Full employment would have eliminated poverty and overcrowding in which pandemics thrive
Two men are frisked by guards in the Johannesburg CBD, March 28 2020. Picture: MICHELE SPATARI/AFP
Observers have been unanimous in their praise for the government’s action on the coronavirus pandemic. In so doing they should not overlook that the problem is largely of the ANC government’s own doing. SA is, sadly, on the verge of witnessing thousands of virus-related deaths owing to the millions of unemployed living in appalling conditions. These poor souls may justifiably blame their lot on an ANC government that has destroyed the economy.
In the short space of 25 years the ANC has embraced globally discredited socialist economic practices. It has created a bloated public sector that has gone a long way towards crowding out an efficient private sector.
In short, had the economy been growing rather than shrinking, full employment would have eliminated the poverty and overcrowding in which pandemics thrive. How do the ANC’s ruling elite sleep at night? Send us an e-mail with your comments. Letters of more than 300 words will be edited for length. Send your
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