Politics is a bit like the Oscars; whoever delivers the best performance usually garners the most votes. It is a game of perceptions. In the run up to the 2009 elections the ANC will probably pull Mandela out of his retirement hole for a few speeches, and the SABC will screen documentaries about June 16 or the Sharpsville massacres on top of the 200 apartheid movies. And where will that leave the DA; in that unenviable position of being the 'white party' trying to take power away from the 'black' government. That has always been the Archilles' heel of the DA and unless they can rid themselves of that perception, they will never pose a serious threat to the ANC.
Although I'm not a fanatic DA supporter, I have to feel sorry for Joel Seremane. If, indeed, he succeeds in becoming the head of the DA it will be because he is black (despite all his credentials), and if he fails it will be because he is black. The paradox is that the DA is aiming for a non-racial society but the society they live in is one that is conscious of race. If the president can be trigger-happy with the term 'racist', then for some years to come, we won't be able to see people as people but as racial groups.
Bongani Kona
Opinions Editor
10 September 2007, 19:44
Thanx
10 September 2007, 19:44
Good points. By the way, it's 'Joe' Seremane.
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