/ 8 June 2005

Shaik’s trial isn’t only about Zuma

Schabir Shaik’s case links back to the Hefer commission, and goes forward to Deputy President Jacob Zuma. The saga also goes further, to what President Thabo Mbeki should be doing, and this is the story the media should be chasing. All the way.

It’s time to get beyond the last-gasp clichÃ