As a DA member (for only R10 a year) I get exposed to the real DA. They will never rule this country cause of all the in fighting and back stabbing prevents them from getting much done. There a joke to black voters and the ANC is just fueling the fire.
Er... anyway. Attend many meetings?
It'll be a long time before anyone else comes to power. The best we can hope for is a strong (combined?) opposition to prevent at least a 2/3 majority in the next election and with some luck a 50% majority within a few years.
If we consider that General George Washington was elected president of the United States of America for two terms unopposed and that the young Federalist part stood virtually no opposition for another term is an indication of how a young democracy votes for what they know.
However, in the eventual fourth election the Federalist Party under Adams lost badly to Jefferson. The country was maturing.
I feel that South Africa, as time goes by, will eventually have a strong opposition (think ANC equating to the hero of the American War of Independence, who died the year before the 1800 election) though it may take longer than the USA.
Hopefully one day the ANC will need to earn their place in this country and not be merely granted a stay of power.
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