OPINIONISTA: A plea for Honourable Members to please step out of their bubble in the 6th Parliament By Anso Thom
It is time for those in their tinted cars to roll down the windows and engage us the people. To hear our inputs, to hear our messages and to join us on the side of right.One MP did slow down. His huge vehicle was noticeable. He rolled down the window and shook the hand of one of the protestors he clearly knew, but quickly slid through the gates and into the bubble.Nqabayomzi Kwankwa, your number plate identified you, so sorry for picking on you.
Kwankwa shared his life story with News24 in 2016. It is a story of overcoming massive hurdles and the triumph of the human spirit. Years later Kwankwa moved to Cape Town to make a better life for himself and had to join the thousands of homeless people living on the city’s streets. His first 10 days in the Mother City were spent sleeping in a rubbish tip.
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