In case you‘re confused, the good ANC is the one that‘s going to “self-correct” THERE‘S blood in the water. Sorry, false alarm: that‘s just a cranberry juice being nursed by an anxious comrade over by the buffet table; the one who‘s quietly practising saying, “Congratulations, Comrade President Ramaphosa!” over and over so he doesn‘t cock it up when he says it for real.Still, something seems to be shifting. There might not be blood in the water but there‘s definitely a clot in the gravy. And, for the first time in a long time, South Africans are allowing themselves to think about what comes next.Of course, some of us are struggling to think anything at all. For example, last week, a DA counsellor in Cape Town, tried to organise a “march against grime” during which homeless people would be asked to “move along”.She wasn‘t clear about where “along” was. One could be unkind and assume she was thinking of somewhere with less grass, circa 1962. Or you could be charitable and assume she l...
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