Comments on: 2009 election preview: South Africa http://www.tallyroom.com.au/427 Elections and politics in Australia and around the world. Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:13:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: FEDERATION http://www.tallyroom.com.au/427/comment-page-1#comment-726 FEDERATION Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:23:37 +0000 http://www.tallyroom.com.au/?p=427#comment-726 OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS,HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MAY I DELIVER AN EXTREMELY STRENOUS MASSAGE TO SOUTH AFRICANS, WITH DUE RESPECT WILL PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA MAKE IT AS SA PRESIDENT,HERE I AM TALKING ABOUT ECONOMIC WISE?.wHAT QUALITIES DOES HE HAVE?Americans say if the cap fits wear it OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS,HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MAY I DELIVER AN EXTREMELY STRENOUS MASSAGE TO SOUTH AFRICANS,
WITH DUE RESPECT WILL PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA MAKE IT AS SA PRESIDENT,HERE I AM TALKING ABOUT ECONOMIC WISE?.wHAT QUALITIES DOES HE HAVE?Americans say if the cap fits wear it

]]> By: BlackMage http://www.tallyroom.com.au/427/comment-page-1#comment-176 BlackMage Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:42:53 +0000 http://www.tallyroom.com.au/?p=427#comment-176 I think the most interesting elections in South Africa could be the provincial elections; I don't think COPE has a wide enough base or enough time to mount a genuine challenge to the ANC nationwide. But in the Western and Eastern Capes, and perhaps in Gauteng, the opposition parties should be able to take on weakened, feckless ANC governments. Taking down a dominant-party system is no easy task, especially in a country that has never really known a vibrant democracy. COPE needs to govern the provinces justly and ewll, proving that it's more than just an anti-Zuma movement, before it can build the kind of sustained base it will need to succeed. I think the most interesting elections in South Africa could be the provincial elections; I don’t think COPE has a wide enough base or enough time to mount a genuine challenge to the ANC nationwide. But in the Western and Eastern Capes, and perhaps in Gauteng, the opposition parties should be able to take on weakened, feckless ANC governments.

Taking down a dominant-party system is no easy task, especially in a country that has never really known a vibrant democracy. COPE needs to govern the provinces justly and ewll, proving that it’s more than just an anti-Zuma movement, before it can build the kind of sustained base it will need to succeed.

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