Twenty years after the new South Africa emerged from the quagmire of apartheid to vote for the first time by universal franchise for a parliament, the African National Congress (anc) is sure to win yet again (see page 41). The parliament elected on May 7th is in turn virtually certain to reappoint Jacob Zuma as the rainbow nation's president. Yet both the anc and Mr Zuma have been heading the wrong way. They have let down Nelson Mandela. They no longer deserve to rule.
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