South Africa

Since all eyes are on Cape Town this week, I thought I'd share two quotes with you all. The first comes to us compliments of the incumbent Mayor of Cape Town, Nomaindia Mfeketo. Ms. Mfeketo stated a while back that although she believed she had served the mandate of the ANC well, the organisation could deploy a person "much, much better than me" to the position of Cape Town Mayor.

 

Which of course did not stop her from accepting the ANC's nomination to that same position.

 

The second quote is from the last local government elections when it looked like a coalition of the DP-NNP was going to overtake the ANC (which had secured the majority of votes in the province). The ANC thundered - "One important principle that must be recognised is that the ANC is the party that won the election in the Western Cape, and it was thereby given the mandate for transformation in this province. This has to be respected. It should also be remembered that democratic convention dictates that the largest party gets the first opportunity to form a coalition government. This is clearly not the case in the Western Cape. By shutting out the ANC, the NNP-DP-ACDP are not merely shutting out the party, but they are shutting out the very people who gave the ANC the vote of confidence in the Western Cape."

 

Which of course in no way or form has stopped them from doing the exact same thing to the DA this week.

 

Politics. Go figure.

 

Update : Helen Zille is the new Mayor of Cape Town. A big congratulations to her - she is the right woman for the job!