Rot just got worse since Mbeki

THE last few weeks have seen much drama unfold in this country, with different opinions coming from across the political spectrum.

On radio, during the early morning show, FW de Klerk was being interviewed and was very pragmatic and admitted that there were many positive trends going forward, but the weaknesses had to be identified and worked on.

Shortly thereafter, Mkhuseli Jack noted that the face of the ANC youth had changed and there were concerns for the people living in perpetual lack among opulence and abundance.

The visible and rampant corruption people see leave them disillusioned.

The youth see no future in this society and simply hang around the streets with no other option than to resort to crime.

This society change was introduced in the Mbeki era, while he was away attending to his international ego.

When he left the scene and Zuma made his entry, things really started to go wrong.

Enter the arms deal, and whatever followed thereafter!

Recently we witnessed the “xenophobic” attacks perpetrated by nothing other than scumbags, who have no intention of working, but to survive on handouts and stealing wherever they can.

In Alexandra we witnessed the blatant murder of a father because he came from Mozambique.

Is the defacing of statues to fall into the same basket, because the police stand and watch, without any sign of arresting the people responsible who also show alignment to the EFF.

We also have an ANC spokesman who attacks Rhodes University’s vice-chancellor for daring to criticise the leadership of the party.

We must accept that the president is losing ground rapidly in the face of Nkandla, and no matter what Jeff Radebe claims in denying violence, if he were to climb out of his ivory tower and the protection of his bodyguards, and join the masses in the streets and schools and homes, he would see the reality of the situation.

The sooner the government admits it is not the whites or our colonial past [to blame], but simply that our culture is mixed, which must be accepted to live in harmony and move forward for our mutual benefit, and retain the goodwill of international industries producing in this country.

RA HILL, GREENACRES