Is it presumptuous to suggest that we ought to consider a different type of political life to that which characterises politics in South Africa today?
, “From People’s Politics to State Politics: Aspects of National Liberation in South Africa’, in A. O. Olukoshi , The Politics of Opposition in South Africa , pp. 195–241.We have different conditions. We have not got the mass organisations, the social movements, that comprised the base of the UDF. We have very few.
It is incorrect to draw a binary between the ANC in exile and the people struggling on the ground inside the country. Certainly, some people thought that those inside the country were not the “real ANC”. But the level of disillusionment that people are experiencing is not related to some philosophical analysis of ancient Greek democracy and its replication to some extent, in later experiences not only in the UDF, but in other countries. It is not a theoretical issue, even though such questions may well be under discussion, in study groups or WhatsApp groups and other forums that exist.
But we must find a way of developing an alternative that is more satisfactory, without bloodshed, and without simply excluding those who are participating in the present dispensation where they may well, in good faith, also be open to participating in something new.
We don't have a democracy. Democracy would represent the PEOPLE'S will. This is a kleptocracy based on imperialist ideology, in African drag.
'Rich' coming from the voices of your forefathers!
It could be communicated in any language and it would still not land with the people. 'Together,' we have a duty to build a thriving nation. Somehow SAns think that it is a leader's task only. What about the leader of self?
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