GARETH VAN ONSELEN: 50 ANC reasons not to vote ANC
The unintended by-product of all this ostensible honesty — ANC and alliance vitriol against the ANC — is a litany of reasons not to vote for it
Take a moment to browse through the various damning comments on the ANC by party members and very quickly you are left with the impression the organisation is not just dysfunctional but despicable. Yet, while some general impression to this effect might linger in the public mind it tends to be fleeting, certainly not coherent. Too often an individual comment or assessment lives a life of its own. It goes into the current affairs machine, the appropriate outrage or praise is generated, and, after 24 hours or so, it disappears into the ether. It is true that many of these views are expediently expressed by those complicit in the ANC’s contemporary condition, without regret or contrition, nevertheless. Veterans, alliance partners, the current leadership, internal reports, compromised or not — all point united to decay and destruction. This is the ANC on the ANC and the unintended by-product of all this ostensible "honesty" is a litany of reasons not to vote for the party. The oppositio...
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