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It is a difficult call: when one’s friend finds himself in a tight spot - say because he defrauded the government or is exposed as a serial liar - should one support him or condemn him? There is something laudable about friends sticking together, after all and when a mother of a convicted murderer stands outside the court and refuses to condemn her son, I personally feel empathy for that mother.
So when it transpired that Carl Niehaus defrauded the Gauteng government, that he is not only an ANC spin doctor trying to convince us all that Jacob Zuma is the victim of a dark conspiracy, but also a man who lied about his own sisters death in order to score a business class ticket to London for his wife, I was not surprised that some in the ANC leadership would feel some sympathy for the man.
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