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[keiliss]

He was almost half an hour late, but I just watched our President (former President, almost former President?) tender his resignation on national tv. This stand off between him and his party (or the segment of the ANC that's in the ascendancy) has been going on for weeks. Defiant to the end, even this afternoon he was refusing to go. Tomorrow he would have faced the embarrassment of the ANC voting in Parliament in support of a motion of no confidence instituted by an opposition party. He had to step down for more reasons than I have energy to go into here, and he left insisting to the end (like the psychopath many of us suspect he is) that he has done nothing wrong. The old spy played chicken one last time, but his successor has nerves of steel and didn't blink.

It was a decent speech too, from a man whose speeches are usually dire. For once it felt sincere.

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[hhimring]

I hope this means a change for the better.

[keiliss]

Well, unlike President Zuma, President Ramaphosa reads his speeches as though he has seen them before and actually understands the content, plus he's way too rich to bribe.... it's a decent start. Plus he's a very successful businessman, so he cares about things like budgets and the economy.

Life is never boring down here :D