| "And Man became the God that he had created | | | | wallowing in their power, abusing their power, lining |
| and with his miracles did rule over all the earth." | | | | their own pockets through corruption and abuse |
| It is pure co-incidence that the topic of today's | | | | of said power, and intent on hanging on to that |
| article is a direct progression that started with | | | | power. |
| James Michener's first farmer. Today I speak of | | | | Polokwane is rife with the split between the Mbeki |
| governance and the current ANC conference in | | | | and Zuma camps with the one side obsessed with |
| Polokwane. | | | | holding on to that power and the other intent on |
| For many thousands of years, humans lived in | | | | grabbing that power for themselves.The |
| small relatively non-hierarchical communities. | | | | nomination and election process is an internal affair |
| However, as humans became more effective at | | | | with only a selected few within the cartel being |
| agriculture, ever increasing population densities | | | | able to vote for the new leadership, but at the |
| was a natural progression. With this came the | | | | end of the day, the side that wins will almost |
| issues of ownership of land in order to protect | | | | certainly become the leaders of the country in |
| individual, communal or tribal crops. | | | | the next general elections. |
| It soon became necessary to formulate a | | | | So, the people as a whole elected a political party |
| governance of some sort to ensure the | | | | to exercise governance on their behalf, but this |
| maintenance of basic security and public order. | | | | political party seems to be operating more as an |
| To cut a long story short, there are and have | | | | entity on its own than as representatives of the |
| been many different forms of government, but | | | | people. |
| we live in a democracy, a representative | | | | One only has to watch the news and visuals of |
| democracy but a democracy none the less. | | | | the happenings in Polokwane to see the blatant |
| A democracy is a form of government where | | | | way in which the mostly ignorant and helpless |
| the people as a whole hold the power. A | | | | masses are once again being used to blindly fight |
| representative democracy is where the people | | | | the battle for power. Then afterwards, the |
| elect representatives to exercise such | | | | country's workforce has to resort to cripling |
| governance on their behalf. | | | | strikes in order to earn a wage increase that is on |
| The African National Congress, as a political party, | | | | par with inflation, while those in power enjoy |
| won this confidence in 1994 when Nelson Mandela, | | | | increases of 50-60% annually. |
| as president of the ANC, became the first | | | | During the opening of the conference the |
| democratically elected State President of South | | | | preacher even refers to God as 'Comrade Spirit |
| Africa. | | | | of God.' Orchestrated to keep all the religions |
| The ANC won a landslide victory because of its | | | | happy? Or is God really now a comrade in the |
| history in the struggle for freedom from the rules | | | | fight for power? Will God fall for the 'comrade' |
| of apartheid. It won the election precisely because | | | | hype? |
| it promised freedom from oppression. The | | | | Whether Thabo Mbeki or Jacob Zuma walks |
| masses wanted freedom. The masses deserved | | | | away the winner is irrellevant. This is just another |
| freedom. The masses voted for freedom. | | | | classic case of power to the people and the |
| Under Thabo Mbeki's reign, the ANC has all but | | | | money to the leaders. |
| forgotten about the masses and their freedom. It | | | | When it comes to the general election....The ANC |
| has even forgotten and forsaken the thousands | | | | has been wooing the masses for close on 100 |
| of Mkhonto we Sizwe cadres who offered and | | | | years. |
| sacrificed their lives in the physical fight for | | | | Where is the opposition to that really? |
| freedom. | | | | Nowhere? |
| The ANC has become just another cartel | | | | |