Imagine if all the time spent by our "leaders" on creating this web of state capture had been spent on actually leading - South Africa would be in a very different place. This is why leaders like Herman Mashaba and, dare I say it, Cyril, who will not be financially beholden to anyone, may be an answer to endemic corruption at the highest level.

Also, the PP's attempt at changing the constitution seems like a convenient way of getting #GuptaLeaks off the front page of the newspapers. But maybe that's just coincidence.