Scapegoat for what? I assume you mean failed policies and empty promises to the masses. :) I think the ANC are setting themselves up for a big PR Campaign in the run up to elections as they want to ensure they regain the 66.6% of the National Vote they enjoy at this moment. Mbeki was OK, but too quiet a man to draw the sort of crowds a typical ANC Stalwart like Zuma would draw. I hardly think the ANC could lose the National Election, but anything is possible. The ANC members have been caught with their hands in the cookie jar too often for them to be complacent as you can fool some of the people some of the time but not all of the people all the time .. or something like that. :P I think it is just PR. The ANC needs to transform itself into a more civilian orientated party away from the previous militaristic stance it had before. They need a new broom of sorts - the trouble with a new broom is it sweeps clean for while. Time will tell .. we live in interesting times.