Hi Stan
It is true that the ANC has done a lot to improve the lives of especially the very poor - including very poor whites, coloureds and Indians who also qualify to benefit from *some* ANC programmes (water povision, sanitation, electricity access, housing) and this should be acknowledged.

The point is that they could and should have done so much more, given the excellent basic infrastructure that they inherited, the goodwill from other nations etc.

The fact that they have done some good can in no way excuse the loting of public resources and destruction of the economy that has taken place over the last 10 years under Zuma.
Your argument is like saying HIteler was not such a bad guy and Germans were right to vote for him because he built Autobahns, developed the motor industry and provided close to full employment.
yes, he did all thiose things, BUT......

It is also unture to suggest that 23 years is insufficient time to grow the economy - China, Malaysia, Chile etc have done it.