma’s and we all know how that ended. Maybe five years form now it will be over, without us knowing the truth.