Opinion: Even though our democratic order was shaken in the past few weeks, the social unrest exposed weaknesses that have been embedded in the socio-economic and political environment for many years, writes Monde Ndlovu.
NELSON Mandela’s South African dream, which was driven by democratic values and constitutionalism and anchored on the rainbow nation chronicle, is being challenged by our socio-economic landscape.
The continued lockdowns to curb the rapid spread of Covid-19 has also contributed to the shaking of our democratic order. In truth, even though our democratic order was shaken in the past few weeks, the social unrest exposed weaknesses that have been embedded in the socio-economic and political environment for many years.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said a Big “will validate our people and show them that we are giving serious consideration to their lives”. Adjacent to the Big, is the job guarantee. The Big should lead to a job guarantee that ensures that there is a movement in productive civilians to sustainable jobs. The government should increase the public works programme to include Big beneficiaries. The government has vast tracks of land where the beneficiaries could learn skills and trades, coupled with the private sector in import substitution.
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