JAMIL F. KHAN | When considering the abundance of choices represented on our ballot paper, it is often said that we have a healthy democracy.
For others it means that the reason for the party’s existence is a direct response to the ANC as an ailing political party. Whatever the interpretation, it is clear to see how the ANC, although considered the nemesis of opposition, has a firm hand in the construction of political opposition.
This circular process of political opposition seems to have become normalised in a democracy where spite and bickering has been mistaken for debate. The political landscape has remained in the hands of party politics which often occupies space that is desperately needed for dialogue about systemic disadvantage and civil fragmentation for example.
There will be a change in leadership sooner or later, and the ANC will no longer ride its high horse of political dominance, but its impact and influence will reach far beyond its fall. History has shaped political leadership in very toxic ways in this country through the constant struggle against control.
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