By the end of December, after the conclusion of the governing ANC’s elective conference, South Africans should have a clearer sense of what the next two years will bring. Unless something dramatic happens at the conference — like the election of someone not involved in the high-stakes game for the ANC president; someone who enjoys high levels of trust and is completely incorruptible, South Africans can expect more of the same.

Sometimes I am glad my main interests are not dysfunctional traffic lights, cable theft or lawlessness on the roads, or in the cluttered meso space of political parties. There are too many details, and far too much noise...

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