ANC has reached its sell-by date; we have to save our country from bankruptcy

MASSMART, the country’s thirdlargest retailer will be closing down some stores because of load shedding, rising consumer debt and the rise of online shopping. A total of 1 440 poor people are going to lose their jobs.

Instead of discussing this dire situation of our country’s economy, the ANC is busy fighting factional battles at its weekend conference. A few good people might be in charge of government but it seems the wrong people in the ANC are in control of the government and indirectly, the lives of hard-working tax-paying citizens of this country.

Why else are they calling for Gordhan’s head? Why not go for the real thugs who looted Eskom? They keep using the phrase, WMC, coined by the reprehensible Bell Pottinger group from the UK, to justify their dubious intentions.

These shenanigans have absolutely no interest in the country, other than to feather their own nests. They are the only criminals in the world who are not tried in a court of law but are requested to present themselves to a commission.

They have the gall to treat the Zondo commission with absolute disdain. The commission is merely trying to establish the truth to help the NPA to get back the country’s looted money.

Any normal mortal would have felt ashamed to behave in such a despicable manner as our former president, who gave the most implausible reasons for not wanting to appear before the commission.

The ANC does not own this country. Many who voted for them as well as all those who didn’t vote for them are utterly disgruntled with them. Who wouldn’t be with wholescale theft in our SOEs, rising unemployment and rampant crime, appalling service delivery, a power utility hell-bent on shocking consumers to death and killing business with constantly rising tariffs, and with no possibility of the thieves in government being sent to jail?

Only someone who is utterly daft or a highly paid sycophant will not be able to see that the ANC has reached its sell-by-date a long time ago.

It is time that the citizens of this country stood up and made their voices heard like I am doing to save our country from total bankruptcy if it isn’t already.