JEREMY CRONIN
I don't want to speculate about the succession to Mandela,  I think that's pure speculation but he was certainly a very popular political leader.  He himself always said that he had no interest in going anywhere near Government and that he wanted continue to be an activist on the ground - that was his self image.  Whether popular pressure and the pressure of his organisations would have seen him moving into Government, is a matter of speculation - he was a strong willed person too.