What does the future hold for South Africa?

So Jacob Zuma won the ANC Presidential elections. I wonder what the
future holds for South Africa? Sure I have heard all the commentary
about how disconnected Mbeki is from the ordinary South African, and
her or his real concerns.... But one worries about a leader who has
shown nothing but contempt for the law (an act that is equally
concerning!)

I shall pray, and read, and perhaps this next election will be the
first in which I shall not vote for the ANC's candidate, even if it is
not Mr Zuma... You see, I think the party that I have supported for
some years (even before the end of Apartheid), has grown away from
me. We no longer seem to share the same values of integrity, justice,
and unity...

At the end of the day this was not just a race between Jacob Zuma abd
Thabo Mbeki, the party could have chosen any number of other more
worthy and suitable candidates... But, they did not... Perhaps that
is where we have grown apart?

Comments

[Reggie]

Indeed, we find ourselves in a moral dillemma. I for one, am concerned about commentators, encoraging us to get used to this kind of democracy and JZ rule. This doesn't bode well for the valuesystem that seems to be promoted.