A high court judgment in KwaZulu-Natal has placed Jacob Zuma’s faction on the back foot. With political tensions rising in the volatile province, expect a huge fight ahead of the December conference. The ANC is finished. No more. Those in power — Cyril Ramaphosa included — will now go down in history as the people who destroyed it. Maybe, just maybe, we will learn from this that we don’t need politicians — they need us. We need policy makers and executors of that policy, that’s all. Run SA like a business, and we’ll be fine. - James Drew Where there are state resources to loot, there is no fair play. Expect the conference either to go ahead with an explosive atmosphere or not go ahead at all. - Makhanda Mokoena

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