BOOK REVIEW: ‘General’ has a strategy to bring all together and put SA on a new path
BANTU HOLOMISA: The Game ChangerEric NakiPicador Africa The title of Bantu Holomisa’s biography was not idly chosen. The "general", as he is often referred to, who has led coups and survived them as well as several assassination attempts, wants to change "corruption perpetrated at the highest level" in SA. To this end, he is calling for a national convention, like Codesa, of all parties, and civil society, "to extricate the country from the quagmire it is in and change the negative image it has as a result of corruption". Holomisa and the United Democratic Movement (UDM) that he leads, have already held a preconvention meeting, attended by nearly all the opposition political parties. The ANC was invited but did not attend, "as the party was embroiled in its own leadership contests and political squabbles", says the peacemaker. His biographer, Eric Naki, writes "it is clear that Holomisa’s strength lies in bringing people together. He has mastered the art of consultation." Naki, a jo...
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