Comment on Cyril Ramaphosas recent address to a church

IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FOR ME TO COMMENT ON DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF THE ANC, CYRIL RAMAPHOSA'S RECENT ADDRESS TO A CHURCH - "You do your job and I'll do mine" is not a bad motto for nation building! The ANC like the DA are masters at courting the church at election time and christians are taught to believe the best in others so in general bridges are mended and old allegiances stand! 

We have to concerntrate on being and presenting ourselves as serious politicians capable of making rational decisions that will take us forward and not backward - decisions that will not exclude or disadvantage sections of the population. We need to present to South Africa a leadership they can have confidence in - this will take time and we must be prepared to go the distance.

We must also be prepared to work within the constraints of politics which unlike the church involves a degree of compromise in order to allow people of different persuasions the choice to decide how they will live. I agree that christians have an important role to play in raising the moral standard unfortunately I don't think this will be accomplished as much through the spoken word as it will be in living out what we believe - that too, takes time to make an impact!