Will Dandala Be Coping?
Last Friday when the news broke that Bishop Mvumelwano Dandala was chosen as presidential candidate for COPE, I immediately went to my colleague in the office next door and asked what he knew about the man.
As a COPE supporter, he was thrilled with choice.
All I needed to hear was the part of Dandala being a religious leader to disqualify any interest from my side.
When I heard him going on about moral compasses and values and crap on Interface on Sunday night, I switched the channel.
Outwardly he looks a lot better than Lekota and Shilowa, but for me church and state needs to be as far as possible away from each other.
Even though Barack Obama spoke about his Christian faith during the US elections, it was never to make himself look morally superior to everyone else, exactly the opposite to COPE and Bishop Dandala.
Seriously, whose morals are COPE going to impose on the nation? And the day I believe that any country can be governed without some sort of corruption somewhere in the ranks, is the day I believe pigs can fly.
Out of interest I read up on Bishop Dandala and found that he was born in Mt Ayliff in the Eastern Cape on 26 October 1951. He is married and has two children.
He has Doctorates in Theology (from the Protestant University in Cameroon) and Philosophy (from the University of Transkei).
Maybe he will appeal to ACDP members looking for another party? I don’t know.
For me no way, no how!
