I cannot help the uncomfortable feeling that the smoke and mirrors are being deployed in earnest. Are we to believe that Gordhan is fighting the good fight from within? Or anyhone else for that matter? If I can think along these lines then a master manipulator like Zuma will have had the same idea therefore I believe that Gordhan (among others) is just another ANC cadre. All his posturing and measured speaking are meaningless in the context of any serious movement for change.
Similarly, we have seen all this bluster before but I am inclined to believe that when push comes to shove the unions will do neither - nor will anyone else who does not want to spill any gravy.
If ANY meaningful sanction is implemented against Zuma I will be quite flabbergasted.
All this posturing and positioning is a bit like a herd of zebra that relies on the kaleidoscope of their markings - we are "hearing" and seeing a kaleidoscope of chatter