There's a new sheriff in town and he’s taking out the trash.
Just six weeks on the job and the air already smells a bit cleaner with Cyril Ramaphosa in charge at the ANC.
The deputy president clearly wasn’t joking when he said he would crack down on corruption, was he?
With inquiries and investigations into State Capture under way, the past few days have seen massive shake-ups at state-owned enterprises and in the private sector.
At Eskom, where the rot is so bad that their debt stands at over R300 billion, Cyril ordered that acting CEO Matshela Koko and suspended Chief Financial Officer Anoj Singh be sacked, and a new board be appointed.
Meanwhile, the National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit won a high court order to seize the assets of global consultancy firm McKinsey and Trillian Capital.
The Gupta-controlled company will have to return R1.6 billion which they illegally earned from Eskom without a contract or doing any work.
The trouble doesn’t end there for the Gupta brothers.
Atul, Rajesh and Ajay, their associates, as well as Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane, are set to be charged with money laundering for milking a dairy farm in the Free State.
It is alleged they smokkeled R220 million meant to benefit poor farmers, to fund the Guptas’ larney lifestyle.
What’s more, the offices of Free State premier Ace Magashule and the provincial department of agriculture were raided by the Hawks in their search for evidence on the Estina farm racket.
If the name Magashule rings a bell, it’s because he’s the newly-elected ANC secretary general - one of Cyril’s Top 6.
Hier kom ‘n ding.
Meanwhile in Parly, Steinhoff bosses are being grilled for allegedly cooking the books in the country’s biggest corporate corruption scandal. No one is safe.
The question on everyone’s lips is: will Cyril take on Jacob Zuma and his 783 corruption charges?
With his State Capture / Gupta crusade, the deputy prez has set himself on a collision course with Zuma.
Chicken out, and Cyril’s corruption buster credentials are finished.
Something’s got to give.
Let’s see what happens at the State of the Nation Address next week.