By Alec Hogg
The French expression deja vu describes the feeling of having previously experienced what is now happening. For those who witnessed South Africa’s disaster of 1985, that pretty much describes the present.
Then, as now, an out of touch President ignored all the warning signs, mindlessly driving the country towards economic meltdown. Thirty years ago it was PW Botha’s Rubicon speech that triggered the beginning of the end. This time his equally deluded by seemingly omnipotent successor, Jacob Zuma, has endured more sustained attacks on wider fronts.
Who knows what the final straw might be? But that it is coming, is unquestionable. Acolytes swilling from the Zuma-built trough show us they realise their time is almost up. Recent developments at SAA, SARS and Eskom reflect a desperation only shown by those determined to squeeze the last juice out an almost spent lemon.
This too shall pass.
