“A better life for all”, “Sonqoba simunye” to name a few; these are some of the slogan we get accustomed to nearing elections. Campaigns are the order of the day and post electing our leaders and hoping they’ll keep their word, one sees them moving out of ekasi for a lavish lifestyle in the suburbs.
It’s absurd that in these day and age there are still people living without proper sanitation and infrastructure. I’ll omit housing because there’s too much corruption in there (cause by councilors) that it’s not even worth talking about. Yes, it’s a fact we cannot all benefit at once but how does one explain the huge gap that is seen between our living conditions yet we brag that we are free?
Street lights; sewerage, garbage to name a few can go for weeks, months and years not maintained yet we have local committees we elected to take care of such things when they occur.
We no longer take pride living in the township because we don’t have proper (recreational facilities, libraries) which is our youth have took solace in committing crime, making booze their trusted buddies and teen pregnancies to get the grant (which is good enough for nappies only)
There has been a lot of noise about nationalization of mines to bettering people’s lives but in true reality who will benefit? Who gets tenders? Who drives luxurious cars while others go to bed without even a slice of bread?
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