Does it sit easily with the millions of ANC supporters here at home, and in the world at large, that during [the organization's] centennial year, the government, led by the ANC, presided over the first post-democracy state massacre … [For] Marikana is symptomatic of a much deeper malaise … Over the past eight years we have seen the escalation of local protests over perceived delivery failures and corruption at local government levels. It might well be that many of these protests were fuelled by rising expectations: [Certainly] there can be no doubt that in many instances this has led to ANC councilors losing legitimacy among the people. It is only a matter of time before that loss of legitimacy percolates upwards – to the provincial and national levels … [Indeed] the credibility of the ANC today is probably the lowest it has been since 1990!