we think of it as, you know, the great success story in lots of ways of african politics. here was a minority, white, racist regime that defined people purely by the colour of their skin, whether they were black, coloured, white, and everything about their lives determined from that point. still in existence up until, you know, the late 20th century. relatively peaceful transition. that confidence in a constitution that cyril ramaphosa helped to write, because he was one of the mandela team back then, and that looks as though it has not delivered to enough people the quality of life that is even the most basic quality of life and all those promises. it will come, you just have to be patient, all the rest of it — patience seems to have run out. ramaphosa was a figure of hope and if you remember the desmond tutu term of "rainbow nation", bringing people together, and especially talking about,