africa on the decline, i put that question seductive sampling better political sciences at the university of pretoria. south africa, it is on the has not subject to the promise of 1994. and it certainly i think in many areas on the tide in terms of being able to provide for the people that lives here. so that i think that no malice she will be good for so that i think the good i think being this miracle of 1994 and this you know, relatively peaceful transition from the past day to democracy. has been a major big heavy yoke to carry for the country and for the people that lived yet because the expectation of what south africa is um and, and could be, has often been completely out of touch with the reality of, of what it is. and what it was recovery from to because and so i think that a dose of healthy expectations is a good thing to south africa. and, and i think that one of the major uh, kind of hurdles and what i would like to see being focused on from now is to really attend to attack the deep and the quality that is in this country. because the reality is that the country is in some ways more an e

of the problems south africa is facing . all. joining me now from pretoria is kellier book, a new peo, and he's professor of african politics at the university of south africa, sir, a very good day. couldn't we see nelson mandela's party be seated as some are predicting it's a very difficult position to me. if you all was before and you mentioned because some of the public opinion posts that the some of the coming days as yeah. and the media have been resetting to have been indicating that they could be anything thing as high as one say. all 5 perspective boat doesn't go does and decided my just to stay on boat, even save a whole and not all season. imagine for the amc and as much as it could also go the other way. and as i said that the news, you know, the big will be on c, f, in all 50 percent of the phone. you know, for buffalo, dogs. com. so to that extent, it did a very, very difficult decision because it's how you can test it. does it contested election? what, why, why does the amc find itself in this kind of precarious situation? why have people lost confidence in the amc? mostly because of the issues that you mentioned before, option