King Of Kings

Politicians talk tough until it's time to go to jail. #MarshmallowPolitics

Originally aired on 17 Feb 2007 as part of MadTv Season 12 Episode 16

@LungaMrhetjha Research Tambo's meeting with apartheid reps in London. You will discover what caused the stroke.

I keep thinking about the events that occurred before the negotiations began at CODESA. Something strange happened in 1989. Both strong men in charge of the two main teams (ANC & NP) suffered mysterious strokes six months apart. Botha was tough and tried to keep the mining industrial complex (which eventually took over the negotiations) at bay. Tambo had been warning the movement for years about the UDF cabal and soon after wrote an internal memo which listed by name all the problematic people of the UDF. Those strokes were not a coincidence. I just can't prove it yet.

The arrest is due to the work of Witnesses A, B, C, D and E. Due to Nomsa Masuku, GCI-ops, PKTT and to the courage of General Mkhwanazi and General Dumisani Khumalo. The media was saying - where is the evidence. The media is still attacking the top cops who made this happen.

Funny Money Nkosi is literally 'pissing' on the #MadlangaCommision.

Exiled South African whistleblower Athol Williams makes history as the first-ever Poet Laureate at Oxford’s Saïd Business School, using poetry to shape ethical leadership in a complex global business landscape. #AtholWilliams #Oxford #PoetLaureate #Leadership #Ethics #StateCapture Read more here: tinyurl.com/mvxadw8m

Finish Him!!! #MadlangaCommission #Chaskalson #Chakalaka

🔻 OPRAH WINFREY IS HIDING SOMETHING. A former leader of the Satanic Church just went public. “Half of the missing children are never found because they are used for satanic sacrifices.” Then he said five words that shook the internet: “Look into Oprah’s school in South Africa.” The same school where 6 staff members were charged with abuse. The same school Oprah personally selected every student for. The same school that has NO public visitor logs since 2019. Oprah visited Epstein’s island. Oprah’s name appears in the flight logs. Oprah’s school is under investigation. And now a Satanic Church insider is pointing directly at her. This isn’t conspiracy. This is confession.

@Xola_Nqola Honorable. Please ask Standard Bank about Jeffrey Epstein. Ask if they have ever banked him.

The name of the bank that has served Mr David Sikhosana with papers , proving to be in cahoots with Paul O’Sullivan is STANDARD BANK. There you have it 🫵

#NOOZ #BudgetSpeech Godongwana said to you: • We're doing better than 5 years ago. We're not junk anymore. And that junk status was COVID's fault and no one else's. • The world can see that we've made South Africa great again. • Let me tell you about what other countries are doing first, so that you can look into the mirror with a rosy filter. • I will now do the divination ritual of my finance people. Looook into my eyes. Follow the sound of my forecasting voice and be spellbound. • Fiscal. • Projection. • Markets • Percentages. • Vuuuulindlela wemaMgobhozi... we're doing great. • You paid more tax than we expected you to. So, you know what? We won't burden you further. • But we will burden you further. • Tax free investments will be increased. That means whatever you think it means. • If you're a small business, your "you're still poor" cap goes from R1m to R3.5m. • Cigarette, cigars prices up. • Beer, Cider, wine all up. • Fuel levy up • RAF levy up • SARS is doing great at our borders. Yes illicit tobacco is seeping in, but that's not my problem. • Task team for unclaimed riches. • If you use crypto to commit crimes, err.. we're not happy with you. That is all. • We will release R12bn for a vague project. • Social grants fraud is rife. But we will continue. • Our kids are redundant in skills. So, we're looking into it with money. We won't tell you what we'll do though. • Social grants. Yes of course. Up and up. Here's a joke about grannies... why aren't you laughing? Here's R80 extra for grannies and grandpas. You get an R80, you get an R80, everybody gets an R80. • More money for the soldiers and whoever is trained to kill. Here's R200 odd billion for the year. That should do it. • We'll spend on trains. • SABC, eish... • Basic education (for our redundant kids) will be financed. Will things change? No. Don't be silly. • On health, stop with the HIV, guys. Anyway, we have the money for it. Don't worry. • Local government is corrupt. So, here's more money to help you to not be so corrupt. We will incentivise you for doing what you should be doing anyway. Please just do it. • Johannesburg doesn't have water and the money tap is dry. It's not my problem though. • Infrastructure. • Do you know how much a trillion is? It's a trillion. • See how inclusive I am? I called out Minister Groenewald by name. • The NHI is coming. Like it or not. • Thank you to everyone who has helped me to make this economy great again. Here are a few more jokes about my colleagues and personal life. Why aren't you laughing? • Most importantly, I want to thank the commissioner of SARS. My chief henchman, my sidekick, my main schoolground bully. • Speaking of which, GIVE ME YOUR LUNCH MONEY RIGHT NOW!

