Destiny shaped in indecision moments

Sir,

As we march forward as a country, it is imperative that we take stock of where we are coming from and where we are going. In my view, we are actually moving away from the First World status and moving deeper into the bottom end of the Third World countries. This conclusion is based on the inability of our government to be proactive on issues that matter the most.

Ours is indeed a very, very sad situation. After 55 years of independence, our country has dismally failed to rectify our national needs when it comes to a lot of things, instead government found it appropriate that the country should rely on external sources for its survival.

The question is what exactly makes our government and leaders so ineffective when it comes to implementing projects that will benefit the entire country? Surely as a nation we deserve much better than this mediocre service that we are getting.

Growth

How will our government drive economic growth after the unrest has been dealt with? This, I ask because of the way it is handling the situation; it simply seems not bothered by the concerns of the masses.

Surely our government must have known that it would need to deal with the genuine concerns of the masses, which include the failure of the public healthcare sector.

Ignored

This issue has been going on for far too long to be ignored in this manner. It is, therefore, baffling that government would wait for the inevitable before doing something after a lot had been said about the failure of this sector. The swift action and decision making that our leaders display when dealing with issues pertaining to their welfare makes me conclude that they are really capable of making decisions, as long as the motivation is of personal gain.

It is indeed intriguing that as a country we continue paying our leaders for supposedly leading us, we should not be paying our leaders for misleading us. A philosopher once said; “It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” For Eswatini it is clearly in our moments of indecision that our destiny is being shaped.

Mhlume