To paraphrase(with due respect) this essay by Claude Baissac: "South Africa’s economic decline in detail – and the narrow path away from failure", the stifling politics of the Patriotic Alliance have been the limiting power breaks on SA's progress.
The structure of the Alliance with a "Head" - the ANC; "Braun" - COSATU; and a small but persistent "Parasite" - the SACP, is an inherently dysfunctional structure for the massive needs of SA. Thabo Mbeki made a prescient remark; smaller but better.
The decreasing quality of resolutions coming out of the ANC Conferences make the situation even more lamentable.
Frankly there has never been a credible and competent capable state to do the heavy lifting and execute. Politicians always speak fancifully
Frankly there has never been a credible and competent capable state to do the heavy lifting and execute. Politicians always speak fancifully
About the developmental state under the hubris of the ANC rhetoric. But a developmental state must be underpinned by a capable state by definition.They have no clue what they are singing about.
Articulating a pathway to veer away from the impending disaster
Articulating a pathway to veer away from the impending disaster
as postulated in the essay requires a policy shift that is impossible under this sclerotic and moribund Alliance structure. It also requires a leader that has the gravitas and courage to forcefully take this different route. None exists now.
In the interregnum, hubris will rule the roost. We need a technocratic government to craft a recovery plan in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. It has set the bar far higher than the capability of the current government. A case in point is the
disastrous handling of the PPE procurement project. The world can't believe the level of incompetence behind the disaster. I think it forms a shameful and landmark part of our history. But the ANC elite behind it are overjoyed. Looting continues.
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