2014 South African election planning is well under way. The ruling and opposition paries are rallying for support and votes with all sorts of different promises. It’s a great time to see if they can muster up enough votes to oust the ANC.
THIS ARTICLE IS MY OPINION
The beginning of another campaign for the South African political parties began in earnest this month with the elections 2014. The heavy weights within the ANC political party pulled out the fear card again, and it is not surprising to the majority of people.
South Africa voted for a democratic change almost 20 years ago. The ANC won more than two thirds of the votes at that time, giving them untold power, and the majority of people expected a smooth integration of democracy and a dramatic change to their living conditions. What happened? Not much, the only freedom was full integration of all races permitted to use all the public facilities. The influx of foreigners, the escalation of crime and the rise of squatter camps around the country, began in earnest on that incredible freedom day 27 April 1994.
Corruption was not lagging behind and so the consequence of political members' wealth accumulated steadily. Laws changed for the benefit of the ruling party, not the people of South Africa. Unions backed the ruling party for their own benefit, not that of the people. The ANC is visibly an imperialist organization, which will cling to the power they have, at any cost.
Is South Africa becoming another Zimbabwe? The ANC will use the fear card and whatever means they have in order to maintain their power, but their decline in power is evident. I to would fear the new emerging political party Agang, directed by the feisty Mamphela Ramphele, and the steady growth of support for the opposition party, the Democratic Alliance officiated by Helen Zille, who over the past years has made a tremendous impact on this nation by showing them true democracy. (The on / off combination of these two parties could damage their reputation. Much to the delight of the ANC).The relatively new Ecomonic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party headed by Julius Malema will take a portion of the votes, but will definitely not win. Who wants to live under a socialist government?
The ANC, in all probability will retain their power in the next election, but a marked reduction in their support system will give the opposition parties to move forward into a true democracy. The younger generation, the educated generation, which they deserved, will take the voting toward a more realistic democratic society. The criminal prisoners will vote for the ANC and why not, prison has exceptionally benefits. The immigrants will vote for the ANC simply because they have many opportunities to exhort their corruption. The rural people, who, unfortunately, have not had the opportunity of education and development, will support the ANC, after all, it is that time of the year, when gifts are plenty, and promises are empty.
Your friend,
Laura
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