Here is something to think about:
There are 621237 paid-up members of the ANC;
There were just under 21 million registered votes in the last elections;
South Africa has a population of just under 48 million;
In Polokwane at the ANC conference this week there were about 3900 delegates who could vote.
South Africa's future in the end was decided by the 2329 delegates who voted for Jacob Zuma. That's roughly 0.005% of the population.
You have to wonder if we have the strongest political system in the world? President Mbeki would be correct to call an early election as clearly our government needs a new mandate.
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December 21st, 2007 - 20:28
Like abunch of sheep going to the slaugter. Blinkers on , forward march.
December 24th, 2007 - 12:47
aaa, this is true “democracy” in its grandest expression: the herd being led to believe that they are actually being represented by the few, who chose a “leader” from their midsts…
What appears to have happened, ironically, is that the non-Xhosa groups ganged up on the Xhosa leadership and removed the latter, esp. those that surrounded their leader. Of course, everyone concerned will deny this.
But nevertheless: just deserts for those concerned. Zumbabwe, here at last!
December 27th, 2007 - 05:00
Isn’t that the case in most democracies? Who chose Tony Blair or Gordon Brown?
Or consider the US presidential hopefuls — they usually end up choosing the dullest candidates for the finals. I did a few of those quiz things on policies just to find out who the good guys were (ie those who agreed with me). And the result was Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul and Mike Gravel. And all my American friends tell me that those are all kooks who stand no chance of being electable. So ultimately they will pick someone electable — like Jacob Zuma. Better an electable clown than an intelligent but unelectable kook.
December 28th, 2007 - 10:21
110 per cent Xhosa!
Maybe we should play the ethnic card that the ANC incumbent so cunningly played during his campaign. No, it wasn’t a campaign, nogal, people within the ANC are not allowed to campaign, they have to conceal ambition.
Conceal ambition my foot.
Be scared, be very scared. When you put a group of disgruntled wounded lions together, sparks fly. Maybe my father wasted his time and our time by fighting in the struggle. If he fought for this, he might have stayed in his well-paying job in the 1980′s.
December 29th, 2007 - 21:35
Now this is becoming very interesting: Zuma is charged to appear on 15 August NEXT YEAR (2008) – yes, the courts are very full – in the Supreme Court. As is usually the case, it will be postponed until later, by which time Zuma will be in the pound seats. According to common law (and international practice) the defense might well argue that Zuma receive indemnity for the period of his presidency, which might postpone the case until 2016….. Is this now the “will of the people” reigning supreme? No swaer, it is simply a matter of “I shot the sherriff, but I didn’t shoot his deputy” Oom Koos kry so lekker, want ons is besig om selfs vir die nar George Bush te oortref, en dit nog voordat dit nodig geword het!
January 7th, 2008 - 19:57
Yes, well, the Zuma dilemma is made more interesting in the light of the recent troubles in Kenya. When someone as level-headed as Alec Hogg of Moneyweb devotes time to these issues one could possibly sit a little straighter and take notice. Unfortunately, it’s not only Zuma, but one needs to notice that Danny Jordaan of the 2010 fiasco recently denied that there was any crime in Durban when it seems that one of the European delegates to the soccer meeting in that city had all his computer equipment stolen. Yes, well, one of the features of Zimbabwe is the amount of lying that goes on in that country, and SA is learning fast.
January 8th, 2008 - 08:55
I was one of the most fortunate people to have attended the Fifa shindig in Durban last November. I read numerous reports about the German’s stolen goods. But I must point it out that it became difficult for to fully understand the issue because of conflicting reports. There was another report which stated that the goods were stolen at a hotel while another said they were stolen at the airport.
January 8th, 2008 - 09:55
Perhaps the equipment wasn’t stolen after all; perhaps it is an international conspiracy (perhaps orchestrated by those Australians who want 2010) to show that SA is riddled with crime (lying is a crime, dear Danny) and the SA media, with its conflicting reporting practices, is party to the conspiracy? Where does that leave people like Monwas and me who just want to see the show happen with some return?
January 8th, 2008 - 10:14
I don’t dispute the stealing of the equipment. What I’m trying to point out here is that there’s no way that the equipment could have been stolen both at the airport and the hotel. Danny has admitted on numerous occasions that crime is a problem in this country. He even admitted that during the Fifa shindig in Durban. Even Fifa president Sepp Blatter admitted that there’s crime in South Africa. Blatter also added that crime is everywhere and he even gave us an example of a girl who was murdered and how his house was burgled in Zurich.
January 20th, 2008 - 02:02
Fifa love us, Fifa love us not… the Aussies hate us, the Aussies hate us not???
how did we get from comrade JZ to comrade Danny?
No crime? Of course not! Crime everywhere? Of course, but in what measures? Og og, wat ‘n sonde tog?!