Before I write anything, I will first say, I LOVE South Africa, I think apartheid was awful, and its a shame that there is so much violence there now. I also have gotten to hear alot of points of view on situations in South Africa from being there. Everyone I met, from all the Peace Corps volunteers posted in South Africa, to the white Afrikaaners who ran the hostel, to the taxi drivers, to the various safari guides, and people living in a well-developed village, were ready to let me know what they thought of South Africa and what was going on there as of October 08.
Unfortunately, I had no idea who Mbeki was, no idea who Zuma was, and Mbeki had just resigned when I got to South Africa. Now I am reading a bit about Zuma in the news and it just struck me as funny today when I read an article in the Wall Street Journal about Zuma's two wives. It was kind of poking fun a bit, saying "Which will be the First first lady".
I also learned that polygamy is legal in South Africa because it is such a part of their tribal culture. Anyhow, I am a bit concerned for the state of the AIDs crisis in South Africa because their president has two (almost 3) wives. And has 19 kids. I hope that the AIDs crisis does not get worse there as a result of his bad example. Well, then again, it already has had other people in the government deny that AIDs is real.
Unfortunately, I still don't see South Africa's future getting much brighter anytime soon with the new president. They need transparency in their government and need to hold the government accountable to their actions.
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