The enthusiasm that drives @CyrilRamaphosa to stick to his irrational commitment to reform or renew the ANC is frankly astounding. The ANC is broken. Thoroughly broken by greed and corruption that have now become embedded culture. He knows this. 🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️
Amazingly he thinks the nation also needs some revitalization! Good gracious! Where does he get this from? This diverse nation has never been so vibrant and vigilant. That's good for democracy. It's so cool to see ANC politicians chased away by old ladies.
That proves the nation is not asleep. People know exactly what they want. The ANC has never listened. Too arrogant and driven by impunity to pay attention to poor people. I warned you in 2016 here. I'm a strange voice so you ignored me
thoughtleader.co.za/the-anc-must-u…
An organisation in this type of decay cannot be turned around by one person. He will need a total leadership overhaul to achieve it. Regrettably he cannot choose such leaders alone. He's handicapped by the Tripartite Alliance. That's the enemy of the people.
The fate of the ANC was sealed when they elected an ethically compromised person in the name of Zuma. It was a desperate decision that I knew they can never recover from. History has now revealed this folly and the country is now poorer for the choice.

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14 Aug
Pretorius to the President; How do you explain the appointment of Mahlobo as Dep Minister despite the serious allegations in respect of SSA?
"I will await the outcome of the report of this commission to assist in what next"
Here lies a distinguishing feature between a bold and visionary leader and a seriously tentative one. In the aftermath of the insurrection, the sacking of Dlodlo, Mahlobo and others would have attracted massive popular support and lifted his image.
He is now comforted by the logical incrementalism advocated by J P Landman. A treasonous act was committed. Credible evidence pointed to lapses or connivance of leadership of SSA and others. Anywhere else they would have been sacked or worse.🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️
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13 Aug
Depression, anger at poor services, and frustration are common emotions in almost all municipalities under the control of the ANC.
Public services are crippled. Raw sewage flows in the gravel streets of poor black areas. Uncollected garbage everywhere.
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And yet mayors are driven in German cars surrounded by security guards. Young Tenderpreneurs live a high life also in expensive cars.
At their favoured drinking spots mainly Blue label dominates. Take 1st entry into Bethlehem from Warden or Reitz.
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Drinking spot is about 600m.Young unemployed girls hover around with wine in their hands. Every Saturday. Nearby stench of uncollected garbage swirls.
There are no employment opportunities.The munic is the main employer.Tenders are fiercely contested
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2 Aug
Political parties are formed on the pursuit of a vision and some shared policy positions by members. That was the case for the ANC-Led Tripartite Alliance until 1994 when their vision of winning state power was achieved. Since then the alliance has been
defined by internal battles over policy choices to meet the needs of the growing poor that have been neglected and exploited through the apartheid era.Even the NDP has been contested with no agreement in sight.They have no agreement on vision a for SA.
They can therefore have no alignment on policy choices for social upliftment and growth. They are reactive to demanding situations in a dynamic context. When the pandemic struck, the economy was already in ICU because of policy incoherence and incompetence.
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24 Jul
South Africa is in a crisis.!! But when the President is evidently not in control of the critical security cluster as Commander in Chief, then we are in a substantive Constitutional crisis. The country expected him to have sacked
Dlodlo, Cele and Mapisa Nqakula more than a week ago. Their incomprehensible negligence of duty has led to a destruction of KZN that could only make sense in a state of war. Yet there was no war.The signs of what could happen were predictable and predictable.
But they were ignored. This is treasonable.
But clearly the ANC is blocking the President from sacking them.This is because the ANC is not properly structured to govern effectively.
The President is shackled. And yet he's publicly committed to unite the ANC.
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22 Jul
I see many people preach about the need for good governance at all levels in our society and state system.This is good
But the key driver of good governance is to instill a practice and discipline of high performance under ethical leadership.
However this fundamental change will require visible policy change and practice from the highest office. This will remain our biggest challenge as it will disrupt the culture of the governing party. Plse read:
thabangjmotsohi.com/the-unending-s…
The outcomes we desire will not occur in the immediate term. The culture of impunity and patronage in the governing party has very deep roots. The unity and renewal that Ramaphosa has committed to achieve will extend way beyond his term.
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The loss of jobs as result of the wanton pillage for past few days must leave you numb and at a loss for words. Is this what the planners wanted?
The losses come at a time our economy is devastated by the pandemic. The pain and effect will last very long.
If hunger was a primary driver for the mass looters, who primarily live in shacks, why then were the corporate and black businesses destroyed? Where will the jobs come from? Why were blood clinics looted? Why the radio transmitters, why the schoos?
Why manufacturing plants like Dunlop? Why small chemists that are are a lifeline ro the old and infirm in all residential areas, especially black townships. All these defy understanding unless;
1. A sinister and evil force intended to create chaos.
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