ANC Voters choose corruption over good governance

The African National Congress (ANC) have experienced its biggest loss in this election, yet have managed to secure the confidence of the majority. The majority who have given the ANC a vote of confidence are the South African unemployed youth, and a disillusioned population who trust the promises of a better life, prosperity, free houses and free services from the Zuma administration. The masses believe the lies of the corrupt government. It is the voters who are to blame for allowing the corruption to continue.

Zuma we cannot forget was the head of the intelligence for the most notorious department within the ANC during 1987 until 1993. A unit that used harsh methods to enforce discipline. Zuma is also a president who instills fear into the masses. During the election campaign, Zuma had a lot to say about the ancestors, apartheid, and offering everything for free. Zuma knew the masses would believe the promises; it was all repetitive; he has done it before. Zuma knows how to dis-empower the ordinary citizens. 

The people live in shacks, remain unemployed, live in poverty and filled with anger. The people do not care if the president lives in a mansion, or if government officials have a home in each province. The people do not care if there is running water and electricity, and that the government steals all the money, all the people want is everything for free. The people continue to protest, burn down the almost non-existent infrastructure believing that there will be change. They are fooled, nothing will change; they will now have to live with even less.

There is no party loyalty; there is only ignorance. The masses do not blame Zuma for the diseased state of existence. The ignorant masses know that Zuma is the head of a dishonest regime, yet they choose to ignore the ANC manifesto. Crime, murder, and theft are widespread in South Africa. Land issues remain a constant concern, and the slow growing economy is not keeping up with the population growth. Problems that the Zuma administration has ignored.

Zuma’s strength lies in the fact that he has a massive loyal population of rural blacks and tribal colonies. Zuma keeps the masses institutionalized in racism, forces the inequality between wealthy and poor, and unemployment and poverty. Only the ANC can solve this problem, yet they selected not to but rather keep the apartheid story alive and keep the fear in the hearts of the masses. Now the majority who have voted for the ANC are the ones who will continue to live in poverty.

Laura Oneale - published on  South Africa Today – South Africa News