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us building up in the business world that, for South Africa to recover and rise, President Cyril Ramaphosa needed to get a generous mandate from the electorate.Gone were previous concerns about having an electoral majority that had bred unaccountability and impunity in ANC ranks.
An ANC with 60% would give Ramaphosa the “political space to implement his modernisation agenda, including trying to effectively get the state-owned enterprises and a raft of economic reforms firmly in place”. Even some in the religious sector, which has its own set of messiahs, seem willing to join this idol worship.
Their victory would not only halt the nascent repair work on the country’s soul, it would also give their ruinous populism a boost – much to the detriment of the economy. Mbeki was mostly a force for good. He cared for his nation and continent, and wanted the best for its inhabitants. As the media brought this looting to the attention of South Africans, the courageous in our society – including some in the governing party – stood up against the looting mafia.There were many others like the man we anointed as president on Saturday who did not see the risk as being worth it.
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