It's time to be decisive, Mr Prez

There are many reasons to criticise Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie.

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Not least among them is his xenophobia regarding immigrants, which has found expression in his party's appalling “Abahambe” slogan.

The larger-than-life former convicted criminal-turned-sports minister is certainly not a measured individual — a critical ingredient in a political leader. But this week he gave a public lesson to Cyril Ramaphosa in decisive leadership, a characteristic our president has shown himself to lack.

Within a day of media reports that Kenny Kunene — his close friend and second-in-command in the PA — had been found in the company of a murder suspect when police arrested him on Monday, McKenzie suspended him from party activity for a month so that he could explain their connection.