South Africans delivered a clear message in the recent local government elections, but our leaders appear not to listen
local government elections. Elections marked by an increase in the number of voters deciding to abstain; elections where no single party received more than 50% of the vote nationally.
By now, one would have presumed there would be a flurry of public meetings where the politicians would present their plans on forming coalitions and what these will mean for service delivery, as well as the fight against corruption. Yet not a single political party has convened such public meetings. It is ridiculously arrogant.
It seems as though the political leadership is tone deaf. They live in their own cocooned world, where in their minds they possess a God-given right to rule and the people are cattle. This palace politics may intrigue media editors who prefer reporting on the salacious gossip among the political elite, but the people know it for what it is: a dividing and sharing of spoils. Many council positions are about salaries for the political elite, not anything in the parties’ manifestos.
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