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Hardly two days before the Ides of March, another former president Thabo Mbeki, in his conversation session at Unisa, foresaw a government with lesser power and NGOs dedicating terms. According to him, SA is heading to a cliff, and he boldly predicted that the May 29 election won't bring forth charges.
The ANC are a cunning lot. They target another win from the upcoming elections, focusing on two key areas, crime and electricity.
The outpatients department at the state-run South Rand Hospital in Johannesburg is very busy. It serves many people from many areas, including lots of new estates.
There are political parties which parade themselves as representatives of the disadvantaged but you hardly hear their leaders raising parliamentary debates about the slow pace of service delivery.
In the less than 60 days, SA will be going to the national and provincial elections. These elections will be contested by more than 50 political parties nationally. It is without doubt that this will be the most highly contested elections since the dawn of our democracy in 1994.