Crisis in South Africa shakes up politics before party election

[Jan]

South Africa in crisis

The economy is shrinking, power cuts are at a record, unemployment is close to an all-time high, living costs have surged, towns are falling apart and there are sporadic outbreaks of xenophobic violence.

The laundry list of challenges confronting South Africa is a massive headache for Cyril Ramaphosa heading into governing-party elections in December and a national vote in 2024.

 

[Danie_V]

Sadly "He denies any wrongdoing" means nothing in South Africa, even if faced with evidence of wrongdoing. It is a standard response and has little to do with innocence. More and more internationally we see fewer politicians steeping aside or resigning. It's probably why politicians are not held in high regard ethically.

 

[Lukitz]

 

[daveza]

Crisis in South Africa - we've been having it since 1994.

 

[Flanders]

Expect that ol' "Legacy of Apartheid" chestnut to come to the fore again any minute now.

 

[Shadowchaser1]

It took them how long to figure & realize this? So this is what the President of SA looks like. My my.. He looks wide awake ready to tackle the problems of SA with vigour. He looks like JB (USA) ready to fall asleep, working for the people. Unreal. Sad to see how far SA has fallen.

 

[BBSA]

Crisis in South Africa - we've been having it since 1994.

Is that the year Jan landed?

 

[now05ster]

Come on, guys...

 

[freematrix]

This comment is beyond comprehension?
The president inherited “a state crippled through corruption, state capture and a stagnant economy. The Covid-19 pandemic worsened the challenges of unemployment and poverty,” Magwenya told reporters
We do not vote for a president in this country. We vote for a party. His party elected the Zuma and him. ANC is responsible and did the above. This is therefore no excuse.

 

[rvZA]

This is all irrelevant.

The ANC admitted at the dawn of Covid that they would use the virus to commit class suicide, whereby they will be killing off the economy and the middle-class in South Africa. The purpose of this, according to the ANC, was to do away with inequality in the country. If everyone is equally poor and dying of hunger, they have achieved their goal.

After the official announcement by NDZ, Cyril, his government, parliament, the EFF, the ANC and other parties sided with NDZ and they all protected her.

ANC MPs rally around Dlamini-Zuma after 'class suicide' question | News24

ANC MPs rallied in support of Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma after she was asked which class she wanted to commit suicide.

www.news24.com

This is the end of South Africa as we all knew it. CR was part of this decision to commit class suicide, so it does not matter what he inherited. It is clear he did not like it and wanted to make it even worse. The mere fact that they all supported her and protected her, made this official ANC policy. So, it is clear what they want to do with the country and where things are heading.

The big question is what is about to come and will everyone be able to survive it?

 

[Pegging]

C’mon people. The ANC deserve another chance, a chance with a 2/3 majority. Then we can just give everyone land, ceo jobs and smart cities to solve all the problems.

 

[ShaunSA]

The president inherited “a state crippled through corruption, state capture and a stagnant economy. The Covid-19 pandemic worsened the challenges of unemployment and poverty,” Magwenya told reporters.

“It’s important when people judge the president’s performance in office, that they do so based on facts, and not based on rumor-mongering and other misinformed perceptions.”

Listen up you magwinya.... it's a fact your beloved leader was part and parcel of the collective who landed us in this schit. So own it or gtfo

I take it none of the reporters present were journalists to ask some tough questions

 

[rvZA]

Expect that ol' "Legacy of Apartheid" chestnut to come to the fore again any minute now.

The three ideologies, Democracy, Socialism and Communism, all sing from the same hymn book. Although the three are exactly the same thing, none of them will ever take responsibility. They will always find a non-existent enemy and all blame will always go there. It is what it is.

 

[Creag]

It is what it is.

This ^

Apart from leaving the country, if you, or want to, there is little that can be done to stop the slide into Zim 2.0

 

[rvZA]

This ^

Apart from leaving the country, if you, or want to, there is little that can be done to stop the slide into Zim 2.0

Nothing can be done to stop the decline into chaos. No political party can stop it. Citizens cannot stop it either. If you are willing to live in poverty, while being oppressed based on the colour of your skin, excluded from the economy and workforce based on the colour of your skin, subjected to extremely high crime rates, no access to sufficient water and electricity and other basic services, extremely high cost of living, pay extremely high taxes, then South Africa may be the right country for you. At least you will have sunshine.

