Alongside all the other questions to be answered, as ably set out by Ranjeni above, is what structural weaknesses in the way the ANC is structured, what flaws in the way Parliament operates allowed the situation to go on so long, and so disastrously wrong?

Where were the checks and balances and how were they so easily circumvented?

Unless and until we get our structures and processes both better understood, able tro be better implemented in a transparent and open way - so will we allow history to repeat itself.