We already know you like him – and why shouldn’t you? The man is a genius, and most importantly, always finds a way to be brutally honest about South Africa’s current political situations.

Earlier this morning, political analyst Max du Preez lay out our country’s immediate future in one of three ways:

[T]he glass is half full; the glass is half empty and losing volume; and there is a hole at the bottom of the glass, so it won’t help to try and fill it.

Let’s have a closer look…

Let’s say there’s a hole in the bottom of the glass:

“Should we be depressed because our president has now clearly gone rogue, corruption and state capture are increasing as Jacob Zuma hits the final straight of his term and the state coffers are obviously going to fleeced more?”

What about half empty?

Dlamini-Zuma becomes ANC president. She’s not incompetent at all and deep down probably knows she has to take the steps mentioned above if she wants to save the country, but the people she would have to act against are her biggest supporters and sponsors, inside and outside the ANC.

Or, let’s say that despite all of this, the glass is still half full, because:

[C]ivil society has been mobilised on a scale last seen in the 1980s and is pushing back hard?

And…

Ramaphosa is elected ANC president with the efficient Naledi Pandor as his deputy, and in January next year will make sure that Zuma is recalled as president of the country.

Du Preez believes that South Africa’s current situation is one of strong critical mass in urban and middle class screaming against the “abuses and maladministration going on under Zuma”.

But this is making no difference where it counts: at the ANC branch level.

With 39 days until the ANC’s elective conference, du Preez believes that mid-December is going to be a real tipping point:

Will the conference take place at all, or will it be postponed due to violence, chaos and legal tussles if Zuma decides that his favoured candidate, Nkosazana Hyphenated-Zuma, isn’t a clear winner?

We’ll leave the rest up to Max. Catch his full analogy here.

[source:news24]