Okay easy. (Probably because I'm South African lol) South Africa has elected 4 presidents since 1994, and had a total of 5 presidents since 1994. (Six if you count the person who was president for a few hours after Mbeki's resignation. I don't)
Nelson Mandela from 1994-1999, Thabo Mbeki from 1999-2008. Kgalema Motlanthe after Mbeki's resignation from 2008-2009, Jacob Zuma from 2009-2018, and Cyril Ramaphosa from 2018 till now.
Overall Mandela was easily the best, Mbeki did a ton of neoliberal austerity reforms that messed a ton of stuff up. He also didn't believe that HIV caused AIDS, which led to a ton of people dying. Zuma was very corrupt and shared similar beliefs to Mbeki on AIDS (like saying a shower could cure HIV). Luckily he put people in charge of healthcare that accepted the science around HIV, unlike Mbeki. Zuma has been sentenced to jail for 15 months for contempt of court recently. Ramaphosa was partly responsible for the massacre of 34 striking miners at Marikana while he was a CEO of Lonmin mines before being president, but at least he's better than Zuma and Mbeki. So yeah mostly bad except for Mandela. Still 1000 times better than the apartheid days, that cannot be understated.
Okay easy. (Probably because I'm South African lol) South Africa has elected 4 presidents since 1994, and had a total of 5 presidents since 1994. (Six if you count the person who was president for a few hours after Mbeki's resignation. I don't)
Nelson Mandela from 1994-1999, Thabo Mbeki from 1999-2008. Kgalema Motlanthe after Mbeki's resignation from 2008-2009, Jacob Zuma from 2009-2018, and Cyril Ramaphosa from 2018 till now.
Overall Mandela was easily the best, Mbeki did a ton of neoliberal austerity reforms that messed a ton of stuff up. He also didn't believe that HIV caused AIDS, which led to a ton of people dying. Zuma was very corrupt and shared similar beliefs to Mbeki on AIDS (like saying a shower could cure HIV). Luckily he put people in charge of healthcare that accepted the science around HIV, unlike Mbeki. Zuma has been sentenced to jail for 15 months for contempt of court recently. Ramaphosa was partly responsible for the massacre of 34 striking miners at Marikana while he was a CEO of Lonmin mines before being president, but at least he's better than Zuma and Mbeki. So yeah mostly bad except for Mandela. Still 1000 times better than the apartheid days, that cannot be understated.