Poor leadership in South Africa
I'd like to dedicate this blog post to Thabo Mbeki. I've never met the man, but I can say he has never failed to dissapoint me. He's never made any difference to South Africa, or voiced any speech that could inspire since he has come to office. A luke warm failure of note.
Jacob Zuma is a different story. The future president of South Africa loves to sing a song which has the lyrics "bring me my machine gun". It seems as though Africa as a continent does not work well when it comes to the implementation of Democratic policies. This is because the majority of the population are ignorant (not stupid) and cannot descern a good leader from a poor one. Maybe we need a new type of democracy, or political outlook when it gets to developing countries.
A system that will:
a) Only allow educated members to vote. i.e members which have a matric or above.
b) Give more power to the police force to execute punishment on the spot.
Nelson Mandela was a great leader because he was willing to put the past behind him and look into the future.