Ram your lying NDP up your ...
South Africa is burning. We are told these are criminal elements. But the reality is that South Africans have been sold a pipe dream. In that dream we were promised houses, land, jobs and opportunity. But 23 years later South Africans are poorer than they were prior to 1994.
Do not tell me of the few who received golden handshakes during the so-called transition and thus have amassed wealth for themselves and their families. Do not tell me of those who are politically connected and have received lucrative tenders. Don’t tell me of corrupt politicians who have used the state coffers to enrich themselves.
South Africans have had enough. The reality is that many of us are struggling to make it. The reality is that it does not matter whether you are educated or not, South Africa is a difficult country to live in. Yes, I said educated — master’s degree and all, yet one remains unemployed.
Recruiters in South Africa add to the misery. You apply and they do not acknowledge your application. If they call you, you have to jump through the hoops and then are left hanging. You go to interviews and receive no feedback. No one tells you anything.
We are told to be entrepreneurs. Would you like to see the proposals I have sent to government departments as well as funding institutions? What did I receive in return? Nothing.
I chose to come back to South Africa because I am educated and have experience and talent. I believed in who we are as a people and a nation. I felt that I could offer a positive contribution to enable the country to reach greater heights.
Education means nothing in South Africa. Experience means nothing. Intelligence means nothing. How much more so for those with less of an education or without one? Where are the real South Africans who are grounded in reality? These riots, the outrage, the looting are simply a drop in the ocean.
Continue to pacify and justify through political channels why South Africans must not lose hope. Continue to pacify and justify why you — the perpetrators of this inequality through your inept policies and unsound decisions — should remain in power. Continue to pacify and justify by saying that things are going to get better. Do you think we are fools? Do you think we do not see through you?
South Africans are gatvol. No amount of words, free T-shirts or occasional free meals are going to quell us. Take your National Development Plan and shove it where the sun don’t shine! —