Stage set for Jonas and his tall tales
Mcebisi Jonas, the man who swore the Guptas dangled R600m like a carrot for a finance gig (a story now drier than a vetkoek in a Pakistani spaza), is now SA’s new US envoy. Sounds familiar?
It’s the same energy as Reuben Bridgetty’s “SA armed Russia” fantasy – two wild claims, zero receipts, maxi-mum drama. But Shwa sees things getting even more spicy if Jonas’ appointment could be President Cyril Ramaphosa’s tête-à-tat masterstroke.
America expels our ambassador Ebrahim Rasool (for what? Breathing too loud near Trump’s hairspray stash?), so we fire back by sending them our homegrown fairytale storyteller.
Sharp, neh? Both men rely on “trust me, bro” evidence, both weaponise paranoia, and both are conveniently unprovable. Jonas’ new role? It’s SA flipping the script: “You want fiction? Let’s play fiction, Trump!
