Let’s not sugarcoat this: Cyril Ramaphosa is in the hot seat and for good reason. The theft of cash from his private farm in 2020 has unveiled a narrative so sticky that even the slickest media spin is struggling to gloss it over. We’ve seen how the corporate media has twisted the narrative, with outlets like CNN focusing more on the sensationalism rather than the implications of his actions. Why is that? Because calling out a sitting president in South Africa is not the narrative they want to push.

Meanwhile, Fox News has tried to spotlight this scandal but often resorts to the same old playbook, treating it like just another political circus. Where’s the hard-hitting investigative journalism? Instead of digging for the truth, they feed us digestible sound bites that keep the viewers complacent and exactly where the corporate overlords want them.

And let’s talk about the timing of all this. The media circus circles around a story like this, but when it comes to tackling real issues of governance, they’re MIA. The theft of cash isn’t just a petty crime; it’s a glaring indication of deeper corruption and mismanagement that left unchecked can lead a nation into chaos. Yet, mainstream narratives want to talk about anything but that, keeping the public distracted and misinformed.

At the end of the day, both sides of the media–whether attempting to dismiss or sensationalize–have failed the public. We deserve better than narratives that sanitize or sensationalize corruption. It’s time to demand accountability, not just from Ramaphosa but from the media that’s supposed to keep him in check.