Procrastination a major undoing

Madam,

I have been thinking about the many interventions of this nation, be it the fight to eradicate poverty (something that I consider a pipe dream however, as this is not capable of eradication e[cept reduce or alleviate it , food security that has to do with production of food for our sustenance, or improving information technology infrastructure and was amazed to see that the common denominator that appears to hold us back is procrastination (putting off action to a later date or postponing action, if you like .

:hy I say it is a pipe dream to think of complete eradication of poverty is because our /ord -esus himself acknowledged the fact that poor will always be among us Must as the rich would remain a part of our society.

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This I gathered reading +is account when responding to -udas¶ Iscariot¶s claims that 0agdalene was wasting an e[pensive perfume anointing -esus when this would

have been sold to get money to provide for the poor.

And the /ord in response to -udas said the poor you will always be among you. So, it seems that we will always have the poor among us, but our consolation is that we have the opportunity to make things better for them.

The issue is not so much what we plan to do for the poor, but rather, when we do it.

Timeliness is key. I mean, we have heard in the PAC hearings how food would rot in government storage Must because it could not be distributed - people Must postponed deliveries

endlessly.

The whole gospel of food security and commercialisation of farming came during the 1inth Parliament 2008 - 2013 and is being continued by the current administration.

I ask myself what has been achieved so far.

I must be honest, I don¶t know. Apart from very passionate pleas for people to engage in this industry that government believes surpasses all investments or ventures in terms of returns ( something that I choose to disagree with, knowing how other investments do , those government farms lying idle that were to be leased

to farmers continue to lie fallow. 2n that basis no meaningful action or implementation has taken place in this direction. Procrastination has gotten the better of us, again.

The strategic fuel reserve facility that was to see close to a billion spent on it has stalled for some time, despite being rushed through parliament.

:e could see the strategic fuel reserve costing us double the initial estimates.

And all this would be losses to procrastination - and to say it is a maMor undoing for this nation is an understatement, it actually is a disaster

Babe B