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Mampara of the Week: Arthur Mafokate

Tears of a clown

Arthur Mafokate failed in his bid to have a Midrand guest house he bought with community development funds from the National Lotteries Commission be released from a preservation order. File photo.
Arthur Mafokate failed in his bid to have a Midrand guest house he bought with community development funds from the National Lotteries Commission be released from a preservation order. File photo. (Arthur Mafokate's Instagram)

Being betrayed by your own tears in the midst of a fraud investigation is worse than the crime itself. This is what ANC-connected failed pop star and record label owner Arthur Mafokate, who is accused of looting National Lottery Commission money, had to grapple with this week in a half-baked and terribly staged emotional interview.

This clown did not end there with his Oscar-worthy performance in the midst of the SIU corruption probe into him and others but went on to vandalise “black excellence” in a Twitter profile using his name in what was nothing but a desperate attempt to galvanise support, a joke of note.

Buffoons like this Mampara are the reason black people who rise to the top are often suspected of  cutting corners on their way there.


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