IS THE PRESIDENCY HAUNTED?
Many South Africans are shocked that you still get shocked about the murder of women and children and the scourge of gender-based violence in the country.
In defining the nature of power, psychiatrist M Scott Peck writes in The Road Less Travelled: “Political power is the capacity to coerce others, overtly or covertly, to do one’s will. This capacity resides in a position, such as kinship or presidency, or else in money. It does not reside in the person who occupies the position or possesses the money.
“Consequently, political power is unrelated to goodness or wisdom. Very stupid and very evil people have walked as kings upon earth. Spiritual power, however, resides entirely within
