News of his impending stepping down from the party presidency and the speculation that ensues as to who will take over awakens a sense in one that we perhaps do not have many great leaders-not that Dr Zibani Maundeni would agree, if he still holds the view that is-that when one leader steps down others rise on the side, who had previously been somewhat eclipsed. Men and women with heroic grandeur; those whose administrations could clash with their times and find some measure of greatness are rare to find. And the country still needs a man or woman ahead of his time.
Such we have failed to have in abundance thus far; from both within the ruling and opposition parties. Alas for countless pundits and inspirational speakers, it is apparently not the case that the Chinese word for crisis is spelled by joining the characters for danger and opportunity. But that common fallacy nevertheless captures an important metaphorical truth: whatever the perils it brings with it, a crisis can be a grand opportunity.
