EFF members have an opportunity to look like the grown-ups in the room. Can they take it?
Just a month away from the annual investment conference — President Cyril Ramaphosa’s bid to recruit R2-trillion in foreign direct investment — the country is engulfed in annual, avoidable, violent protests over pay and access to higher education. Regrettably, leadership has been universally missing.
Unfortunately, however, both anecdotal evidence and accounts by health minister Joe Phaahla suggest that lives of innocent patients have been lost and more endangered due to the. Reports abound of staff being forced out of ICU theatres, leaving patients unattended. This has been roundly condemned, including by Ramaphosa.
The idea of a small political party demanding a “national shutdown” would be laughable in most scenarios. The EFF, however, has a knack of loudly appropriating grassroots demonstrations triggered by collapsing public services and infrastructure, and rising crime, lawlessness and corruption in the post state-capture era.’ grievances have yet to yield meaningful outcomes, such as a “ceasefire” and structured talks.
Police minister Bheki Cele should ensure that the protests are adequately policed to restore business confidence. As for the student debt, it is clearly a systemic crisis. The ANC is largely to blame for the following reasons:Faced with loss of electoral support, it introduced free higher education in 2017 without adequate resourcing.These are serious issues that will not be wished away. They require a durable solution that comes at a cost to the fiscus or a policy change that will cost the ANC. Doing nothing is not a fair solution for taxpayers, students or universities.
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