It is old news now, of course, with the aeroplane landing at Waterkloof Military Base, but it is still a huge issue in South Africa.  Where the people refer to the country now jokingly as Gupta-stan or the whole incident as Gupta Gate, there is no doubt that it is very embarrassing for us as a country that simple guests at a wedding can be treated like absolute royalty and bypass all of the protocol that would apply to ordinary people (which they were). 

It is funny too though, with all the scandals that we’ve had, about arms commissions and the like, that this simple story should be this one that has provoked people so much, because in the broader scheme of things, it really is not as important an issue as the allegations of corruption, etc that we have all read about over the years.  It is funny how sometimes it takes a smaller thing to galvanise people, and to see a new approach.  I don’t think it is the biggest story in the world, but it is certainly one that everyone is following and it is going to be very interesting to see how it plays out and who ultimately takes the fall for it.