PRESIDENT WELCOMES THE MADLANGA COMMISSION INTERIM REPORT The Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System (#MadlangaCommission) submitted its interim report on 17 December 2025 in line with the delivery timelines that had been determined by the President. President @CyrilRamaphosa has studied the interim report and accepts its recommendations. President Ramaphosa further welcomes the referrals by the Commission of matters for immediate criminal investigation and urgent decisions on prosecution, as well as recommendations on the employment status and recommended suspension of individuals. shorturl.at/F7i0k

@EasyEquities Your platform is down again! Come on its Monday morning!

The Chauke Enquiry just collapsed. Batohi literally ran away.

Dear @SAPoliceService @DCS_ZA Mike Bekhimuzi Sandlana has a phone inside of prison and he made a call today to his inkabi’s in KZN to come to JhB and kill all the whistleblowers including me. I have all the numbers he called in the past week. Should anything happen to the whistleblowers you must now… Should anything happen to me, Ekurhuleni or Sandlana….

Just because one has benefitted from the gains of democracy does not mean one must consent to abuse, mismanagement, willful blindness, political criminality or corruption. Benefiting from change is not a lifelong contract to tolerate poor leadership. It is astonishing that this still needs to be said out loud. There is a reason so many have abandoned the ANC. People are not irrational for walking away. Humans vote in their self-interest. As Napoleon put it, "Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self-interest." Well, the electorate at this point is moved by both: the fear that their future is being squandered by elected officials, and the self-interest to preserve what remains of it. It is ironic then, that ANC leadership decries this "self-interest" among voters while many within their own ranks have ruthlessly pursued self-enrichment at the expense of the people they are meant to serve. Voters are, after all, merely following the example set by their leaders: prioritising their own survival by abandoning those who have abandoned them: the ANC. Gwede saying that the middle class is “ungrateful” ignores historical data. There is also a reason why the ANC’s middle class support peaked under Mbeki. Yes, he had shortcomings, no one disputes that. But he presided over the longest period of economic expansion in our history, including the apartheid era for those who are oddly nostalgic about that economy. This did not happen by accident. In fact, had the economy continued to grow at the same rate (4.5%) after Mbeki left, it would be double its current size. That should anger anyone. Sorry Gwede, people are not ungrateful, they are angry. Some data under Mbeki: Growth: The economy grew at an average of 4.5%. Had we maintained that trajectory, our economy would be double its current size today. Employment: The "jobless growth" narrative is a fallacy born of laziness. Under Mbeki, the economy produced 500,000 new jobs a year. Employment nearly doubled from roughly 8 million in 1994 to 15 million by the time the Polokwane conference concluded. Service Delivery: For every one shack erected during that period, ten formal houses were built. Fiscal Health: Mbeki handed over a budget surplus, the first in our history. The ANC even secured a two-thirds majority during this era because people felt the results in their pockets and their communities. They rewarded competence. Contrast this with what followed. The very party that now demands loyalty abandoned its responsibility to the economy in favour of factionalism and self-enrichment. Under Jacob Zuma, average growth plummeted to 1.8%, and job creation halved to 250,000 a year. Under President Ramaphosa, despite the "New Dawn" rhetoric, we are averaging only 100,000 new jobs a year. (Although I am cautiously optimistic recently). The ANC vote share declined seems to follow the pattern of the economy. As Bill Clinton’s Chief Strategist, James Carville put in when Clinton was running the presidency in 1992, “It’s the economy stupid!” So for Gwede to claim that the middle class has benefitted most from change yet refuses to identify with the ANC is either arrogant or out of touch. It sounds very much like an argument made to protect power rather than to interrogate the ANC’s very poor performance, which I understand [power is lovely] but cannot condone. Why should the current ANC be rewarded? For commissions of inquiries? For apologies? People reward delivery, not nostalgia. The ANC is losing votes because it abused the platform it inherited sixteen years ago. People are not confused. To quote my favourite philosopher, the late great Paul Bearer, The Undertaker’s promoter, people are, “Sick and tired of being sick and tired,” and being expected to applaud decline.

