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document.write("<h5>Congress of the People</h5>");
document.write("It's amazing what the talk of this new political party has done for the country.  Instead of packing ones' bags, it has come with great relief and given one hope... it's like a breath of fresh air...  All we can do now is wait and see what is going to happen.  I think the ANC is in for a HUGE SUPRISE!!!. Hope");
document.write("<h5>new party</h5>");
document.write("wishing you good luck. hopping to see you going from strength to strength, when I see your manifest you might even get me to vote for you. just make remember the people vote for there leaders not the   party. and not like in the ANC where families control the govermen. thyis isn't the TV program all in the family.. Daniel");
document.write("<h5>Certainly hope!</h5>");
document.write("You know, us SA Whiteys (who were born here and have contributed much to this country) were just beginning to lose hope in the largely Black ANC that made decisions to have such patently unsuitable people as Zuma, Malema, Selebi, Manto etc in positions of power. It seemed the ANC just did not understand what it takes to rule a country. Now, seeing that there are Black ANC members disassociating themselves from the previous greedy bunfight concerned only with filling their own pockets is a wonderful ray of hope. It means the end of the kind of dictatorship that has ruined most of Africa. We have a great country - let's keep it that way.. gerald");
document.write("<h5>COTP</h5>");
document.write("Only time will tell if this new party doesn't just become another minority group that divides the opposition. It is no use dividing the 30% of voters that do not support the ANC into 20 little groups. Democracy unfortunately simply does not work in a country with a population that generally has no tolerance to other races/tribes etc. We need an white Obama to unite the people but the big question is.....how many blacks would vote for a white man/woman. If the statistics coming out from the USA are anything to go by, 97% of black Americans will only vote for a black man, Dem or Rep. Makes you wonder who the racists really are?. David");
document.write("<h5>breakaway </h5>");
document.write("it is unbelievable that some people choose to support leaders who instead of doing what was right for the counrty selfishly did what was best for themselves.. nondumiso ndlovu");
document.write("<h5>@ David</h5>");
document.write("C'mon David, I would expect better from u. Can u really blame the black man for not trusting the white man, after what the white man has done to the black man in the last couple of centuries????<br /><br />The white man has a general perception that the black man is inherently incompetent but Obama has shown otherwise and whites voted for him.<br /><br />If a white person can come out and show his/her genuineness and show us that not all whites are racist supremacists who think the black man is beneath them, we might just consider voting for them. But I do not see that in the near future. sensible");
document.write("<h5>Sensible</h5>");
document.write("Are you saying that the black man has treated his fellow black man any better? <br /><br />Can't the white man use the same reason for keeping aparthied going after seeing just about 95% of African Countries in a civil war after independence?. Lepper_Messiah");
document.write("<h5>Incompetence</h5>");
document.write("Administrative incompetence -  dysfunctional administrative behaviors that hinder attainment of organization goals.<br /><br />If that doesn't define some (Def not ALL) of our government departments...... Mickey Mouse");
document.write("<h5>@ Sensible</h5>");
document.write("Is there anyone, black or white, who is a couple of centuries old ? These things happened in the past and the world has changed. One can understand black people here in SA being bitter as apartheid is still fresh on everyone's minds but in the US ? It's been a very long time there since equality was introduced. Yes there are still some idiots like the KKK around, but those are insignificant minorities. Further, why aren't black people bitter towards the Arabs ? They were after all the ones who invented slavery. . Muerte");
document.write("<h5>COP will make it!</h5>");
document.write("I think the new party will be real competition for the ANC, my wish is for the UDM to join the Congress of the People and make a stronger statement about change we can belief in. I wish i had two votes, one for COP and one for the DA. I think the DA is still perceived to be promoting policies favouring whites because the DA has a white leader, that's why the black people are not great followers of the DA.. Michael");
document.write("<h5>Sensible ....Racial divide.</h5>");
document.write("Whites don't trust white domestics, Indians don't trust blacks with money. Nobody trusts an Indian with money and nobody trusts a big black man in the middle of the night, even another black man. These are stereotypes created not here in South Africa but globally. Racism, sexism, discrimination is unfortunately a fact of life. What bugs me though is that any criticism of a Black/Yellow/Asian leader by a \"white\" person anywhere in the world immediately invokes a charge of racism. It happens in the USA, Japan, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and the good ole UK. . David");
document.write("<h5>Helen Zille would make a brilliant president</h5>");
document.write("I know it's an absolutely forlorn hope given the Black/White divisions in SA, but if we could just do a Martin Luther King dream in reverse for a moment - and see someone who is intelligent, extremely hardworking and totally against corruption actually in charge of SA. So much more money would go to health, upliftment of the poor, housing etc because it would not be siphoned off into politicians' pockets. I have a dream..... alan");
document.write("<h5>Dawn of hope for SA</h5>");
document.write("Common guys lets stop being petty and deal with the bigger picture. I think no matter what happens going forward, SA's politically landscape has been altered for good. The fact that the Tripartite alliance and their support voiices like th Popcru and Police unions are adding their voices, indicates how strong the ANC fears what is happening. It is all ochestrated by them to make the new party CoP look bad.I think the ANC will keep the majority of the oldies and the new party will win over lot of young and people who can reason objectivelt rather than setimental attachement to the ANC. I would love to see a fully multiracial Opposition party - Bantu, Helen, Kenneth , Mangosuthu etc, come on unite! You would get my vote.. KC");
document.write("<h5>sensible </h5>");
document.write("Blacks must still prove competence. They have yet to form a successful country. Dont site SA because its modicum of success is not becoz of black but in spite of them. Also they have contributed zero to the advancement of the species. Dont forget that Obama is half white. . G");
document.write("<h5>South African Politics</h5>");
document.write("What is very positive about South African politics is that there is a definite move to intergration of races, religions etc at the highest levels of leadership. There are very few countries than can boast such a mix. Yes, we need more honest leaders with integrity. Paint Helen black, give her a sex change and I'll still vote for her. Paint Zuma white, change his name to Kobus.... I will never vote for him.. David");
document.write("<h5>Its dangerous to flirt with apartheid...</h5>");
document.write("Nothing can be compared to the effects of apartheid in SA. Apartheid reminds the black man what the white man did and it is not good for the progress of this country to keep refering to it as if it was just a bad short term business strategy - nations were affected, generations after that are still enduring the effects. <br /><br />It is ignorant to think that Lekota has left his party because of its policies - remember TM and his crew were fired because they did not want to listen to the party. This means that they went their own way within ANC and govt. <br /><br />Now to gain support they will pretend to shun ANC policies - remember these policies were created by them when they worked as individuals in the ANC<br /><br />This crew also misled our former president to think that he had the support of the people in Polokwane, just so that they can retain power.<br /><br />I just hope there could be someone out there who is willing to start another party for the people. <br /><br />Let us not expect miracles from our young democracy but watch it as it grows step by step. At least we were ahead of the States by having a black president :o). Guy at the corner");
document.write("<h5>guy in the corner</h5>");
document.write("Well said guy. But you have to diferentiate between the policy and how you implement that policy, which is what Lekota and co. have been saying. Niether Zuma or Lekota have clean hands.<br /><br />For that very reason, I hope Lekota stands done from the leadership race for the new party, or doesn't get elected president. Let him drum up support, but leave as much of his baggage behind.. Mickey Mouse");
document.write("<h5>new party</h5>");
document.write("until everyone realizes its not a black or white issue, mankind will not advance. Race is  a smokescreen. brandon");
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