How come Zuma gets fired by Mbeki but Selebi gets "gardening leave" when they both face the same charges

Question

How come Zuma gets fired by Mbeki but Selebi gets "gardening leave" when they both face the same charges

Answer 1

Mbeki doesn't like Zuma. It's that simple.

It has nothing to do with who did what.

Mbeki does NOT like Zuma, and when Zuma stuffed up, Mbeki had an excuse to get rid of him.

No politics involved in this question Alf honey.

Mbeki's decisions were purely personal.

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I did some reading and apparently one of the reasons Mbeki hates Zuma is because Zuma is zulu and Mbeki is xhosa!! Who's the xenophobe now???

Answer 2

More political back stabbing from the king of back stabbers, deceit and blatant lies, Thabo Mpeki.

Zuma was obviously a wall in Mbeki's quest for an illegal third term as president of South Africa, hence more drastic action on Mbeki's part was required to avoid him becoming irrelevant and being forced into exile, whereas Selebi is merely being punished along the traditional African lines for being caught red handed, not for actually committing crimes on an organised level which is only frowned upon in African culture, crimes in which Mbeki obviously featured prominently and was well aware of, if not well brided and rewarded for "ignoring".

Give it one year and Selebi will have a cabinet post, probably as Minister of Safety and Security.

Answer 3

Lise K: You do not have to hang your head in shame as you are not a troglodyte like the members of the SA governmunt.

Answer 4

That is exactly what our local radio station asked this morning........Selebi is the biggest crook of everybody, I think he is even more dangerous than Zuma because unlike Zuma he is an intelligent criminal, and that is your most dangerous criminal. Mbeki is making so much political blunders it is not even funny anymore, I have to hang my head in shame as a South African.

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Thanks Hennie you make me feel better, but I think it is my duty to hang my head in shame, it seems the rest of the animals living here wont.

Answer 5

Mbeki and Selebi are old partners in crime ! This is evident in the Kebble and the Agliotti sagas . Who is suppressing all information ? Mbeki ! I wonder why ?!

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Afric...

Why not with Zuma ? He must be the weakest link ,ha ha ha !

Answer 6

Poor old munt, what do you still want on this planet. Would you please leave SA alone. concetrate where ever you are.