South Africans need to trust themselves rather than endlessly looking for ‘leaders’; politicians should be handled with suspicion and scepticism, writes Martin van Staden
South Africans need to trust themselves rather than endlessly looking for ‘leaders’; politicians should be handled with suspicion and scepticismStructural reform is the new catchphrase, but what does it mean? It involves constructive changes to established public policy institutions that inhibit economic growth or human development.
South Africans are too willing to let government do irresponsible things that affect their rights, as we also see with Covid-19 restrictions. Real structural reform means legislation such as the Labour Relations Act, Basic Conditions of Employment Act, Employment Equity Act, the BEE laws and the recent National Minimum Wage Act, are repealed and replaced by a single statute taking inspiration from Hong Kong’s employment ordinance.
This is not to say society should endorse sex work or the drug trade, but rather that we resist using the force of government against those with whom we disagree. Real structural reform means abandoning Otto von Bismarck’s centuries-old education template that has proven itself incompatible with our society. Sitting 50 children in a class and teaching them some useful but mostly irrelevant information and making them feel unworthy if they cannot memorise all of it is irrational. We should abandon antiquated notions of excellence. Not everyone has to go to university.
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