But most of all one notices the hundreds of banners and posters on every lamppost just to make sure everyone knows that the ANC is 100 years old. One of these posters that caught my eye was the one that says: “Celebrating 100 years of selfless struggle.”
This made me realise that that is exactly the problem with the ANC. It has been struggling for 100 years. At first the struggle was against apartheid, but since 1994 they are struggling to govern. They struggle to find honest leaders. Many senior ANC officials have been or are currently being prosecuted. They even struggle to find an honest chief of police, failing twice! They struggle to improve education.
Even though they are spending a larger percentage of the budget on education than most countries, education in the so-called township schools went from bad to worst and
Perhaps where they are struggling the most is Local Government and service delivery. Towns that were once beautiful, clean, well run municipalities, are now in a terrible state. Just drive through places like Mokopane (previously Potgietersrus), Makhado (Louis Trichardt) and even Mthatha to see this deterioration. Corruption, self-interest and greed have unfortunately ensured that the struggle continued since 1994.
I sincerely hope that the 100th year of struggle is the last one. I hope that Pres Zuma will announce that 2012 will now be the first year of achievement and striving for excellence! Let’s all hope that the ANC will now put skill, knowledge, experience and innovation on the top of their requirements list when new leaders are chosen. Please stop struggling and start performing!
Link - http://www.news24.com/MyNews24/The-celebration-of-a-struggle-20120106
2 comments:
Wast surprised and glad to see that this wasn't another rant against the ANC like I'm used to seeing from other anti-ANC bloggers. After all it is fruitless, one can only hope that the founding principles of the ANC prevail at some point. I still can't understand why Mandela doesn't speak out like Tutu has.
I stumbled on your blog while doing some reseach to help decide whether to plan a trip to SA. Our family left in 1970 (to the USA), but I've always had a longing to revisit some of the good things I remembered about SA, and JHB in particular.
Thanks to reading such as what you have here and particular Google Earth (they have a very comprehensive street view collection of Johannesburg) it is clear to see that there is nothing left of what I knew. If I was planning to spend the several thousand dollars on a trip, why would I go to the hell hole of SA? God bless the South Africans who remained and are doing their best to carve out a life amidst the ruins. I wish I could establish a fund to assist every white South African in leaving and hasten the implosion.
Despite the media's glee at heralding every unsavoury thing about America, I have never, in 42 years witnessed a crime, I do not lock my doors or car, and, like you said in an earlier post, I can almost take some pride in my aggravation at having to wait two hours to get new phone service.
No, if I can fault my parents for anything, it will never be for taking us out South Africa. My mother returned to JHB, but died before the coming of the New South Africa. Thank God she never saw what became of the Johasnnesburg she was so proud of.
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