The shenanigans that have convulsed the ANC after the suspension of the party’s secretary-general, Ace Magashule, have many South Africans worrying the country will be plunged into instability. The anxiety was worsened when several voice notes were shared on social media, with supporters of former president Jacob Zuma being called to assemble in Nkandla, allegedly to “protect” him from imminent arrest.

Rest your minds. Nothing of the sort will happen. These hysterical actions by the Radical Economic Transformation (RET) faction of the ANC — and the stars of the state capture project — are what many of us predicted would happen as the days of their reckoning finally arrive...