Asserts the South African center-right columnist: "Several scenarios offer themselves. The first is that the ANC wakes from its slumber and realises that, after 18 years of promises, it is what it does and not what it says that matters now. It cannot blame apartheid for anything now. It is in charge of the purse strings and it has received the people's votes. It has to govern, and govern decisively and well. "
Mr. Malala continues his commentary about growing unrest in his country: "The second scenario is that the ANC remains in the grip of the rapacious, me-first, it's-our-turn-to-eat brigade that is dragging it down. If the party stays on this trajectory, it opens the way for two types of new player to emerge. One would be a credible, ethical and believable opposition that can convince the electorate that the 1994 project of hope and prosperity can be continued."
More commentary from Mr. Malala: "The other new player would be a coalition of populists of the sort of [former African National Congress Youth League president] Julius Malema. That coalition would promise largesse, milk and honey, without proffering a shred of evidence about how exactly it would be achieved. This way lies disaster and we would be on that well-trodden path most lately walked by Zimbabwe. The choice is ours. Crucially, it is the ANC's too."
Justice Malala: "As The Poor Lose Hope, Anarchy Looms Larger In South Africa"
