The Star Late Edition

SA’s Third Reich inching into power

- FAROUK ARAIE | Benoni

RECENT opinion polls reveal that political parties no longer have either intelligib­le boundaries or enforceabl­e norms, and as a result, renegade political behaviour pays.

There are only individual actors, pursuing their own ideologica­l and political interests.

The next election, in 2024, will witness the fascists seize power. Young voters who have come of age care less about democracy and are more sympatheti­c to authoritar­ianism than any other generation.

Fascism arises when truth is abandoned and the gullible masses conflate it with what they want to hear. We are witnessing a deadly spectacle where the biggest liars with the biggest megaphones emerge victorious.

All too often, aspiring politician­s are emissaries of their political parties rather than community representa­tives, representi­ng us but as emissaries of them.

The political system offers us only fixed menus when most of us want à la carte. The deadly threats against the media are a harbinger of events to come, especially as we approach the 2019 general elections.

Why would profession­al politician­s with long careers in a political establishm­ent with a proud history suddenly decide to engage in open verbal warfare against their colleagues, especially with so much at stake?

The country seems to be heading for a monumental split as it hurtles into disarray. We will witness seismic political shocks that will plunge the country into turmoil this year. South Africa’s Third Reich is shockingly inching its way into power.

The red shirts will envelope this land in a brazen feeding frenzy. Their stormtroop­ers are on a rampage, spewing venom and hatred. Unless we wake up from our slumber and self-induced coma, tyranny and serfdom awaits us.

 ?? MOTSHWARI MOFOKENG ?? THE MAY elections will be the last free and fair election because the next election, in 2024, will witness the fascists seize power. Young voters who have come of age care less about democracy and are more sympatheti­c to authoritar­ianism than any other generation, says the writer. | African News Agency (ANA)
MOTSHWARI MOFOKENG THE MAY elections will be the last free and fair election because the next election, in 2024, will witness the fascists seize power. Young voters who have come of age care less about democracy and are more sympatheti­c to authoritar­ianism than any other generation, says the writer. | African News Agency (ANA)

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