Bishop Tutu says he wouldn't vote for the ANC...

Is this the begining of the end for them?

Wasn't he the boss of Inkatha (sp?)?? Or is that the joke?? :/

No, you're thinking of Mangosuthu Buthelezi

Tutu was the archbishop of the anglican church

That's makes perfect sense and I even recognize Buthelezi's name now you mention it. Go me!

It sure does look like it

What are the alternatives in SA at the moment?

No real alternatives. Next biggest party is the Democratic Alliance, which is the old democratic party, a liberal centre-rightish party (enomically not dissimliar to the right-wing faction that has controlled the ANC for the last decade). They're basically the party that currently runs Cape Town, which (if i'm correct) if the only major city not run by the ANC

but it's not so much that the opposition might get elected, because you're talking a massive difference in votes 69.69% for the ANC and 12.37 for the DA (at the last election). It's about whether the ANC, South Africa Communist Party, and Council of South African Trade Unions (who are in a formal alliance), will break their alliance. And then whether the ANC will fracture further. The ANC needs to break up before there can be a real alternative. Even if there is a massive swing against the ANC now, they'll still win easily. Also, it's unlikely that people will vote for another party. It's more likely that they just won't vote (voter turnout has been dropping in SA)

Right, chur neil - kinda had the impression that it was still ANC or nothing. Looks like that was right.

Hopefully there's a few contenders inside the ANC to split away and create a better option...

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