Blinded by the euphoria of the Mandela moment, which ushered in the post-apartheid South Africa, any thought of South Africa without electricity some couple of years back sounded far-fetched. For, ours – as many thought – was a perfect democracy destined for El Dorado. Some even conjured up notions such as South African exceptionalism, to suggest that we are different from other post-colonial African states. This is because many of these states, after they had gained independence from the colonial powers, started to run into serious challenges of governance. This led to some to conclude that on average, it takes two decades for an African state that had gained independence from the colonial power to degenerate. How dare we validate this with the recklessness of our doings, especially when coming to managing public affairs? For, arising from this could yet be another troubling question: Can Africans manage themselves?