Why does power have the capacity to silence the truth? Jacob Zuma and the Tax 'man'

I am well aware of the complexity of the struggles for leadership and control in the ruling party in South Africa, the African National Congress. Politics is a dirty business! The fight for control of a nation is an ugly and dirty one. I am not so naive to think that Thabo Mbeki is without blemish (in fact the human rights abuses that he has perpetrated against persons who are HIV+ and could have survived much longer had he not adopted his maniacal and denialist stance against antiretroviral medication).

However, what causes me great disdain, and so becomes the source of some of my intercessory prayer, is the saga of immorality and thuggery that surrounds Jacob Zuma! I fear for our nation if we should elect someone of his moral and ethical stature to the presidency (whether it be the presidency of the nation, or the party that runs the nation)...

Just today the Mail & Guardian reported that there is another issue of concern around Mr Zuma - it would seem that he has not declared his income to the South African Revenue Service. Sadly the power of the ANC to squash the truth has already been seen (as the Scorpions, South Africa's directorate of special operations has been all but disbanded for doing nothing other than showing corrupt people for who they are).

I hear the conversations about immigration more and more frequently among thinking South Africans (both black and white). This is SO sad! Why should the good move so that the wicked can prosper.

Today I read these verses in scripture (Proverbs 24:19-20):

Do not fret because of evildoers Or be envious of the wicked; For there will be no future for the evil man; The lamp of the wicked will be put out.

Please could you join me in praying that justice, change, and moral renewal will come to pass in our fair land? Let's do all that we can to bring about moral regeneration and renewal in our land. Truly friends - we deserve better than this!! We deserve leaders who are trustworthy, honest, and are not so overcome by their personal agenda's that the needs of the nation have to take second place... Let's pray that wickedness gets put aside, and that the lives of the wicked are transformed.

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