• Thabile Mange writes:
Does the ANC really know what it is doing? Methinks not. It is acting haphazardly. It says and does things just to hoodwink voters to return it to power. Will voters buy into its Kool-Aid message? Only time will tell.
Not long ago, the ANC promised to fix the electricity crisis within 12 to 18 months. Does this mean it has taken 15 years for the governing party to take the electricity crisis seriously? Why now, when all along it has been treating the crippling energy crisis like a small problem?
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The truth is: the governing party is lying about fixing the electricity problem in such a short space of time. The ANC is on the verge of losing power. Now it is making an empty promise to hold on to power. This is a sign of desperation.
Next year, the country will hold general elections. The ANC is expected to garner less than 50% votes. The governing party is aware of that. It does not know how to handle this challenge, it seems. Remember, it has been in power for more than 25 years.
Voters have given Cyril Ramaphosa’s party more than enough time to fix the country’s problems, including electricity. However, it has blew it. The party took the vote of the masses for granted, and thought it has a natural right to power. Now reality is hitting home.
What saddens me the most is that the ANC does not seem to realise the damage it has caused – and continue to cause – to this country. It is behaving as if everything is OK. The opposite is true. Yet it expects voters to return it to power. That’s complete madness.
Nothing seems to work in South Africa. The economy is not growing. When the economy is down, it has an effect on unemployment, which is unprecedentedly high. When unemployment is high, crime also increases. This happened right under the ANC watch.
Former president Kgalame Motlanthe once said, it’s better for the ANC to lose power so that it can start rebuilding. The governing party has become a liability and threat to the development of this country. Its time it loses power and give other political parties a chance to govern.
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