It can be taken for granted that the Gupta cabal and the security establishment are making an assiduous study of Russia's campaigns to influence recent electoral outcomes in the USA and Europe.

Several of these strategies have already been implemented and are underway, as evidenced by some of the Guptaleaks. But the efforts will accelerate and deepen.

Steven Friedman claims that elections cannot be rigged in South Africa. He is dead wrong.

Work needs to start ASAP on learning what can be done to mitigate such rigging. America and NATO countries are now conducting extensive investigations into this matter. It is essential that opposition parties in South Africa follow these investigations with great care.