ANC Careerism

To be honest, most of my recent Nelson Mandela/South Africa thoughts have been ponderings (I know) regarding South Africa since 1990 versus Egypt since the past few years.  Mandela's legacy and the history of the ANC will not be a unanimity of delirious triumph, and the question of stability versus true revolution is most certainly not as easy an answer as many folks would like.  And is obvious that Mandela's personal triumphs were facile distraction from the continuity of the political and economic and social reality in South Africa during the Mandela era.  Pilger's first-person experience is especially useful.  Depressing, but useful.