A Political Discussion – Part 1
During the 80s, we would start our political discussions with an objective analysis of the state we are in as a country and the broader democratic movement, the balance of forces in the region and the world, the subjective factor – our strengths and weaknesses. We always posed the question: Who has the “strategic initiative and setting the agenda for the country?“
The ANC is today in a far worse situation than it was three years ago. The ANC lacks strategic, tactical and organizational coherence. Despite updating its Strategy and Tactics document regularly, the ANC seems to lack the theoretical tools to analyze the state that South Africa finds itself in today.
The fight against ‘State Capture’ and corruption seem to define the current moment under President Cyril Ramaphosa. State Capture has become the new ‘religion’ and a prism within which
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