Jayprog

"If the intellectuals don't take the lead morons will rule this world" Like I predicted before the worst has happened.

Because many intellectuals in Africa are not so concerned with politics, they end up at the mercy of school dropouts. A simple look at the ANC top executive shows that most of those with decision-making posts do not have college degrees. This in itself is a cocktail for disaster for such a big economy. South Africa is a complex economy that needs a complex leadership.

If someone has ever betrayed South Africans, it is Thabo Mbeki a man who wanted to steal power from the masses through manipulation. As Africans we have learnt a lesson from this event that no one is above the power of the people. Thabo Mbeki cornered South Africans by strategically positioning himself for reelection and fortunately he lost.

Mbeki is so calculating but this time he met his challenge and ended up embarrassed. The plan was hidden and the ANC members saw the plot way before the Polokwane Congress. By insisting that he (Mbeki) should run for the presidency of the party, he had positioned himself in power by creating a crisis and making an assumption that people would vote for him instead of Jacob Zuma (the Kangaman) since Zuma’s image was already tarnished (allegedly by the Mbeki administration). But one important thing prevailed, that people would not bend rules to suit a selfish individual.

Mbeki betrayed South Africans by not affording them a broader array of candidates to choose from and he has done damage to South Africa. It is a fact that not all people who voted for Zuma really wanted him to be the president of the ANC, where one is faced with two bad choices, you can select a better one out of the bad. They did not want a dictatorship to be bred from ANC circles. The traits of dictatorship start from the mere fact of failing to accept that others can equally lead any organization.

This is not the first time that African leaders have tried to manipulate people, it happened in Zambia and Namibia but it surprises me why these leaders do not learn from their neighbors. The error of dictatorship is fast going to an end and leaders should just understand that they can not rule forever.

I am happy for South Africans that they have such an efficient democratic system that begins from grassroots (political parties) to the entire government, otherwise the whole process would have been a circus like what the SADC region recently saw a week before the ANC Congress in one African country that claims to be a pillar of democracy.

Mbeki should now do the humble thing of resigning before his term ends because it is clear that the majority of people within the ANC do not agree with his ideas and they want him to go. This is the reason they did not vote for him and moreover those who voted for him are starting to align themselves to the new leader Jacob Zuma to secure their political future. As such being president of South Africa is now the hardest task for Mbeki.

While it is constitutionally right for a leader to finish his/her term there is need to have the Nation at heart and avoid petty wars and confusions within the government ranks. In my opinion no wise politician would want to align himself or herself with a losing comrade and as such there is likely going to be a lot of insubordination and the worst can be expected. It is possible that the house of Assembly can give a vote of no confidence to force Mbeki out before2009.

From Mbeki’s recent writings, it is clear that he has a bitter pill to swallow and would like to see the fall of Kangaman before 2009. mbeki would like to use all the tools at his disposal as the president to fix the Kangaman.

The above scenario in another sense is good in that it prepares the new leader to deal with major events coming in 2010 and after.

Let the Kangaman rule and I bet the good ladies of South Africa will get the good life for a price. The Kangaman has a high libido that cannot be satisfied by one woman. The Sa tax payer will have to foot the extra bill of extending the State House to cater for the extra madams and mistresses.

Prepare to welcome the first clan into the neighborhood.