Mmusi Maimane and Mogoeng Mogoeng must join forces to lead SA

ACCORDING to my theological analysis, if general elections were to be held today, the ANC would receive between 49% and 56% of the vote.

This is even though there is load shedding and scandals involving their leadership. But this is informed only by the fact that there is no hope in the opposition, or any new party, in the eyes of the people, so the majority of voters would rather keep their faith in God and hope for the betterment of the ANC.

Or as others would say, “better the devil you know”. I would rather know no devil. Another reason is that even though the public no longer trusts or has any security in Cyril Ramaphosa’s leadership qualities, it cannot see a better alternative within the political sector.

Included in this are the xenophobes, who wrongly think that they can fool South Africans all the way to the presidency by their disgusting rhetoric, and who are within, and outside, the ANC.

But when gentlemen like former Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and Mmusi Maimane, are mentioned, things can change dramatically for and against the ANC, especially after its upcoming elective conference.

From there on, the ANC could gather only about 38% to 43% of the national vote.

The greatest mistake of South African politicians is to think that the answer for change is if they form their tribes or political parties to mobilise everyone around them for power.

However, this is very uncomfortable for many South Africans, based on their underlying theological convictions as they interpret the “foreign” Constitution, as well as their hope for reconciliation, from the trauma of apartheid.

It is these underlying factors that convince marginalised black voters to continue to vote for the ANC as soon as they realise that a social grant and a relatively lawless context are better than a progressive and racist/xenophobic South Africa.

Even the ANC is very much aware that the only real threat to its hold on power is the unity of churches since they form the greatest heterogeneous majority; hence the propaganda against this possibility in both the public and legal frameworks. The solution to South Africa's problems lies with the citizens and leaders who have government and political experience, but are free of party political heritage and obligations.

This is because all political parties have a theme basis in their ideology that makes it difficult to be synonymous with other political parties, even at the parliamentary level.

But the citizens have a common ideology, in both the underlying Christian theology that unites all the races and the hope for a united and peaceful society, where all are equal and prosperous.

Consequently, the Constitution is the opposite of this, as it is based on vacuum theologies that aim to make water and oil the same without any definite alternative to the spiritual needs of the people.

Again, the Constitution is unable to ensure the social conditions for its intentions and values to be practical.

Justice Mogoeng and former DA leader Musi Maimane must learn from the sacrifice for the sake of unity achieved by Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk, and join forces to lead a government of citizens where politicians are spectators.

The truth of the matter is that the current crop of political leaders is made up of “popstars” who never had any development to lead but got into politics either because of apartheid or poverty. The real leaders are either sitting at home unemployed or belonging to the wrong race in the private sector and emigrating to Australia and New Zealand or minding their business as pastors and farmers.

Real leaders are the ordinary people, who truly love this country, and Justice Mogoeng and Maimane must sacrifice any ego they may have to step up and lead the people.

KHOTSO KD MOLEKO | Mangaung, Bloemfontein