Well, once again SA the silly season is upon us and it’s not the annual “festive season” characterised by the spending spree and countless family festivities as we take a break from the year-long toiling. This silly season is the one that come once every five years when the ANC holds its elective conferences that culminate with a national conference where new leadership is elected.

This is the period where about 4,000 members of the party come together and decide for the rest of us 50-million South Africans on who the next president of the Republic will be...