Two new parties bow to pose a serious threat on the ruling party.

This year, South Africa unveiled two new political parties which are eager to challenge African national congress (ANC). First party to be unveiled was AGANG which promises clean government and its president is Dr. Mamphela Ramphele former ANC woman’s league member, a woman who achieved many in her life in terms of academic and business level. Another party that took South Africa by a surprise is of former ANC youth league leader Julius Malema and his party goes by the name of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). If I take a closer look at the two parties one is destined to fails whereas one will make it to the top. The reason being is due to one being in politics for a very long time, someone who understand politics because people say that a leader is born but not made hence the two are basically born but not made.

If we breakdown the two parties their manifesto is different but they have one little strange commonality which is taking down the ANC and making the country anti-free corruption country. It is quite clear on why both left the ANC, Dr. Ramphele  was feed up on how the ANC do their business whereas Julius Malema was fired because of his corruption charges and being disrespectful to the president calling him names. “South Africa doesn’t need a singer as a president, but a thinker. EFF will oust President Jacob Zuma, who has spent public money on expensive Nkandla upgrades, on maintaining his four wives, and who irregularly gave permission for a plane of his friends, the Gupta family, to land at Waterkloof Air Force Base” said Malema. If it was during 2007, one would have laughed at you if you said that in 4 years to come Malema will be enemy number one with Jacob Zuma because he once said he will die for Mr. Zuma and rumours says that he is the one who made Mr Thabo Mbeki to resign with immediate effect from ANC president.

The point is will both parties deliver their promises to South African citizens because people put faith in this parties only to find out they are not delivering to what they said in the previous years. Congress of the People (Cope) came in during 2009 elections and failed to challenge ANC even the DA because it came third on the voter’s pool. One thing I realized about people is that they still vote for ANC whether it is not delivering because they think that they owe it to them to vote because they ended apartheid because majority of people voting are between 40 upward hence youth do not normally vote like they were supposed to be but we are not forced to so. In addition, do we need leadership? Is South Africa ready for a female president? This remains a mystery no one can really solve at the moment but can be determined by the outcome of the next year elections.