HERE'S ONE THAT WON'T BE WEEPING...

Presidency spokesperson Mac Maharaj said in a statement that Nelson Mandela was in a “serious but stable” condition. Before getting all teary, it's worth remembering that after the evil of apartheid was dismantled by Mandela and the ANC, that very organisation - with 69% of the popular vote - have been a by word for incompetence and corruption. Indeed, given South Africa's natural resources - the ANC have still managed to be a total disaster; failing their own constituency in the most spectacular ways (about a quarter of the population is unemployed and live on less than $1.25 a day). South Africa would be much better served by much less time being spent kneeling uncritically at the shrine of Mandela and more column inches given to exposing the abject failure of the ANC.

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