Those in power just don’t listen to the people

As a government grows, liberty decreases, writes from Benoni

SFarouk Araie

outh Africans are, on a daily basis, witnessing deadly protests involving service delivery, marches against corruption and protests against brutal crime. Are those in power listening to the plight of the masses?

Our economic future is bleak, as economic growth contracts.

General Motors has decided to leave our country after 95 years.

Stuttafords, a household name, is about to fold.

Under these dire conditions, another international downgrade becomes a grim reality.

Some of the things that cause poverty are the ruling and business elite.

The ruling elite lack the kind of philosophical vision and orientation that is committed to developing a progressive society.

Corruption is nothing but a reflection of the distribution of power within societies.

The country is where it is because the political system is self-perpetrating and no party is accountable to anyone except a coterie of people.

Unless the political system is accountable, going after individual cases of corruption will achieve little.

Corruption is a crime against humanity, and amounts to a gross violation of individuals’ rights and freedoms.

It is important to appreciate that corruption is a complex economic, political and social problem that can only be tackled through a multi-dimensional and multifaceted approach.

It was Thomas Jefferson who once said: “A government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have. The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases”.