Who will prevail? The ANC ...
... party of liberation and Mandela (but widely regarded as having become corrupt and ineffectual - if not downright scary - under the leadership of Zuma and Malema)?
or the DA ...
... the formerly all-white party that stunned the nation when it won the majority vote in Gugulethu, one of Cape Town's most troubled townships, in 2010?
The papers are full of analysis and hand-wringing - not to mention the latest salacious details of the Terrible Township Toilet Torments - but only time will tell whether the people have voted for change.
In order to celebrate the triumph of democracy (whatever the outcome), DMR and I repaired to Arnold's - one of the best restaurants in the world - for an extremely lekker meal of peppered springbok loin with Hunter sauce, mash, and veg ...
... and a toast to this incredible country's future with a glass of the house's special dry red wine.
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