Afloat but battered. Abandoned. Many miles off our planned route.
It’s beginning to feel as if we’re adrift on the political equivalent of that infamous 19th-century ghost ship, Mary Celeste.
For more than five years, the country’s been floating listlessly under the nominal control of President Cyril Ramaphosa, a man who less than three months ago was ready to throw in the towel and resign.
He was prevailed upon to stay but there’s every sign that his heart’s not in it.
The most urgent tasks