VOTING DAY IS HERE!

It’s Today! All South Africans, irrespective of colour, creed religion or position in life have a golden opportunity to change South Africa’s destiny forever.

Since 1994, when democracy and the advent of the ANC’s autocratic rule happened South Africans have not had an opportunity to choose the way they wanted to live.

Citizens – It’s your day! Make the most of it!

Vote for your children and grandchildren’s future.

Vote for never again seeing your children go to school hungry.

Vote for proper education so your children can have a successful life and prosper.

Vote for no more corruption, no more killing no more gangster rule.

Vote for knowing that your family is safe and for having food in the table.

Vote for a country that can hold it’s head up high in the world as it did in Mandela’s time!

Vote for clean safe water, electricity ALL THE TIME and where it is safe to walk on the streets

Vote for having a police force that protects YOU not just the cadres.

Vote for having a say in Parliament where your local representative can stand-up for WHAT YOU WANT!

MAKE SOUTH AFRICA GREAT AGAIN! CAN WE RECREATE THE RAINBOW NATION?

BUSY BEE EDITING WILL BE RUNNING A BLOW BY BLOW REPORT every couple of hours keeping you informed of how things are going at the polling stations, incidences of corruption, the results of vote counting, the mood of the voters and anything else that’s interesting at this crucial time in our country’s history.

So – watch this space for further updates!

Struisbaai – 12.25 p.m.– My partner and I went to vote at our local church at about mid-morning and all was peaceful, amicable and well-organised. Struisbaai predominantly mainly comprises fairly wealthy white retirees and local business owners. Due to the nature of the population the voting queue showed a significant absence of black voters and the youth.

Only 2 policemen made an appearance, obviously because Struisbaai was not expected to be a hot spot for riots or other disturbances – So far so good!

8.12 a.m. No major security problems yet. Impressive 66% voter turnout.

10.48 a.m. Results coming in steadily but still at a very low level, so there could still be major swings in any direction as the results progress.

The ANC seems to be at around 42%, as the polls predicted.

The DA seems to doing reasonably well at the moment.

What is very interesting is the provincial picture which shows the DA amazingly at well over the 50% mark; while the ANC is far below that.

9.55 a.m. Friday 31 May. We are about halfway through the counting process and the national voter percentages for each party seem to be holding steady, with the ANC showing pretty conclusively that it will not be ruling the country on its own any more WHOOPEE!

5.40 p.m. Friday 31 May. The numbers are still holding steady at very similar levels as this morning.

The biggest surprise of all; particularly for the ANC, is the meteoric negative impact on the ANC’s prospects of retaining total central government control of the country – the MK party, spearheaded by Jacob Zuma. The denizens in Luthuli House must be shivering in their boots at the devastating effect this has had on the ANC’s chances of remaining in power on their own.

This election is proving to be fascinating; and it shows clearly that South Africa is extremely gatvol with the status quo and is VOCIFEROUSLY DEMANDING CHANGE!

Once the counting is done and if the ANC fails to get over 50% then I understand that the various parties have 15 days to negotiate coalitions. During that period a new national government will be formed and a new president will be elected by members of the coalition that has the most votes – all very complicated! I hope I’ve got it right.

What will be extremely difficult is to decide what the two major parties will decide what coalition partners they will choose in order to beat other coalitions and take over government of the country.

We can only hope that the ANC will not be crazy enough to form an alliance with the EFF and other like-minded parties to opt for a socialist or Marxist totalitarian state under a dominant leader such as Julius Malema because then the rest of us will be faced with a DOOMSDAY COALITION government, which will very soon take the whole country down a very murky rabbit hole, whereby we will all become serfs as happened in the middle ages, with no say in how we can run our lives – These nut cases say … “We will own nothing and be happy” – Shades of Klaus Schwab and the New World Order” – DISASTER INDEED!

Now, – this is thumb suck time for me! because I am not a political scientist. Does the coalition with the most votes automatically form the new government? I presume so. If that is the case, then does the party with the third biggest number of votes become the KINGMAKER, that can then form part of the coalition government.

If that is the way it works, and if the EFF has the third largest number of votes then they will join the government coalition.

The problem is that the lunatics in the DOOMSDAY COALITION, particularly Malema, seem not to care a damn whether South Africa becomes a total pariah in the eyes of the rest of the world due to policies such as wholesale nationalisation of all major commercial enterprises and institutions, a catastrophic fall in the Rand’s value, withdrawal of all foreign investment, seizing of all land without compensation, huge increases in patronage networks, more poverty, violence, gang activity … the list goes on and on … LOOK WHAT HAPPENED WHEN ZIMBABWE DID THAT!

Alternatively, is it question of who forms a coalition fastest that has more than 50% + 1. If that is so, then the new government will comprise the coalition that secures agreement fastest i.e. it’s about negotiation speed.

Putting a brighter face on things – If the ANC is a bit more intelligent, they will collaborate with the Multiparty Charter and form a more liberal/centrist Government of National Unity or a MULTIPARTY COALITION, with the DA forming the anchor. WE will then all be able to rest easier in our beds.

One option that the ANC had previously now seems to be proving extremely unlikely, is to form a coalition with the RATS AND MICE PARTIES who only have around 1 % of the votes on average, or less, which will not be enough to get the ANC over the 50% mark.

Questions, questions …

1. With the increasing likelihood that the ANC with end up with less than 50% will Ramaphosa be kicked out of the party for failing to secure total governance ?
2. Will the DA keep its promises to the electorate if it is forced to co-govern with the ANC?