tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971321054630380124.post5583322268813186287..comments2023-10-27T01:29:04.720+13:00Comments on Middle-aged White Male: Gatsha is Backmawmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05096088408416933018noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971321054630380124.post-52712529487754232632008-12-11T07:52:00.000+13:002008-12-11T07:52:00.000+13:00Mugabe will never be tried at the Hague--he's the ...Mugabe will never be tried at the Hague--he's the wrong colour <I>and</I> a Marxist.KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940428991630766942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971321054630380124.post-23868197969313695712008-12-08T20:31:00.000+13:002008-12-08T20:31:00.000+13:00Inkata (IFP) has a massive traditional Zulu suppor...Inkata (IFP) has a massive traditional Zulu support base - and represents the largest single ethnic group in SA. <BR/><BR/>During the run up to the 1994 elections there was a 'civil' war in SA where the ANC and the IFP were knocking all kinds of shit out of each other in Natal. In the end, the ANC managed to get control of the councils in the major centres in Natal. A lot of this has begun to change.<BR/><BR/>Buthelezi has always been treated with repect by the older ANC leaders mainly, I think, because of his royal status. They also have not wanted to upset the Zulu king as he has massive traditional power (even although he has tried to remain above politics).<BR/><BR/>Zuma, a Zulu, is an uneducated, amoral idiot and is unlikely to maintain much influence with the Zulu voter. Further the ANC is a party that has in the main kept its leadership amongst the Xosa. This is all a recipe for disaster for the ANC.<BR/><BR/>As the ANC tears itself asunder, the other political forces get to be more important. Buthelezi is quite old now and the IFP has not managed to groom another leader of his stature. <BR/><BR/>This leaves a big question mark as to what kind of opposition there will be to an ANC government in the next elections - IFP, the breakaway party from the ANC....or the Democratic Party under the leadership of Helen Zille.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971321054630380124.post-20248530752017563742008-12-08T12:43:00.000+13:002008-12-08T12:43:00.000+13:00Great post. Is there any hope for these sentiments...Great post. Is there any hope for these sentiments to gain traction in SA ? They certainly won't be respected by the Minto hypocrite brigade in the West...How has Buthelezei been treated by the ANC since he vanished off the radar ?Ayrdalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12277759681727009183noreply@blogger.com