2017 PREDICTIONS. SOUTH AFRICA!!! PART 1. BY BELINDA METLITZKY-SILBERT.

2017 PREDICTIONS . SOUTH AFRICA!!! PART 1.

BELINDA METLITZKY SILBERT·SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017

THE ANC WILL PROBABLY BEGIN TO DIGEST THE UNPALATABLE TRUTH THAT THEIR RULE IS OVER PERMANENTLY. THE LEAD-UP TO THE NEXT ELECTIONS WILL BEGIN IN EARNEST THIS YEAR AS THE DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE GEARS UP TO LEAD SOUTH AFRICA. THE GOALPOSTS ARE SHIFTING AND THE EFF MAY MOVE INTO POSITION AS THE OFFICIAL OPPOSITION. THE ANC WILL POSSIBLY HOLD EMERGENCY MEETINGS TO ASCERTAIN WHAT IT WOULD DO SHOULD SUCH A SCENARIO BECOME AN ACTUALITY AND THE SHIFTING SANDS OF SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY FASCINATING.

THE DOOMSDAY NAYSAYERS WHO PREDICT DISASTER FOR SOUTH AFRICA WILL BE MADE TO EAT THEIR WORDS AS TALK OF THE COUNTRY AS A VIBRANT DEMOCRACY BECOMES MORE COMMON. THIS WILL BE EMPHASISED RATHER THAN THE WEAKNESS OF THE RAND AND THE LACK OF GROWTH IN THE GDP ETC.

AILING INFRASTRUCTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROBLEMATIC AND THE STATE OF THE WATER AND SEWERAGE PIPES WILL CONTINUE TO EXACERBATE PROBLEMS WITH “DELIVERY” OF WATER TO ALL. THE DROUGHT AND ITS AFTERMATH WILL BE FELT EVEN THOUGH THERE WILL BE UNEXPECTED RAINFALL IN 2017 THAT WILL CAUSE THE LEVEL OF THE DAMS TO RISE.

THE EDUCATION SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHALLENGE AND THE “FEES MUST FALL” MOVEMENT WILL MORPH INTO A DIFFERENT FORM. BASIC EDUCATION WILL ALSO HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED AS FEWER COUNTRIES OVERSEAS WILL BE PREPARED TO ACCEPT THE VALIDITY OF A SOUTH AFRICAN MATRICULATION CERTIFICATE.

PRESIDENT ZUMA WILL ATTEMPT TO HANG ONTO POWER UNTIL THE BITTER END AND HE MAY WELL DO SO. THE COUNTRY HAS BECOME SO JADED ABOUT CORRUPTION ; CRIME AND ECONOMIC UPHEAVAL THAT IT WILL APPEAR TO BE INNOCULATED TO CRISES. IN A STRANGE WAY, THIS WILL GIVE THE SOUTH AFRICAN PEOPLE A RARE RESILIENCE THAT WILL ALLOW FOR AN ASTONISHING RECOVERY THAT WILL BLOSSOM ONCE THE DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE COMES TO POWER.

THE PETROL PRICE WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SUFFERING OWING TO ITS ARTIFICIALLY INDUCED FLUCTUATIONS. THERE WILL BE TALK OF A NEW TYPE OF BASIC GRANT FOR THE POOREST OF THE POOR FOR THE PROVISION OF BREAD; MILK AND MEALIE-MEAL . THIS MAY EMERGE IN A BUDGET SPEECH LATER IN THE YEAR.

NEW UNITS TO ADDRESS GANG VIOLENCE WILL BE FORMED AND THERE WILL BE A PARA-MILITARY DIVISION THAT WILL INITIALLY BE CONTROVERSIAL BUT WILL BE ACCEPTED LATER ON AS HAVING BEEN A VERY EFFECTIVE TOOL IN BRINGING GANG-VIOLENCE UNDER CONTROL.