ON THE WATER
NEELS BLOM: Zuma is the symptom not the disease
After the march a cargo cultist arises with captain’s stripes on his sleeve. The funny thing about belief is that it becomes instantly redundant when evidence appears; the troublesome thing about belief is that to the faithful no volume of evidence will sway it. This is the tragedy of South African politics, and of a few other things. Friday’s kerfuffle is a fresh example of the nation’s folly. Several multitudes of citizens across the classes finally saw an opportunity to vent their issues: mortgage payments, demands from the ex, postmodernism and ingrowing toenails, in reverse order. Blame it all on President Jacob Zuma, is what they say. Or blame the ANC, says the thinking citizen’s placard. All we need is a new and true leader. Perhaps we should rethink that. It doesn’t matter who or what is vilified, as long as social and economic distress can be rationalised. Millenarianism, for that is what the logical consequence of that kind of faith is called, is caused typically by an eco...
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