Revolution is not answer to fees argument

An uprising is something we end up regretting, writes

from Pretoria.

Nxumalo

TSphilele

he #FeesMustFall protests that have gripped the country of late have shown what the state has ignored all these years.

What the protesters did, besides showing how our desperate youth want a financially secure life, was to unmask the position the majority of the country is in – ambitious but despondent.

The ambition to see free education for all was the aim of the protests. The desire to accomplish that dream was ignited with a spark of a revolution.

That is where this dream took an ugly turn. You start a revolution, you get what is due to you.

There is little wonder why there were students who said that they did not think free education was feasible.

The mistake they made was to compare South Africa with other countries, like Cuba, where they have free education.

There are conditions that come with that and, doubtlessly, taxpayers are not going to be happy about those conditions.

Those who opposed #FeesMustFall protests where it was going.

It was viewed as an uprising against the government, a division of the races and between the poor and the rich.

An uprising is something we end up regretting. It sets us back and builds hate that lasts and comes at a high cost to the state.

The revolutionaries carry on regardless while the leaders and good citizens are looking for a solution. the saw