Me and my wife were one of the many "Londoners" that braved the cold rainy day to vote for South Africa. We were very impressed with the turn-out, and they were even fairly organized.
We can only hope that we will make a difference, the scale of problems in Africa are huge, and corruption is unfortunately a daily reality in our governments. The sad fact is that we probably would never have another Mandela and if and when we do, it may be too late. The ANC will probably always be in power mostly due to the post apartheid loyalty to the ANC rather than any real indication of how well or not they run the country.
So now we are entering a new and again, unknown era of the new South Africa. Will the ANC get their 2/3rds majority? We can also just speculate on how Mr Zuma will turn out, some say because of his history it will not go well for our country but to some he is a hero. We can only wait and hope he will continue to make South Africa the beackon of hope in Africa that it stumbled into being. For all his faults he is a good speaker, maybe too good. Which is apparent by his huge following, but is it all just talk. We hear the words of his speaches and then he toi toi in the streets singing about guns and killing. Maybe he is just a fan of angry music, maybe its is premature victory dance. Only time will tell.
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