The northeastern state of Massachusetts is getting colder and yet in many ways the temperature is rising. The source of the heat: a country coming to terms with the outcomes of a divisive election.This is home, yet I am an outsider. I am a black South African in a mostly white American state. I am a centre-right conservative based in a starkly liberal part of the US.Not too long ago, an angry electorate plugged their ears to reason, ignored the fact that their chosen candidate lacked experience, integrity and the backing of the so-called experts, and voted that candidate into power in an anti-establishment frenzy.Am I describing the December 2007 Polokwane ejection of president Thabo Mbeki, or November 2016’s Trump vs Clinton race ?Replace the notion of a human candidate being elected and I could even be describing Brexit.In the US, all the famous pundits and polls got it wrong. Many were spelling the beginning of the end of the Republican Party because of the bull in the china shop...
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