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A personal encounter with someone from my past got me thinking about the place that this proud nation of our was heading… consider this: Polokwane has spoken and there is no two way about it. Zuma is the newly elected president of the ANC, and potentially (come 2009) the president of the republic. scary thought. it seems however that this is not the feeling amongst all South Africans. After a lenghty conversation this morning at the office, a few of my collegues said Zuma could bring about a much needed change, trying to console themselves, after analysing Mbeki’s lack of judgement in policy decision of late.(the sacking of former health ministerNozizwe Madlala-Routledge and the backing of current health minister Manto, in her recent scandals, came up). Perhaps he will, perhaps he will not, that’s usually the case with these things unfortunately…but is Zuma the man fit to represent the nation? i think not…his characture has been brought to question way too many times. i don’t know about the masses, but i also happened to hear a few more people complaining, saying they just wouldn’t vote in the next elections. Will Zuma divide the nation? he seems to already have. What are the potential reprocutions of Zuma being president? what does he stand for? better yet what does he represent? these are some of the questions i asked myself when the voting results finally came in…is this the man to lead our counrty to greater hights? im not too sure about that. this is all my opinion and has no bearing on the ultimate outcome, but it brings to the fore, some of the questions i believe South African should be debating about, because no matter how far away one is, or how politically dettached they may claim to be, but, the rulling party has an impact on the life of every South African, rich or poor. Now that the decision has been made, how will the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) act on the corruption charges against “our” president ? perhaps a conviction seconds from 2009 will save South Africa from this ordeal? only time will tell…
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Well Miss Mosamo I agree that this is a trying time for South Africa. The uncertainty over Zuma’s corruption case is of worry for all of us in the country.
Howerver we I would like to say 2000 people in the ANC, people who have been part of the party for a long time will not choose someone who is incompetant surely. They have the inside scoop.
Lets give a man a chance, trust and support need to begin here at home. We can argue that the international commmunity will discontinue their relations with us because they mistrust our future president.
Nobody knows the future so lets just go with the flow. They tried to bring him down but it has not worked so the man clearly is something to be reckoned with.