Tipping Point, South Africa

Dear Mr Ramaphosa 

Many express disappointment with your tepid, lacklustre response to a chilling warning of the catastrophe facing us, as we descend further into the hell of your party's making. 

I refer to the General Mkhwanazi saga. Just want to clear that up, as it's one of the many that have been coming thick and fast since you first made 'tepid' and 'lacklustre' your mantra.

You do not disappoint. You lost the capacity to do so many, many ineffectual responses ago. You merely weary, bore and nauseate, like a dose of some dreadful laxative, taken at dreary intervals.

You are the surgeon who, after being appropriately surprised, shocked and dismayed at the size and growth of the tumour, calls a commission of inquiry. Three months into the also wearying, boring, nauseating and, inevitably, ineffectual performance, the patient dies - having lingered on in agony all the while.

We understand that your team is not exactly composed of the brightest and the best that South Africa has to offer. Nor do they shine brightest in the firmament where integrity, honesty, reliability and the like dwell. That is common cause. The evidence is compelling. If you are unaware, scan the news of the past few years. You may even be shocked.

But, Mr President, leaders clean up such messes with alacrity. In the crudest terms, they fire the asses of those who are dragging us to the lowest level of the pit toilet that our country has become. Time and consequences are merciless, for countries, as for individuals. Ask Zimbabwe.

So, sir, you do not disappoint. You merely fulfill your own prophecy. As did so many ANC luminaries before you. You merely confirm, as if any further confirmation were needed, that you need to go. Without delay. We have a country to save. You and your comrades may continue your games of make believe and your good stories from your fantasy and fairy tale shelves. Please, get out of the way. Let those who have a care for South Africa and South Africans do what so urgently and desperately needs to be done. While you dream gently in the sun of deeds done in the struggle for liberty and the far more successful struggle for wealth, ease and power.

Yours in the struggle for sanity and clarity of sight.

Richard 

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