All thinking South Africans can see that SACP/ANC government is running South Africa into the ground and it is thoroughly corrupt. I have lived in KZN for fifty-four years. Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who founded the IFP, and I, have been friends for close to 50 years. On 16 September 2023 I attended his Funeral, which President Ramaphosa, appropriately and rightly, declared a State Funeral. It was deeply moving.
I listened carefully to all the Speeches. Buthelezi’s deep faith in Jesus, which I joyfully share, was celebrated in the full Anglican Requiem Mass. In his tribute to his Father, Prince Zuzifa, shared how his Father’s love for Jesus was pivotal in their family life. Buthelezi previously asked forgiveness of the descendants of the party of the Voortrekkers who were murdered in 1838 by Dingane and his Impis at uMgungundlovu and Bloukrans.
The respect that the deeply Christian Afrikaners and the Zulus have had for each for other, was further enhanced by this loving act of Christian servant leadership. I personally appreciated it because my Mother’s family ancestor, PW Morkel, who had no connection to the Voortrekkers, came to the Cape over three hundred years ago in 1708 to work for the global Dutch East India Company.
In 1961 when I was a first year student at UCT, I had what John Wesley described as his “heartwarming experience” of Jesus. In that same year I joined the SAIRR, now the IRR, and am privileged to serve on its Council. The late John Kane-Berman was CEO of the IRR and worked closely with Prince Buthelezi on the Buthelezi Commission and the Natal Indaba initiatives. They had a deep respect for each other.
It is hugely important that South Africans are rescued from the SACP/ANC Government. In KZN the IFP and the DA have a Service Delivery Pact (The Pact). Both parties have experience of being in Government. For the IFP, in KZN and for the DA, in the Western Cape. They are also two of the Seven Parties working together in the national M-PC (Multi-Party Charter) for the 2024 Elections which intends to bring the SACP/ANC/EFF Coalition (Doomsday Coalition) to under 50% of the total votes cast. It is indeed possible, but it means that all the activists in the Charter and the Pact must vigorously support their election campaign from now and into 2024, with their time, energy, and resources.
I have been in politics for fifty years. The Charter and the Pact is a hugely exciting initiative by four proven, competent, experienced visionary leaders in – John Steenhuisen, Velenkosini Hlabisa, Pieter Groenewald and Herman Mashaba. They are not popstars, but they have the toughness, wisdom and gravitas needed. We can thank God for each one of them.