RESENTMENT OF ZUMA SHOWS HOW FAR THE ANC HAS STRAYED.

It was a sad state of affairs that Zuma was booed at Tata’s memorial service. It was not the right time or place. But one has to say people are really showing their displeasure and Zuma must have been totally humiliated. He needs to take stock of his leadership.

The booing should not be interpreted as a sign of disrespect for our beloved Madiba, but as a sign that the general populace is fed up with the current leadership, which has failed to uphold Madiba’s revered legacy. If the ANC dismisses the booing as an orchestrated attempt by a handful of disgruntled people, then it will be missing a golden opportunity to reflect and review how far astray they have gone from Nelson Mandela’s legacy of truth, honesty and good governance.

It was such a breath of fresh air to listen to the eulogy about Madiba read in parliament by former Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe because, like a true follower of a great leader, he embodies the very principles for which the late Madiba has become renowned.

US President Barack Obama said: “With honesty, regardless of our stations or circumstances, we must ask: how well have I applied Mandela’s lessons in my own life?” That question should give us the reason to reflect.

An obvious area for reflection is something that occupies most headlines: Corruption and lack of Service Delivery. DO the corrupt and inept apply Madiba’s lessons? The answer is obvious. The next question is: “What is going to be done about it?” That answer is not obvious.

I agree that those who booed aught to have fathomed that Madiba would not have stooped that low nor would he have embarrassed the nation in front of World leaders.

“If 27 years in Prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die.”

Contrarily, it is not intentionally embarrassing for a country’s President to be booed at a public occasion. That is the nature of politics.

Our President embarrassed SA long before Madiba’s funeral. People all over the world know about the Gupta saga and the Nkandla scandal. Zuma does not care about the poor, nor does he lose any sleep over the lack of service delivery. He cares only about his family and himself.