“They should please not choose someone of whom most of us would be ashamed. Our country deserves better. We’re very worried that this leader had relations with a woman who regarded him as a parent and, although he is very likeable, we have to ask ourselves: ‘What is happening in the ANC?’”
Thus prayed Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu for his country….
[Mbeki vs. Zuma for ANC leadership, The iPINIONS Journal, December 17, 2007]
Unfortunately, Tutu’s prayers were not answered, and South Africa is clearly paying the price:
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