OPINION: What matters most is the servicing of the needs of the people, and certainly not the factional battles playing themselves out in the ANC.
The leaders would be well advised to take heed of Waldo Ralph Emerson’s advisory remarks to the effect that “things that matter most must not be at the mercy of things that matter least.” What matters most is the servicing of the needs of the people, and certainly not the factional battles playing themselves out in the ANC.
Most importantly, once the elections are done and leadership is elected, the competitors, not factions, should jettison the competing mindset and rally behind the elected leadership. Henry Ford once said, “obstacles are those frightful things we see when we take our eyes off the goal.
There is conspicuous and profound feeling of disquiet, discomfort and palpable anger from the people, which was best exemplified by the unkind and unceremonious reception, the leaders of the ruling party were welcomed with during their door-to-door campaigns for the upcoming local government elections.
They can only disregard the disturbing signs, exemplified by their unwelcome in some areas at their own peril. The political uncertainty and unfriendly political climate that has been engendered by the factional battles in the ANC, are an insult to the freedom fighters who spent years in prison and those who paid the ultimate price for South Africa’s freedom.
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