Call nation to dialogue before it’s too late

Madam,

The fundamentals are really falling off in this country and one wonders when it will all end. The direct attack on freedom of speech and freedom of expression is really Tuite concerning and at times it is Tuite unfathomable. It would seem we are stuck in a zero-sum game when in essence we should all be focusing on settling for an outcome that will improve national welfare than one that will render us in a worse off position than when we started.

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I will not exert much effort explaining the linkages between freedom of speech and the economic development. In the famous words of Amartya Sen, no country can say it is developed if its citizens do not enjoy individual liberties and freedoms.

:e are slowly but surely moving to join the ranks of North Korea, since it’s the only country that even determines what type of hairstyle people can wear. This is totally unacceptable 'evelopment is also measured by the amount of goods available to an individual in their consumption basket. :e are in really interesting times but rather scary. (very day we wake up to some news of arson. These are indicators of a radicalised mass and the very State apparatus that should protect the people is becoming the enemy of the people.

Sanele