Will the ANC rule until Jesus Christ come back or will the Son of Man come too soon for the ruling party?
There’s no doubt that the ANC enjoys an overwhelming monopoly on South African politics. In the April 22 general elections it emerged runaway winners taking 65.9% of the votes. So the question arises… are the country’s opposition parties effective in getting their message across to the electorate?
If truth be told only the Democratic Alliance is proving to be a force to be reckoned with. Other smaller opposition parties, such as the United Democratic Movement and African Christian Democratic Party, are simply making up the numbers. With such fragmented opposition parties, the ruling party will always be laughing all the way to power election after election.
The ANC also has its liberation credentials to thank for its continued decisive backing. Although the ruling party has to be credited for changing SA for better since 1994, the same party has failed quite a number of rural and township communities. My village, Gcilima in KwaZulu-Natal, is in a shocking state in terms of development. But amazingly the villagers continue to vote for the ANC. Why is this? It is because opposition parties are not making adequate efforts to attract votes from rural areas.
What the country needs to break the ANC monopoly is a party that offers real alternative, not just opposition parties obsessed with attacking individuals instead of dealing with issues of substance. Current opposition parties are complicit in keeping the ANC in power with such a convincing majority. The electorate must start moving away from voting along racial lines.
So unless there is a dramatic change in our political landscape, it seems Jesus will find the ANC in power upon his second coming.
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i think the ANC is living in fantasy land if they think they will rule till the second coming of Jesus. I mean even great empires such the Roman empire fell. Like the saying goes, what goes up must come down. The ANC should really concentrate on service delivery if they want to remain in power. Allot of people actually voted for the ANC becuase of the history that they have, but history also changes as time goes on. What kind of legacy will the ANC have in 50 years time? will it be good enough to sustain voters their way or will the new era of the ANC undo all the work done by its former leaders? only time will time, but doubt Jesus will be back in town in time to see the ANC riser higher than it is or fall loweer than the depths of the Grand Canyon.
ReplyDeleteThe thing with democracy is that the people choose who they make their leader. In other words the leader who is in power is who you deserve. Some vote by making a cross on the ballot paper. Others vote by abstaining from the poll. The ANC shall remain in power so long as the voters let it do so. It is quite encouraging that the opposition, in the form of the DA has bumped up its numbers to give the necessary dilute of power. Our democracy is mellowing. I agree with you, the politics of personal attacks is disgusting.
ReplyDeletePower is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society. - Michel Foucault
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