There has been a definite change in leadership of the ANC but it is hoped that this should not have any negative effects on the impressive progress there has been achieved by the former leadership of Thabo Mbeki. The new team of the ANC should be conscious of the fact that besides south Africans, black Africans outside south Africa are looking up to the south Africa and the ANC as the vanguard of Africa. As shown by the demonstration in south Africa a few months ago, people tend to expect magical quick fix of a decade or less to completely eradicate poverty in the country by the government. With the immensity of layers of intertwined impediments that has been built into the system for over a century, this expectation is absolutely an impossibility to attain. It is expected that a deft planner with foresight will have to plan and build a solid reliable foundation on which the new system can stand. To an observer following the progress of South Africa, this looks like the approach of Thabo Mbeki. Hopefully, this foundation will not be adversely affected by any change in leadership. One area of Thabo Mbeki's policy which deserves special mention and praise, is his dogged resistance towards the propaganda about AIDS/HIV where despite non-existent rational cause-effect scenario or efficient causality foreign interests were pushing him to spend billions of dollars unnecessarilly to the detriment of the South Africa. For an analysis of AIDS/HIV situation in Africa see the book 'CALL A SPADE A SPADE, US, CIA & AFRICA', published by West African Book Publishers Ltd., Ilupeju, Lagos State, Nigeria.