the corner office

Oooh boy. So after ducking and diving the past week, Deputy Prez Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has now admitted she was in the wrong with her Great Arabian Holiday Adventure:

With the threat of another probe by the public protector looming, and as details of the controversial R500000 taxpayer-funded trip steadily emerged in the media, Mlambo-Ngcuka said: "The way I have messed things up this week I really don't want to say anything anymore. There's really true meaning to the statement that everything you say will be used against you."

Don't excuse what she did, but part of me respects the fact that she's fessed up to it, and not taken the usual 'up yours minions' approach.

Great PR for the ANC though. Hoof one deputy president for corruption, and replace him with someone whose record, as the Business Day article points out, is a little on the dodgy side too.