Jonathan’s Outlook

Mbeki off to Asia amid opposition outcry
- IOL

I have been saying for a number of years now, that Thabo Mbeki is a “cancer of this country”. An impotent politician who is the silent killer of South Africa.

He’s not an in-your-face militant or racist dictator like some of his African brethren, but nonetheless, he is these things, just in a more sinister, under-handed way.

In a way, I’m glad that he and his government are failing to respond to problems such as this xenophobic violence, as at least it serves to show to more South Africans, just how poisonous Mbeki and his ANC government are for this country.

I can only hope that his many failings will be remembered come voting time. I have no disillusions that their will be any other ruling party than the ANC for the foreseeable future, but I think that even a man as despicable as Jacob Zuma is a better choice for president than Thabo Mbeki.

Mbeki has failed on every major challenge that has faced his administration. Mbeki has failed every South African (and every person in South Africa) dismally, and I hope, that when his time is up, he will be remembered with disgust and disdain…