Those in the PP, NPA, SAPS, SARS, Hawks, SAA, Eskom, etc etc etc should be calculating the odds of the following two scenarios

1.  Life goes on as before.  Zuma or a surrogate retains power, all levers of state power remain in their hands....  All is well in the Gupta universe.

or

2.  Their best laid plans go horribly wrong.  Ramaphosa gets ANC presidency Dec 2017 or a coalition of anti Zuma forces get political power in 2019 general elections.    Or some critical court case sweeps Zuma out of power.  Or a no confidence vote goes awry. Or one of the NPA, Hawks etc etc chickens out, breaks ranks, and Humpty Dumpty takes a fatal fall. Or any number of other possibilities with the same outcome for each of them, which is 
- receiving a letter requesting them to provide reasons why they should not be suspended 
- being fired
- criminal charges
- quick court case
- jail time
- much wailing and gnashing of teeth
BUT if they swap sides NOW, maybe avoiding that.

Who will chicken out?