Where do we draw the line?
I am prompted to ask this question in the wake of yet another 'tabloid'-like article about the private life of a public figure. This time the spotlight is set firmly on IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi who is reported by the City Press to have fathered children out of wedlock. The article was published by the City Press newspaper this weekend.
This year alone has seen many tabloids written about public figures including President Jacob Zuma's several alleged love children and Co-operative Governance Minster Sicelo Shiceka's alleged "adultery" escapade. At the same time the marriage of former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel to ABSA CEO Maria Ramos bring another dimension to the debate. Here we had a Finance Minister marrying a CEO of the country's biggest banking institution, a union that had many worried about a possible conflict of interest at the time.
My question thus is NOT whether or not these people were justified to act in whatever manner they did, however I am wondering if it is any of our business at all to know what happens in the bedrooms of our public figures?
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