Exposé on South African Deputy President Leaves ANC Silent

One would have imagined that the government would have taken swift action to mop up the considerable reputational damage done to the ruling African National Congress and its Deputy President, David Mabuza, who was painted as a power-hungry, corrupt man in a damning New York Times investigation, Daily Maverick's Marianne Thamm writes.

Deputy President David Mabuza (file photo).

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