LETTER: ANC not worth voting for
Cyril Ramaphosa cannot effect state reform within a dirty, divided and duplicitous political party
Columnist Peter Bruce’s three assumptions seem to be that there is a principled ANC and an unprincipled ANC; that while Cyril Ramaphosa cannot renew the ANC, he can still reform the state; and that Ramaphosa will be president after May 8. First, there is only one ANC, including the good the bad and the ugly. For 25 years the party has consisted of those who leached off SA’s people, those who were on the sidelines, and those who did nothing about it. Second, no one man can effect state reform within a dirty, divided and duplicitous political party responsible for entrenched rot in every sphere, department, and enterprise of government. Ramaphosa has kept dirty leaders, fails to unite a divided organisation, and makes duplicitous policy statements dependent on the audience. Third, South Africans vote for a political party, not a president. The president is elected by parliament. With unrelenting rumours that David Mabuza is eyeing the job, and the ANC list containing criminal elemen...
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