That public corrective moment was not flattering for a senior advocate of Adv Ngcukaitobi’s stature Adv Ngcukaitobi's performance at the #MadlangaCommission is testament to how even the most decorated legal minds can stumble, not because their intellect has dimmed, but because poor judgment, ethically questionable alliances and a willingness to play in the mud for problematic clients can erode their standing in the public eye. What happened there looked like a lack of preparation and a sneaky underhanded tactic. Mchunu, in his testimony, confidently pushed the false claim that Mrs Sarah Burger was arrested by the PKTT and detained for days on charges of corruption that were later withdrawn. Mchunu alleged that he based this on a piece on News24 but when commissioners combed the article line by line, it became clear that the arrest was by the Hawks. I'm saying this could mean that Adv Ngcukaitobi failed to prepare enough by verifying Mchunu's version of things, including reading that same article that fell apart at the Commission. □ Also, Mchunu and his legal team did not notice a devastating contradiction in the Minister’s justification for disbanding PKTT, relying on Burger's affidavit signed nine months AFTER the disbandment. □ Adv Ngcukaitobi attempted to re-examine the Minister on evidence that has NOT yet been led, even though the Commission had clearly agreed that this portion of testimony would only be dealt with in January 2026. Adv Mahlape Sello, SC, ever the guardian of due process, caught Adv Ngcukaitobi's maneuver instantly and put her foot down, halting the ambush-style attempt, and pulled the brakes on what was quickly becoming a reckless and procedurally improper exercise. And that public corrective moment was not pretty. It left us, spectators, asking uncomfortable but necessary questions about the Adv's professional values, strategic intentions and ethical compass. And this is not new: legal giants have fallen before due to questionable intentions. Take Michael Cohen, once a formidable attorney in the U.S. and the trusted fixer for Donald Trump. He was sharp, connected, feared — until his choice of cases and his proximity to power poisoned his reputation. Eventually, he was criminally convicted, disgraced and stripped of the prestige he once enjoyed. His downfall wasn’t due to lack of legal skill; it was the moral corrosion that comes from defending the indefensible. Sometimes it’s not legal brilliance that fails, it’s character, judgment and the willingness to tether oneself to a cause that cannot withstand the light. In the end, even the brightest legal stars fade when they abandon the principles that made them shine. #SenzoMchunu #Mkhwanazi #witnesses #AdHocCommittee #mchunu

Advocate Mahlape Sello SC right now .... #MadlangaCommission

Weak men get shoved over by strong men. Fact of life. You had 30 years to strengthen your state but in stead you chose 'RAZMATAZZ'. If you truly loved your country, you would fold the party into a really cool apparel and memorabilia shop and allow SAn's to move on!

You know the same way the G20 2025 went ahead without the US? Well, the same is about to happen to South Africa next year. Nothing personal, strictly business!

@ChicagoFire @PresidencyZA @ClaysonMonyela Agent Mbokazi activated! 😆

This golazo from Mbokazi 😳 We got ourselves a good one 🔥 #cf97