Opinions/Analysis

In celebrating Mandela's 100 year centenary, we republish this analysis by Andile Mngxitama written back in 2016 about state capture. In the picture below Nelson Mandela shares a joke with the late Anton Rupert, a white businessman. The writer is exploring why it was convenient for Mandela to forge relationships with White Monopoly Capital but on the other hand when Zuma became friends with Indian businessmen linked to BRICS capital the Guptas, all of a sudden there was a lot of noise countrywide. During the publication of this article there was immense pressure from the opposition for the impeachment of former President Jacob Zuma following a Constitutional Court judgement against him and the writer is asking the same question why Mandela was not pressurized by the opposition to resign when it find him guilty of the same charge in 1995. It appears that Mandela also discussed the appointment of Tito Mboweni as Governor of the Reserve Bank with certain white businessmen but the apartheid media also went quiet about this…