The Need for Strengthened Political Leadership

Robert I. Rotberg

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2014, vol. 652, issue 1, 238-256

Abstract: South Africa desperately needs newly recommitted leadership capable of serving the entire nation, not a ruling class or a cohort of robber barons. It is conceivable that political leadership capable of building upon Mandela’s legacy and uplifting the nation and its people could come from within the ranks of the Democratic Alliance, from Agang, or from South Africa’s several other national political parties. But it is more likely to arise within the ANC, possibly through the deputy presidential and eventual presidential efforts of Cyril Ramaphosa or others within the dominant ANC not yet fully dedicated to assuming national leadership. But from wherever it comes, South Africa is ready and anxious to be renewed.

Keywords: leadership; Mandela; Mbeki; Zuma; Ramaphosa; renewal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716213514163

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