While the current focus of our politics is on the ANC’s national conference in general and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s possible breaking of the law around foreign exchange in particular, the potentially deadly signs of major national dysfunction are all...
The government service delivery is failing beyond recognition, South Africa’s Parliament gives the impression of consisting of disparate groups of people whose sole interest is in fighting each other. While children all over the land trudge to their unsafe schools in sewage – many of them coming to their classes hungry – their families exhausted by the pandemic destruction of the economy, sense of despair and rising spectre of hopelessness.
Then there is the deliberate campign to stoke xenophobia, as seen in the repeated calls and actions by Gayton McKenzie’s Patriotic Alliance, and others.The EFF claimed in Parliament last week that Ramaphosa should not be allowed to speak because he faces criminal charges. This is not a charge laid by the NPA, but by an individual.
She replied, saying, “You’re too old for this twitter trolling behaviours of yours. If you want to contribute constructively to the rebuilding of the city please send an email.” And she then included an appropriate address. While this is often the case in more mature democracies, there are several reasons to ask whether this may create a worse crisis in South Africa., only about one-third of our population has any real voice in our society. The rest are too poor, or too easily ignored by elites.
Meanwhile, there are other signs that people are growing desperate, and looking for some kind of change., Rivonia Circle Chair Songezo Zibi appeared to be speaking for and to many in the black and white urban elite when he called for richer people to get reinvolved in our society.One of these came last week from Accountability Now head Paul Hoffman, while others have made similar calls in the recent past.
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