WILL HELEN ZILLE’S FOLLY LEAD TO THE “ENDGAME ZIMBABWE” ?
Watching Helen Zille speaking at a BIZNEWS presentation a few days ago, one can’t help admiring the way she speaks, presents her case, and manages to come across as very logical, sensible, and easy to follow. Well done Helen Zille, BUT here’s the thing…
IN A NUTSHELL
Just because Helen Zille has for a long time wanted, and still wants her ideas to materialise as she says, and despite admitting to the DA’s “past fatal mistakes” in her presentation, such as forming coalitions with the EFF in recent years and, blaming these fatal mistakes on those that have since defected to other parties, doesn’t mean that her idea is the one that would succeed … no matter how passionately she may want it to happen.
Quite the contrary is the highly likely result, where civil war could erupt, leading to the “endgame Zimbabwe”, as so eloquently named by researcher Robert Duigan in an incredibly enlightening analysis published two days ago on https://marhubani.substack.com/p/the-das-plan-for-2024-eating-the?s=w
HELEN’S PLAN or ZILLE’S FOLLY
Again, in another nutshell, the plan for the DA is to lead a political attack on the EFF followed by other smaller parties and, then form a coalition with the “good part” of the ANC, Rhamaposa’s supporters, when the ANC finally splits apart.
I’m sorry, but there is no “good part” of the ANC, as the corruption and cadre deployment run very very deep within the ANC, right down to street level, as does the patronage network permeate every possible playing field. Oh, and pockets of mismanagement and corruption is not something the DA is exempt from either.
In short, the plan cannot work from the outset.
In another brilliant article on Politicsweb by analyst RW Johnson yesterday, https://www.politicsweb.co.za/opinion/can-the-zille-strategy-succeed , he explains quite clearly, and concludes as follows in his last paragraph;
“Helen Zille has clearly made up her mind to push for this strategy, indeed she makes no secret of the fact that this strategy is quite personal to her. But she is quite right to imagine that such a deal, if it did happen, would open up some very promising perspectives for reform. Ms. Zille tells us that she has been thinking about this strategy ever since 2013. But after all that time it looks very much as if she has come up with a strategy which seems bound to fail. There has to be a better way.”
THE SOLUTION
Again, an extract ending a long but highly current and pertinent “must read” by Robert Duigan as follows;
“I am for Cape independence, it is no secret. And I don’t think it will be possible after five more years of demographic change, driven as it is by racial discrimination in the job market and by shack farming and land theft by the ANC. To work the miracles they need, the DA will need to centralize power so extremely, that federalism will become a thing of the past, and any failure will destroy the hopes of even regional autonomy.
I implore you, to seize the opportunity now, for a chance to give the Coloured people not just a meaningless ballot, but real electoral power, a say in their future that matters. To give Afrikaners the possibility of a state that honors their language and culture, to Muslims, one that protects a 300-year harmony, a state that bears the marks of the best of English constitutionalism without its sinister leftward tendencies.
This will bring a future for minorities who seek a future away from the fetid ruins of postcolonial Africa, and the greying edifices of the sterile and decadent West. A future in which the leftward tilt of history can be stopped, or even reversed, at least in one corner of this earth, will be worth it. A small, neutral country, on the furthest southern reaches, sipping the passing nectar of free ocean trade, aloof from the violence of world politics, with no mineral resource to be envied, and no ties to great powers or old blood feuds. A free Cape.”
Surely, the people of the Western Cape desperately wanting the DA to hold a Western Cape Referendum on seceding from the Republic of South Africa as soon as possible, and in accordance with article 235 of the South African Constitution, can no longer be ignored by Helen Zille and the DA?
Already there are close to 1 million registered mandates, 824.508 to be exact, and growing daily, from ordinary citizens regardless of their race, religion or political preference wanting a referendum on Western Cape independence.
These verifiable mandates are being collated on a central registry for support by Capexit, a non profit organization. Yet, the DA is not only ignoring the “will of the people” of the Western Cape but, is in fact, also ignoring the will of at least 65% of it’s own Western Cape supporters. An independent poll conducted by Victory research mid last year gives us this figure and, Helen Zille knows it, as does the leadership of the DA.
I urge you to read the full articles by both Robert Duigan and RW Johnson for a full understanding of the predictable and dire consequences ahead if the DA doesn’t reconsider quickly and carefully.
This is far more than just Helen’s plan, it’s Zille’s Folly.
FURTHER READING
Further reading on the mission and vision of Capexit, a registered non-profit organisation, and by far the largest Civic Movement for Independence in South Africa, the future of an independent Western Cape, and how Independence can successfully flourish, can be found on the website www.capexit.org , as can registration in support of a referendum on Western Cape Independence, be completed. CapeXit is not a political party and cannot be voted for in elections!!!
Andy Winsauer
16th March 2022
Andy Winsauer is a retired director of various leading international Companies based in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and South Africa, and is currently director of the largest pro-independence civic movement in South Africa, CapeXit non-profit organization.
