Pete’s blog

Just enough time to squeeze in one last weekly email for the year. A look back at some of what happened this year and a few guesses about next year.
This year has been a year of consequences – a year of straws so to speak. Time will tell if the straws are going […]

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The Polokwane conference will mark the end of the ANC liberation movement.
A liberation movement has one rallying cause – the struggle, the liberation. The most important question in any decision is: will it advance the struggle? Unity is the liberation movement’s strength; dissent and disharmony do not advance the struggle. The movement’s […]

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To continue last week’s email with some more thoughts – in particular about Zuma and Polokwane.
First off, Zuma is almost certain to be the next ANC president, barring some bizarre last minute event. It was pretty much a done deal once Mbeki gave his full support to Zuma, I mean why else would Mbeki […]

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Going to write about something highly topical for a change – the great ANC succession debate. In a country with an entrenched two-thirds party there isn’t that much excitement around election time – everyone knows who is going to win, everyone knows who the president is going to be. The only speculation possible […]

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