Officials not safe — so what is done?

When the mayor of Ekurhuleni, Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, reported to a parliamentary committee that senior city officials face serious threats, I didn't feel sympathy.

- RICHARD CHEMALY

After all, he is deployed by the very party that has broken so many of the systems developed to protect him and his team. Of course, not all party members are complicit in the social breakdown, but the response is as frightening as the problem.

The establishment of a political killings task team? Yeah, we have a whole police service and a prosecuting authority, but we need to establish something new to protect the politicians.

Supposedly, it's only when they suffer should we look into South Africa's problems.

Remember when Cupcake boasted that he feared fokkol? It had the same ring to it as his "we are not beggars before jumping on a plane to fly to the Oval Office and ask quite politely (but not beg) to avoid tariffs."

How arrogant does one have to be to look around at all the murders in all spheres, from AKA to the most recent hit on insolvency attorney Bouwer van Niekerk and think, "Hmmm, you know what we need? A political killing task force."