Flying Mampara of the week

Small man, big irony

One minute he’s the big hero, the great Zimbabwean peacebroker, the next he’s the Sprite Zero getting a huge rebuke from Pietermaritzburg High Court judge Chris Nicholson, who ruled that our Mampara and his chums in government had, in effect, breached the constitution.

What it amounts to is this: a court has ruled that the little imp, the world’s smallest president, used his position to interfere in the decision to prosecute Jacob Zuma to gain advantage in the struggle for the presidency of the ANC.

In so doing, Mr Air Miles has severely compromised the independence of the National Prosecuting Authority.

Not only is this a disgusting abuse of power, but it virtually ensures that Stalin Lite’s successor next year will be Zuma. - The Times