In the post-1994 euphoria, so many people in Joburg suburbs such as Yeoville claimed to be struggle stalwarts that one wondered whether anyone did not take up arms against the apartheid government. Some of these often colourful characters were con artists; others were of the sort who would name-drop with an oblique account of how they once danced with Winnie Mandela’s daughter’s best friend. Given the ANC’s capacity for self-destruction, Jesus may be returning to SA quicker than Jacob Zuma once thought when he arrogantly declared that the ANC would rule until the Saviour returns. As a hotel bellboy is once said to have asked 1960s football superstar George Best as he lay on a bed, drunk with fame and booze and fading fast: "So, Georgie, where did it all go wrong?" No wager on workers seeking cut Some opinion polls reveal profound and unexpected information and others … well, not so much. According to the country findings of the annual International Trade Union Confederation global p...
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