So it seems that it has taken the ANC a while to come around, but better late than never for the country as a whole. Now the mountain of work stands before him, starting with a cleaning up of the rot and dead wood within his inherited Cabinet. There is no doubt that the turnaround has merely begun, but that's the beauty of it all, we've only just started to show what we can really do here.. This is going to be a very exciting ride.. Already the exchange rate is reflecting a positive outlook (at R11.66 as I type). Never before, in my opinion, has there been such a positive time in SA politically to be a South African right now, (even compared to the early uncertain, Nationalisation rhetoric days of the Mandela regime).
I may sound like the eternal optimist, but perhaps we needed to hit such a low in order to realise exactly that which should never be repeated again. As I type, the Gupta family members and their henchmen are being rounded up, and this is merely the start of weeding out the rotten and corrupt relationships that have underlined the Zuma era, starting with the Shaik affair. But for it to really work, we all need to play our part in speaking the right speak to encourage foreign investment and unlock the more than a Trillion Rand of local cash awaiting positive business sentiment and investment.
Next step is is a serious focus on education and support for Small & Medium sized Enterprises to encourage growth and boost the much needed employment, which in-turn will turn around the social ills of crime and grime.
Why would you want to be anywhere else right now??
