AUBREY MATSHIQI: Not all sides in the battle are morally equivalent
WE HAVE become quite good at harping about what is going wrong. Unfortunately, we are seldom as good when it comes to shining the light on what is going on in the ANC, the state and our politics.This condition is made worse by our predilection for confusing preferred outcomes with political reality, something that itself is exacerbated by the constant search for things in our political environment that confirm our bias.In the current context of battles within the ANC, tripartite alliance and state, our perception of political reality is distorted even further by low levels of appreciation for complexity. Consequently, my enemy’s enemy is my friend and the means justifies the end. If the commander-in-chief of all things evil, base and amoral, also known as the devil, were to become a South African politician who sees the world of ANC politics as we selectively see it, he would be cleansed of his satanic image and reputation. In this context, the evil that is done by political actors ...
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