Letter to the Editor (The Star newspaper)

Published on Thursday February 14 2008. (Klipoortje is in Germiston and not Alberton)

There is no compelling reason to have two deputy presidents. One is enough as it is. The ANC deputy president, Kgalema Motlanthe, must wait for his time to come if he wants to serve in government.

During the time of the government of national unity it was understandable and justifiable to have two deputy presidents. The aim was to forge national unity in the country.

When Nelson Mandela became the country's president he had no experience in government. But he did make the best of his term as president and managed to serve as a symbol of unity and reconciliation. Let us hope that Motlanthe will wait until the next round of deployments to get into the government and then prove his worth as a leader.

Thando Tshangela
Klipoortje, Alberton