From the BBC we have yet another story about voters who never seem to learn.
South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) has been returned to office after winning parliamentary election, but with a reduced majority.
The ANC secured 58% of the vote, ahead of the Democratic Alliance (DA) on 21%. The radical Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), came third with 11%.
The ANC, which has been in power since 1994, won 62% of the vote at the last general election in 2014.
Anger over the economy and corruption may have eroded its appeal.
A few years back BizNews gave us the graph below. It shows South Africa's annual GDP per capita in US dollars per president of South Africa.
Even casual outside observers of South Africa understand that a disaster may be unfolding here. One hopes not but South African voters need a solution and it clearly isn't the ANC.
2 comments:
There is a strange mindset in most African countries, however much the people are shat on they still vote for the incumbent party, Zimbabwe is the same, one corrupt leader follows another, the country becomes a basket case and still they vote for them.
Zuma having drained billions for himself family and friends is apparently facing 700 corruption charges, what is the betting he will be found guilty on any ?
Having said that we are hardly 'clean hands' 377 MPs have been revealed to be fiddling expenses again, the totals are now very near the last time, what ever happened to the body overseeing the expenses but never really did.
Wiggia - maybe people become too familiar with the status quo and think it could be worse but is unlikely to be better.
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