ANC to the death !!! Dudes inherited quite a f***ed up country which catered for whites only through the sweat of mainly black people might i remind you. Instead of focusing all their efforts,finance, etc, on 2 million white people, they gotta do it for 47 million people. That aint child'ds play. Yeah there's been corruption yadayada. What government doesn't have corruption ? Please do tell. They will always be greedy individuals in every part of life.The Nationalist Government was the most corrupt of all. Ya'll think Azapo doesn't have Corrupt officials ? It's not about that. It's about policies. And Progress. And god knows there's been progress in this country.Ya'll on the Internet now,with fly jobs,cars and shit.Who u think made that possible.U think peeps in Sudan have this kind of shit ? It might be progress for some, but it's still progress.
Zuma is gonna suprise a lot of people as president. Clearly most of ya'll just know what u read in the papers. Have u ever listened to a radio talk show where they were interviewing the man ? I've listened to countless and every he impresses me and comes out on top everytime, with his detractors falling flat on their faces. He's got some good ideas i think. Like having some sort of "detention school" where kids who are roaming the streets and are supposed to be in school will be taken for the rest of the afternoon by the police. I can hear most of ya'll already,but for me that's ACTION right there. Isn't that what South African's want ? ACTION ? Better Matric Results ? Less Crime ? Well desperate times call for desperate measures.I have confidence in someone who has the guts to take action.Get these kids f***en educated whether they like it or not. And yeah, bring back that coporal punishment. Zuma has always been for the people, ya'll just missed it cos of all the other bullshit.
Yikes MrC. I have to say that I know Zuma pretty well. He's been a friend of my family for a very long time. Before even becoming MEC in KZN. I have to say that as a person he is flawed as all people are, and he is a somewhat decent person. I just don't believe that what you hear on the radio are the opinions of the man. He has played the political game, but statesmanship is something that his cronies can never teach him. He faced a barrage of criticism over his somewhat inconsistent stand on wanting to clear his name. Dropping of charges was not an acquittal and the quicker he wraps his head around that the better it will be for his impending presidency. He can never make judgement calls on any of his cronies - that is worrisome. He has to ability to talk to people and not at people. Maybe that's a good thing, but the role of a president like a good CEO or MD is to get the job done regardless of how many a**es you kiss.
It cannot be dismissed solely on the fact that other countries are filled with corrupt politicians - that's a seriously flawed argument. South Africa is a country on its own and should not be compared to others. That goes the same for those who want to leave because there are better countries. The argument is not whether politicians in other parts of the world are more or less corrupt - we should be concerned with getting our house in order. I lived (and continue to live on a monthly basis) in Argentina and that country is as corrupt as they come. Dating back to the 50s the country has come to accept corruption as a way of being. That cannot be acceptable in South Africa in any way. The problem with having a president who has f***ed up and never apologised for his being implicated in illicit activities is that the rest of the population will take their cue from the first citizen when faced with issues of where to draw the line. This is by no means a personal attack on the man.
Bringing a country like Sudan into this is also a bit ill informed. I worked in the country and trust me it's one of the safest places I have been. We here of Khartoum and all that happens there. That is a region that is actually fighting for self-determination. John Garang died after having fought for decades against the government of Al Bashir. He came to the table and there was a power sharing and peace deal. The former to later be the deputy president of a united Sudan. Upon his death all things went sour because the south had felt that Garang had not represented their true wishes - to be an autonomous state.
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