A listing bulk carrier with disaster looming
Hitler was confident that he would rule for an indefinitely long time. The apartheid regime never envisaged the end of their rule. Zuma confidently predicted that the ANC would rule forever. The French peasants could no longer tolerate the high level of abuse they were subjected to. Hence they decided to rise up against authority. History has a propensity for repeating itself.
South Africans went in droves to the polls in 1994 to vote the ANC into power. The ANC used their dominance to engage in all sorts of irregularities with the sole purpose of enriching themselves.
Irregularities such as nepotism, theft, money laundering, fraud, cadre deployment, etc come to mind. This, to the detriment of the poor. South Africans are therefore justified in lambasting Zuma for allowing the rot to set in and to continue under his watch.
The ANC is still reeling from the devastating blow they suffered at the polls recently. They are hurting, but they are putting on a brave face. Yet, they continue to be arrogant as witnessed in Parliament on 23 August. alienating more of their supporters in the process.
People are calling for Zuma’s head to roll. I am not too sure if that is the way forward.
By persisting with this wrecking-ball, the ANC will unabatedly shoot themselves in the foot. Zuma and his lackeys will continue to plunder the coffers and enrich themselves. The ANC is filth.
Instead of pulling out all the stops in order to remain in power, why don’t they gracefully hand over the reigns to the honest, trustworthy Democratic Alliance, because they have failed the people of South Africa for 22 years.
The ANC is setting itself up for a knock-out blow in 2019.
Maurice Heemro.
* Maurice Heemro lives in Cape Town but says he was born and bred in Grahamstown and still has family members and friends in the town. While still at school, he used to deliver the Grocott's Daily Mail and The Eastern Province Herald on a daily basis and sell The Evening Post on Saturday nights for pocket money.