A Tangled Web

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND LIBERTY...



Reader Jacko has brought an article in the ST on South Africa to my attention. It seems that Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, the South African foreign minister, is emerging as the most likely choice for the post of the nation’s vice-president. This delightful lady proudly supports tyrants such as Mugabe and Castro. The fact that such a monster could gain such an elevated position raises many questions about the political situation that now prevails in South Africa.



All decent people were glad to see Apartheid fall. This evil regime was an affront to humanity and it is good that justice has been done. However, the ANC is a rancid marxist cabal and what we are now witnessing is the difference between democracy and liberty. Sure, people can vote. But where is the liberty in a country whose political leadership stands idly by and watches Mugabe ethically cleanse and starve his own people? Where is the liberty in a country with a murder rate that exceeds downtown Falujah on a Saturday night?



It is profoundly disappointing to see that South Africa has not realised its full potential - and if useful fools like Zuma ever get their hands on the levers of power - it never will. Let us hope that a more mature younger political class can rise up and more fully understand that just having majority rule is not enough.After all, they had that in Iraq and it sure didn't make it a land flowing with milk and honey.