South Africa as a country is coming from very afar. Our
internationally acclaimed constitution guarantees freedom of political
association and all sorts of freedoms that come and go with that.
Dr. Ramphele who has always been taken by many South
Africans as the quiet member of the Democratic Alliance and has been known for
her controversial statements. If I can recall very well Mamphele had always
shown that she is against the ruling party ethics (ANC). “The ANC…represents
the most blatant example of how the governing party has abused the state to
benefit its loyalists and to sustain itself in power.” The above quote just
makes obvious even to the blind that Ramphele has always differed with the ANC
on every stand. But to the extent of forming a new party?
Throughout the media it has been evident that the Democratic
Alliance leader Helen Zille had secretly offered Agang SAfounder
Mamphela Ramphele the leadership of her party in long-running negotiations last
year. However, the plan collapsed after Ramphele demanded the DA
"dissolve" and join her initiative instead. For me this is very
confusing if Mamphele is really interested in the growth of this country or she
wants to be the power head. She would argue perhaps that the policies or
something of the DA are not inline with hers. But even in that regard it does
not make sense to me because she formed part of the DA in terms of structuring
the policies.
Dr Ramphele has always been a strong political character,
but the BIG questions is: is her new political party going to survive in the
South African political landscape. Isn’t this just another COPE coming up. Let’s
just watch and see!
