Former health minister Zweli Mkhize’s recent appearances, after his fall from grace over the R150-million Digital Vibes corruption report, have been largely limited to posters punting him as the next ANC president.
It is perhaps an apt metaphor for how disconnected from a corruption-weary society the ANC’s membership is. It is also not surprising that the party’s national share of the electoral vote plummeted to below 50% at this year’s local government vote, for the first time since the country’s first democratic elections in 1994.
