South Africa: 'Things may just snap' in the ANC

The African National Congress needs to find a "far more dignified" way of dealing with the succession issue, business magnate and former party heavyweight Tokyo Sexwale said October 23. "What we are seeing with the [Jacob] Zuma/Thabo Mbeki debacle is less than dignified," he told an Institute for Justice and Reconciliation symposium in Cape Town. "I think we can do better. Beware also the law of unintended consequences. Things may just snap." He said he thinks the ANC needs to give better guidance to the nation about its transition and succession policies.