A possible split in the ANC and the eventual emergence of a new party to be set up by the disgruntled may prove a blessing to people in SA and the SADC region.

Since the defeat of the apartheid regime, the ANC has been at the root for continued stability of the country. Some people are not happy of the accommodating role of the ANC, but it has been a lesser evil. The country has been able to be put back on a firm footing.

The advent of a break-away group would certainly be painful to the founding fathers, but politics will become much more competitive. The public at large will thus be able to exert much more pressure on any incumbent democratic government when the opposion has a srtong representation across the country and in parliament.

SADC governments and people too will also benefit. Currently, SA is like a bulldozer in SADC, too powerful for small states to exert significant influence. The more competitive politics in SA will force any SA government to become more attentive to peoples' cries in the region.

Lunatic Mugabe and circus buffoon Mswati will be amongst the first to come under fire from a government in SA that would be responsive as well to views of other governments and peoples clamouring for genuine freedom and democracy in the region.

Politics in the SADC region will change for the better. There will be a further strengthening of democratic institutions, transparency and accountability. Activists of civil society should brace themselves for renewed vigour within their ranks to hit the last nails in the coffins of murderer Mugabe and bloodsucker Mswati.

The over 4 millions of displaced Zimbabweans should look forward to an earlier return to their motherland where they would ensure that a monster like Mugabe should never be allowed to trick them again into abject poverty through terror and deceit.

circus buffoon mswati

best description I have heard in a long time.

All liberation movements have to go through transformation from bush parties to parliamentarians. Those parties were founded with one goal to fight colonialism. The specific job is complteted. A new era have dawn whereby economics,jobs, education and health issues have been or should be politicians focul points. Members of the ANC or SWAPO are not and should not be forced to be homogenous in their approach to the above-mentioned issues. If they are, then we have a problem. These people come from different parts of the country, different classes, therefore different expectations of how the government should serve them. It is therefore not a suprise to see the splits among the various factions: Remember ANC consists of Communists, liberals, trade unions, ..etc. This is an umbrella which can befold depending on the weather and wind of change blows. My advice to SWAPO and ANC members who see themselves as true patriots to let go and accept the reality of the political evolution. Thank you

Good old Prem. Your passion and paranoia for all things African makes your certifiable. Unfortunately for you your deep passion for us is not reciprocated and your "love" for us will remain unrequited. You willnot find a single solitary African as passionate about you and your people as you are about ut. You are to be found on the Zimbabwe and South African websites daily!!! You are a busy, busy boy.

Democracy should start at party level. The ongoing political party splits in Africa are symptomatic of lack of democracy within the parties themselves and within the governments of such parties. Often these parties fail to move with the times and to be relevant to the emerging challenges. They remain relics of the past,mired in their romantic dreams of their heroic exploits during the wars of liberation! Under this lack of democracy, impunity rules where some members of the party now start pocketing the party as if it were their personal property! How long will Africa remain saddled with this sad legacy? Why can't people agree to disagree without spliting and learn to resolve problems over time? Whose interests are being served here? Having said that i am extremely disappointed to see one of the oldest parties in Africa spliting! Who shall be the Spear of the Nation when all are looking for their own interests?

I was so pleased when the ANC came into power but this latest mindless kefuffeling is worrisome! Let the Justice system be criticized by their peers, these intimidatory marches and hooded remarks bode ill for the future, lay reviews by unqualified politicians are just so much hot air. I was no fan of Mbeki but the mishandling of his departure and subsequent name-calling is unwarranted and undignified. To replace all dissident senior ANC positions smacks of perverted cronyism and is reminiscent of the “Broederbonders” who too would not tolerate any dissenting views and thus lost South Africa many opportunities and skilled personnel but they decieved the public while feathering their own nests. Is it really necessary to have to go through another cycle of this nonsense??