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The National Prosecuting Authority finally made its decision to drop the charges against the ANC president Jacob Zuma. They maintain that the case against him is a strong one and they admit to spending Huge amounts of taxpayers money to build the case that would most likely have sent Zuma to prison. But a finger is being pointed at former Scorpions boss Leonard McCarthy for an “intolerable” abuse of the legal system.

So the NPA decided to drop the charges on a technicality based on illegal manipulation of the justice system. Mokotedi Mpshe said it was, “Neither possible nor desirable for the NPA to continue with the prosecution of Mr Zuma”.

They also stated that Zuma can still be charged by private parties and the DA plan on seeking legal council on the matter. So this decision merely means that the National Prosecuting Authority will not pursue the case and their decision to drop the charges “does not amount to an acquittal”.

The fact that this case remains unresolved means that Zuma will have this ‘cloud’ over his head until he can prove his innocence in a court of law. Until then, truth will remain unknown and if he becomes the President of South Africa, then our President will be an alleged criminal…

What does that do for foreign investment and the stability of an already unstable nation?

The ANC is “increasingly disturbed” by the comments made by Tutu… I wonder why that is. Maybe there’s truth in his words. Lets face it, do we Really want a president that has 16 charges of fraud, corruption, racketeering and money laundering hanging over his head? Do we Really want a president who faced a rape charge (even though he was found not guilty) and believes a shower will protect you from HIV?

The ANC believes that Zuma’s case should be dealt with in a transparent, fair and legal manner, so would that not be achieved in a court of law? Why are they trying so hard to have the case dropped?

If they believe that Jacob Zuma is not guilty and they believe in our constitution and they believe in our Justice system then why are they so afraid of Zuma’s day in court?

Is it because he isn’t innocent and they know it? After all, Schabir Shaik was convicted on fraud and corruption charges that involved Jacob Zuma. So that says a court of law found, beyond a reasonable doubt, that there was a fraudulent and corrupt act between Shaik and Zuma. Has that fact been forgotten? If Zuma was the other person involved in the fraudulent act that sent Shaik to prison, then surely Zuma should be summoned to Court to prove his innocence, especially after the Judge found the relationship between Shaik and Zuma to be “generally corrupt”

If the case goes ahead then Zuma cannot be president after the elections, assuming the ANC remains the ruling party, but is that a bad thing? Is this Really the type of person we want as the President of South Africa?

The ANC needs to consider what is best for South Africa and the people of South Africa and not what is best for the ANC and its corrupt politicians!

I think Tutu was spot on when he said South Africa was at a “bad place right now”. South Africa is at a bad place and the uncertain future of this country is scary.

I suspect the charges will be dropped and the real reason will have nothing to do with the strength of the case against Jacob Zuma.

Thomas Cook and ABTA did some research and in their findings were some ridiculous complaints made by holidaymakers. Here’s the top 20:

A tourist at a top African game lodge overlooking a waterhole, who spotted a visibly aroused elephant, complained that the sight of this rampant beast ruined his honeymoon by making him feel “inadequate”.

A woman threatened to call police after claiming that she’d been locked in by staff. When in fact, she had mistaken the “do not disturb” sign on the back of the door as a warning to remain in the room.

“The beach was too sandy.”

A guest at a Novotel in Australia complained his soup was too thick and strong. He was inadvertently slurping the gravy at the time.

“Topless sunbathing on the beach should be banned. The holiday was ruined as my husband spent all day looking at other women.”

“We bought ‘Ray-Ban’ sunglasses for five euros (£3.50) from a street trader, only to find out they were fake.”

“No-one told us there would be fish in the sea. The children were startled.”

“It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England it only took the Americans three hours to get home.”

“My fiancé and I booked a twin-bedded room but we were placed in a double-bedded room. We now hold you responsible for the fact that I find myself pregnant. This would not have happened if you had put us in the room that we booked.”

“I compared the size of our one-bedroom apartment to our friends’ three-bedroom apartment and ours was significantly smaller.”

“The brochure stated: ‘No hairdressers at the accommodation’. We’re trainee hairdressers – will we be OK staying here?”

“There are too many Spanish people. The receptionist speaks Spanish. The food is Spanish. Too many foreigners.”

“We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure shows the sand as yellow but it was white.”

“We had to queue outside with no air conditioning.”

“It is your duty as a tour operator to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel.”

“I was bitten by a mosquito – no-one said they could bite.”

“I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts.”

“It’s lazy of the local shopkeepers to close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during ’siesta’ time – this should be banned.”

“On my holiday to Goa in India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don’t like spicy food at all.”

“We booked an excursion to a water park but no-one told us we had to bring our swimming costumes and towels.”

How bizarre! There’s a restaurant in Latvia that gives hospital food new meaning. This restaurant is owned by Latvian doctors who thought it would be “cool” to sell “body parts” that you eat using surgical utensils. Ok so it’s not real body parts but come on, who wants to eat food that looks like body parts?… really!

“Excuse me nurse, I’ll have the eyeball soup with fingers and blood dip as a starter and for mains I’ll have the thigh drizzled with bile and for dessert I’ll have your breast, thanks”.

Talking about breasts, check out this strange boob claw machine in Japan…

Anyway, here’s a video about that weird Latvian restaurant…

What kinda people eat at a place like that anyway… I dunno maybe the food is really good… I’m sure Hannibal Lecter would love it. OK, so maybe I’m curious and would probably try it at least once if I’m ever in Latvia.