Legal discrimination
There appears to be two laws in South Africa these days - one for government officials and one for the rest of us.
Just today it was announced by Ekurhuleni councillor Izak Berg that Robert McBrides legal fees from a Durban-based firm of attorneys was costing the taxpayers more than R2,5 million.
This is expected to rise substantially when he goes to trial next month on charges of drunk driving, defeating the ends of justice and fraud.
The first thing that really makes me angry is that if a common, every day citizen ends up in court, there is NO way that the state would pay that amount of money for a defence on Legal Aid. What makes McBride so special that he can get so much money from the state?
This is a clear case of discrimination against all the citizens of South Africa!
The second thing that makes me angry is that he got out of jail on only R1000 bail. Most ‘normal’ people would have their bail set a lot higher than that. Did he get it because of his ‘privileged’ position?
Why do the council and state not treat everyone the same? Why does McBride get given all these additional benefits?
What about other examples?
Don’t forget that the presidency agreed to pay an undisclosed portion of Zuma’s legal fees in his corruption trial. Some news sources have estimated the costs so far for Zuma are in the R20 - 30 million range. One wonders how much of that the government has covered!
These people should be entitled to what the common people are entitled to. Why the special privileges?
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