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South African President’s Midnight Massacre Pre-Empts Regime Change, Replaces City of London with BRICS at Finance Ministry
1 April 2017
EIRNS—In a pre-emptive move, South African President Jacob Zuma dismissed his Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, a loyal son of the City of London, late on March 30, and replaced him with Malusi Knowledge Gigaba, an articulate spokesman of the BRICS physical-economic outlook. Zuma had evidence that Gordhan was working with people in London and New York for the overthrow of his government. (Zuma also replaced many other ministers and deputy ministers of doubtful loyalty, including Gordhan’s deputy.) David Maynier—a leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance and a participant in the regime-change effort himself—protested disingenuously, ``Nobody in their right mind would believe the finance minister would participate in secret meetings with the intention of overthrowing the state.’’ Gordhan’s replacement, Malusi Gigaba, is the current Home Minister. He was Public Enterprises Minister from 2010 to 2014 and, as an MP, has been deeply engaged in issues of agriculture, industry, and trade. Gigaba was present at the launching of the BRICS Journal (bricsjournal.com) in Johannesburg on Aug. 11, 2016, and in an interview recorded at that event, told Fin24 that South Africa and all of Africa would industrialize. He said that the building of infrastructure on the continent would be the ``driver’’ for that industrialization, and that all of this would happen within the framework of the BRICS and the New Development Bank, the BRICS bank. He took strong issue with ``the culture of imperialism’’ and the attempt of the West to impose its ``hysteria’’ over China on Africa. (The 4-minute audio file is linked in an article at http://www.fin24.com/Economy/gigaba-challenges-western-media-perspectives-on-brics-20160811 ) This is the kind of change that LaRouche South Africa (LSA) has sought. R.P. Tsokolibane of LSA has kept the regime-change threat before the government and people, highlighting the bankers’ currency manipulations to achieve regime change, repeatedly warning that U.S. ex-President Obama and Soros are as active as ever, and using EIR’s dossier on the case of Ukraine to good effect. After Zuma’s action at about 10 pm March 30, the South African currency, the rand, dropped 4.8% over the next 24 hours. But this time, Zuma and LSA have prepared the public to expect the bankers’ warfare. Zuma’s Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa, who heads the pro-London pole within the ruling ANC, was immediately told to stoke revolt against Zuma by resigning, by at least one of the many prominent British agents in South Africa. Prof. Jonathan Jansen, former Rector of the University of the Free State, tweeted just after midnight, ``Dear Cyril, What you do or fail to do in the next 48 hours will determine your legacy for the rest of your life; this is it.’’ The opposition in Parliament—the Democratic Alliance and the Economic Freedom Fighters, both steered by Chatham House—will attempt, once again, to bring Zuma down with a vote of no confidence in May. The plan is to ``turn’’ fifty ANC members to gain a majority. Now President Zuma must maintain momentum. His appearance at the One Belt One Road summit in Beijing in May is essential. |