NORTH WEST CRISIS
JOHN DLUDLU: Early election will help stop roundabout
The North West farce was always bound to happen. Every ANC conference is followed by a debilitating realignment
The political fiasco unfolding in North West is a reminder of why South Africans need an early election to renew, or not, the mandate of their rulers and free themselves from the machinations of the governing ANC. As a principle, this columnist has taken a view to defer judgment on Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidency until he marks his 200th day in office. However, to refresh readers’ minds: North West, a part of the so-called premier league — a club of provincial ANC chairmen mostly aligned to the ousted president — has gone up in flames. Protesters — mostly ordinary people, disgruntled ANC, South African Communist Party and Cosatu members — are demanding service delivery and the removal of Premier Supra Mahumapelo. Oddly, instead of asking his deputy to attend to the situation (remember, Mangosuthu Buthelezi was allowed as acting president to militarily intervene in the affairs of Lesotho in the 1990s), the president cut short his overseas visit to attend to the protests. Within days, a ...
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