The high jinkswe saw in parliament last week when Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema took to the podium should not overshadow the very real challenges we face as a country.
The EFF has injected a boisterous new spirit into parliamentary proceedings.
While the ANC wants us to believe that all is well, the general public is loving the fact that someone is willing to pop the ruling party's balloon .
Malema did not mince words when he said the ANC killed mineworkers at Marikana. The ANC objected, but the remark needed to sting. We need to face up the truth, no matter how uncomfortable it might be.
However, the EFF should not become lost in the politics of insults.
Those who voted for the EFF want the party to be a voice for the people.
The EFF can be militant but it must also be progressive. It should behave in a way that takes this country forward. G randstanding will not take us to the promised land.
The young Nelson Mandela shook up an ANC leadership that had become docile - it believed petitions and prayers were enough in the fight for democracy.
Had the ANC not become more aggressive, apartheid would still exist.
The ANC needs a shock to the system.
The majority of South Africans are not content and the ANC must not be allowed to hide from that fact.
South Africa cannot wait decades for economic freedom. If there is no economic freedom, there is no freedom.
President Jacob Zuma should not repeat the mistakes of leaders who thought they could not be removed from power. The heart of a country is always its people, not the government.
Change will come, whether it be as a result of the ANC transforming or through other means.
The ANC has a proud history and the scope of its achievements can never be erased. But the party spends too much time reflecting on its past and not enough on building the future.
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