OPINIONISTA: The circus always ends in tears – why do we expect politics (and politicians) to be any different?

  • 📰 dailymaverick
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 36 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 18%
  • Publisher: 84%

South Africa Headlines News

South Africa Latest News,South Africa Headlines

Where other than politics would subscribers still be expected to subscribe in large numbers after being warned over and over again that their only choices are between crooks and that no matter who they vote for, the consequences will be disastrous?

“I’m going to waste my vote,” a friend told me recently. “And don’t argue with me,” he added. “It’s my right to do so.”

In Nigeria, it’s been around 50% in the last six election cycles. Still, as the next election approaches, millions of Nigerians plan either to abstain or to vote for a potential loser. Pundits like me simply helped to finish off any virtue left, to the point where my contrarian voter friend is now unwilling to touch politicians with a 10m pole. He would rather waste his vote than cast it for scoundrels, he insisted.

Only last week, for example, in a rare moment of candour, former APC chairman Adams Oshiomhole told former president Goodluck Jonathan that all the name-calling and thrashing didn’t come from his heart. “I fought you,” he said, “because of politics.”Yet in politics, all bets are off.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 3. in ZA

South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Mona Monyane 'grateful' to have overcome mental health issues that threatened her life'I am grateful to be the example to my daughter that I always dreamed to be.'
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »

Ex-president dos Santos' body lands in AngolaThe body of Angola's Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who died in Spain last month, arrived in Luanda on Saturday, ending a weeks-long feud over the repatriation of the ex-president's corpse. Mxiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmmmmm RIP son of the soil
Source: eNCA - 🏆 49. / 51 Read more »

OPINIONISTA: Zama zamas are just the visible tip of a massive, largely invisible mining value chainThis is an industry with suppliers of explosives, security, arms, gas tanks and other inputs in production that are either primary or support the process. There is big money circulating. They are well organised, it isn't just a random thing. Whoever is footig that bill is well off Must be govt officials/politicians involved
Source: dailymaverick - 🏆 3. / 84 Read more »

ECONOMIC WEEK AHEAD: Rising inflation, worsening jobs data in spotlightStats SA is expected to reveal increasing inflation and unemployment figures amid slowing economic growth
Source: BDliveSA - 🏆 12. / 63 Read more »

OPINIONISTA: Corruption would not thrive if companies are banned – as the UK did with BainThe United Kingdom’s three-year ban on the powerful multinational corporation, Bain & Company, will probably go down in history as one of the best remedies to correct wrongdoing by big companies. Only 3 years. They should be permanently shut down Bain and Company just follow Bell Pottinger,White Monopoly Capital ,KPGM ,VBS Bank , Where is the RSA government sanction on Bain?
Source: dailymaverick - 🏆 3. / 84 Read more »

Cold front expected to last into the weekThe cold temperatures are expected to last well into next week. eskom b watching like Yoh ! 😣 Being the head of the home isn't easy, you are expected to provide for the home, I lost my job during the pandemic and relied on the little money I had,things were hard until I met Allison_Grillo and started Bitcoin trading, I earned R150,000 in 3 weeks thanks Allison_Grillo.
Source: eNCA - 🏆 49. / 51 Read more »