Troubled SA ripe for a new saviour

DEAR SIR — The president has been found to have defied the Constitution and continues to do so, unrepentant. He faces hundreds of criminal charges, and there will be more on the way.

Corruption is endemic at all levels. The police force is ineffective — it is powerless or has been corrupted. The legal system is functioning well enough, but its appeal procedures are being abused and its rulings are not being enforced.

Key government institutions have been captured and overrun. At the South African Revenue Service, the Hawks and the National Prosecuting Authority, failed leaders are being reinstated and retained.

State-owned enterprises, including Eskom, South African Airways and the SABC are being looted.

ANC leadership has hunkered down to protect its own interests. The DA is using the legal system (not working) and the EFF is screaming from the tree tops (not working).

Universities are burning, despite wide-reaching concessions from the government on fees.

Business, by and large, is keeping quiet. Those that do speak out, such as Futuregrowth, are castigated and ridiculed by their peers.

The media is functioning, but the louder it argues, the more it is being ignored. The public is weary, bewildered and frightened.

The economy is stagnating and unemployment is at insane levels, and growing worse.

This is the perfect time for the next great leader to emerge. He or she is watching, waiting, unsure of when to make a move, hesitating on the edge of true greatness.

Many great leaders of the past have been born out of crisis. The apartheid system gave us Nelson Mandela. The current system will deliver the next Mandela.

This person’s time is now. Now!