I prefer Zuma to Mbeki in one sense - he is an inclusive guy. He is warm and charming. But I'm not sure if I'd take a warm and charming criminal over a cold hearted intelluctual. I have said this before though - whoever comes into power now, whether it's Brown in the UK, Obama in the USA or Zuma here, the presidency is a booby prize. Anyone coming into power now will reap the whirlwind. None of this may be their fault, but they will bear the brunt of blame. Personally I'd like to see Zille spared this fate as I see her as the person South Africa will turn to to put Zuma as far out of their minds as they can.
Have people forgotten that we are entering a supremely complex time - in terms of energy, economics and the environment. Zuma is qualified in only one respect - but an important one - to lead us in this time. We will need each other more than ever. Corruption of course will delay and sabotage any real efforts and will be punished like never before. Punished not by laws or judges or a justice system - REALITY.
The Freedom Front Plus (FF+) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) enjoy strong support in this community, but other parties such as the Congress of the People (COPE) and the ANC are also showing signs of making approaches to Afrikanerdom.
COPE president Mosiuoa Lekota has charmed a number of Afrikaners not only by speaking their language fluently, but also by calling for a review of policies such as affirmative action, with which this community is “gatvol” .
Lekota’s opponent, Zuma, has also not ignored this community.
FF+ leader Pieter Mulder says he thinks the ANC is reaching out to all racial groups to work together. “I think the new ANC is more realistic than the previous one,” he said.
Phosa is a published poet in Afrikaans and a past president of the Afrikaner business umbrella body, the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut. Mulder insists, though, that the majority of the volk will not vote for the ANC.
“If that is the idea, then they are wasting their time,” he says. With Sapa
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