Thabo Mbeki has a helluva sense of humor...

alternatively, he must be on one of those (alleged) cocaine trips of his. Either way, his decisions need to be questioned... After quite rightly firing his deputy president last week, this week he announces the appointment of his new deputy. Problem with that is that she is the wife to another ex-public servant, who was leader of the National Prosecuting Authority and who laid the initial groundwork that Zuma should be prosecuted for corruption. On top of that, the new deputy's brother is being questioned on his own set of "wrongdoing" charges where oil companies were supposed to have illicitly funded ANC activities. Which brings in a whole new set of allegations of nepotism that could be made against the new deputy as she's the outgoing (due to her promotion) Minister of Mineral and Energy Affairs...