Who could forget that those who campaigned for former ANC president Thabo Mbeki to serve a third term in 2007 then endorsed Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as the country’s presidential candidate for the 2009 general elections? There were no misgivings then about her relationship with the then ANC deputy president, Jacob Zuma. Neither were her close ties with Mbeki a problem. None of those things could taint her political pedigree because she owes her allegiance to the movement she served with distinction at the height of apartheid. Why is it now a matter of taste? Surely, if Mbeki were to endorse her now it would put another complexion to the narrative. This is because the succession race is largely dominated by a double standard of a patriarchal nature. It’s also fraught with disruptive and intransigent elements, wanting to cling to power and keep the suppressive lid on the transition to a women emancipation agenda. There is no content to the diatribe spewed out about Dlamini-Zuma, but a l...
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