Given that our country and its citizens’ future wellbeing is dependent on the competence of the political parties that purport to represent them in parliament, the laws that they pass, the executive they choose and the judiciary they help appoint, the nation should be in a state of serious concern, even panic.

Our political party establishments are selfishly embroiled in internal dissent and factionalism, confused about the role and relevance of race and how to deal with it and generally unable to produce or implement viable socioeconomic policies and practices that will alleviate poverty, unemployment and inequity in SA...

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