If you cannot live like this, then best would be to start working on a plan to flee the country.

 

[Flanders]

At least you will have sunshine.

ANC to-do list:

Nothing
Nothing
Nothing
Steal
Implement sun tax

 

[Cosmik Debris]

This comment is beyond comprehension?
The president inherited “a state crippled through corruption, state capture and a stagnant economy. The Covid-19 pandemic worsened the challenges of unemployment and poverty,” Magwenya told reporters
We do not vote for a president in this country. We vote for a party. His party elected the Zuma and him. ANC is responsible and did the above. This is therefore no excuse.

And he was Zuma's deputy president that supported Zuma through 8 votes of no confidence.

 

[TelkomUseless]

The economy is shrinking, power cuts are at a record, unemployment is close to an all-time high, living costs have surged, towns are falling apart and there are sporadic outbreaks of xenophobic violence.

But that is the ANC policies working for them for the last 30 years. It's not a crisis in ANC cadres eyes... they are living rich.. its not their problem.

 

[Cosmik Debris]

This is all irrelevant.

The ANC admitted at the dawn of Covid that they would use the virus to commit class suicide, whereby they will be killing off the economy and the middle-class in South Africa. The purpose of this, according to the ANC, was to do away with inequality in the country. If everyone is equally poor and dying of hunger, they have achieved their goal.

After the official announcement by NDZ, Cyril, his government, parliament, the EFF, the ANC and other parties sided with NDZ and they all protected her.

ANC MPs rally around Dlamini-Zuma after 'class suicide' question | News24

ANC MPs rallied in support of Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma after she was asked which class she wanted to commit suicide.

www.news24.com

This is the end of South Africa as we all knew it. CR was part of this decision to commit class suicide, so it does not matter what he inherited. It is clear he did not like it and wanted to make it even worse. The mere fact that they all supported her and protected her, made this official ANC policy. So, it is clear what they want to do with the country and where things are heading.

The big question is what is about to come and will everyone be able to survive it?

Some points from your link:

At that briefing, Dlamini-Zuma said: "However, Covid-19 also offers us an opportunity to accelerate the implementation of some long agreed-upon structural changes to enable reconstruction, development and growth.

"These opportunities call for more sacrifices and – if needs be – what Amilcar Cabral called 'class suicide', wherein we must rally behind the common cause. The coronavirus knows no class, race, gender or geographical location."

DA MP Willie Aucamp said she didn't answer the question about which class she wanted to commit suicide.

"That's not a question, that's a political statement!" ANC chief whip Seiso Mohai said. "This honourable member is very out of order."

Deputy chairperson of the NCOP, Sylvia Lucas, didn't want to entertain Aucamp's point of order and also referred to Michalakis' direct question as a "political statement".

This is the woman that spent a lot of money as Premier of the Northern Cape on the government credit card on Energade and other non essentials for her cabinet. Here she demonstrates how she protects ministers from clarifying statements they made. Typical commie:

Premier Lucas came under media scrutiny when it was revealed that she spent R53,000 ($3585.93) on fast food and personal groceries, with her government-issued credit card, in the first ten weeks of her taking up the post. This was calculated to be an average spend of R760 ($51.42), a point that was speedily picked up upon by the official Democratic Alliance opposition.

The Premier defended her high charges by remarking, "How would we have eaten if we didn't use taxpayers' money?" The ANC later weighed in, defending the Premier, and lashed out against the various political and editorial cartoonists that had lampooned her in print media – particularly against notorious cartoonist, Jonathan Shapiro. She became popularly nicknamed the "Fast Food Premier" in media reports and newspaper headlines.

Sylvia Lucas - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Cosmik Debris]

Listen up you magwinya.... it's a fact your beloved leader was part and parcel of the collective who landed us in this schit. So own it or gtfo

I take it none of the reporters present were journalists to ask some tough questions

There are no more journalists. They call themselves activists now and won't dare ask him questions in case he orders their editor to send someone else next time. No more free food or junket.