[That old communist war dog, Ronnie Kasrils, always fascinates me, especially as he is not the Minister of Intelligence. Kasrils is a hard core commie right down to his boots.

I find his role in the Zuma affair fascinating. But I think the ANC Youth League have got it all wrong. I don’t think Kasrils might really be against Zuma. Zuma is supported by the hard core commies. Why would Kasrils then try to bring Zuma down? Ideologically, Zuma and Kasrils may we be on the “same team”.

I think the ANC Youth League is correct in searching for the persons who paid the bribe to that woman to charge Zuma with rape.

I have been toying with a theory of my own, which goes like this: What if Kasrils PRETENDED to help Mbeki set up Zuma? Why? Because Kasrils really believes in Zuma, but he does not want Mbeki to fire him. So, Kasrils then plays BOTH SIDES…

Why did THAT WOMAN PHONE KASRILS? Why? And you know what… she phoned Kasrils on his cell phone… in the evening. How is it that she has the Minister of Intelligence’s private number on hand? Or is she in some way associated with Kasrils?

I theorise this: What if Kasrils was assigned the task of getting the dirt on Zuma, but Kasrils did not really want to sink Zuma. So, Kasrils hits on the idea of getting a woman whose credibility can easily be torn to pieces. So, he sets up the whole thing… for her to entrap Zuma… for her to be bribed, etc… so Mbeki does not fire him… BUT… being the Minister of Intelligence, he knows things about her, which nobody else does, and therefore, he knows she can be sunk, and Zuma can be saved. And by doing it this way, Kasrils keeps Mbeki happy on the one hand, but on the other, he saves his hard core commie buddy on the other! Its a win-win… and Kasrils comes out smiling.

Ronnie Kasrils is not an idiot, and I think he is capable of this. I don’t think Kasrils really wanted to sink Zuma. But the way we will see this, is in the future. If Zuma becomes President, I’d like to see what happens to Kasrils.

Now Zuma has already growled. He has vowed to punish those who conspired against him. If Zuma comes to power… Mbeki and his buddies had better watch out. I think Zuma is not to be toyed with. Jan]

Minister of Intelligence Ronnie Kasrils publicly discussed his role in the Jacob Zuma rape allegation for the first time on Thursday, after the African National Congress Youth League’s (ANCYL) announcement that it would “probe” his involvement in the affair.

On Monday, Zuma was found not guilty of raping a 31-year-old woman who regarded herself as a family friend. The judge found that they had had consensual sex.

“The complainant in the Jacob Zuma rape trial called me on November 4 2005 to say that she had been raped by Jacob Zuma,” Kasrils wrote in a statement placed on the South African Press Association’s wire service.

“She approached me in my personal capacity, and not by virtue of my official position as minister for intelligence services, because I had known her and her family in exile.

“I told her that my involvement would politicise the matter and would therefore not be in her interest.

“This is clearly stated in my affidavit. It is clear from my affidavit, which was requested by the prosecution and made available to the defence, that I did nothing to aggravate the situation, I did nothing that was prejudicial to Jacob Zuma and I was not in any way part of any conspiracy. I am not a significant part of the sequence of events.”

He continued: “I wish to quote the salient statement from my affidavit, which is as follows: ‘I explained to her that I was not in a position to take up this issue since I was concerned that to do so would politicise the matter. I informed her further that I was not in a position to give her any advice and that she should do what she felt was correct in the circumstances.'”

Earlier, at a press conference, ANCYL president Fikile Mbalula said: “The ANCYL will further probe and satisfy itself about rumours that she was paid and/or bribed. In this context, we must probe whether there was no evil hand led by people such as Malume [Uncle] Ronnie …”

Mbalula said the ANCYL has to prove beyond doubt its belief that the woman, who the league leaders often refer to as “Lucifer”, was bribed to lay a charge against Zuma. However, he could not say who bribed the woman and how much she was paid.

“She has to explain to all South Africans… is it true that she’s got all that particular money.

“The NPA [National Prosecuting Authority] in all its powers has got the right to probe that particular question,” he said.

“She could not have acted alone in that particular conspiracy.

“We are worried about Malume Ronnie’s participation in all of this as a senior leader of the ANC because a logical step Ronnie Kasrils should have taken was … to confront JZ [Jacob Zuma] about it and he did not do that, and instead out of that certain things were actually levelled and it is now history that there was a court case.”

The ANCYL plans to meet Kasrils to ask what his role was in the matter. Depending on his answer, it may ask him to apologise, he said.

On reports that Zuma’s accuser has left the country, ANCYL spokesperson Zizi Kodwa alleged she left because her “handlers” — people the league thinks were in a conspiracy against Zuma — were worried that if she stayed she might “unleash information” that would put them in danger.

The league reiterated its support for Zuma as the country’s next president.

The ANC’s top structures will meet on Sunday to discuss Zuma’s willingness to resume official deputy-presidency duties in the party. He withdrew from official duties when he was charged with rape in December. — Sapa

Source: Daily Mail & Guardian
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