It worries investors (and should concern South Africans) that this “let it rather burn and we will later pick up the pieces” attitude might also prevail after the election in May.
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Despite promising that they would not include ANC members who have been implicated in state capture and corruption, a number of these dubious characters made it back onto ANC lists in positions high enough to be guaranteed a seat.
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The ANC is correct that the scars of Apartheid will remain painfully visible for many decades to come, but as we all know, many of apartheid’s wounds could have healed significantly by now if it had not been for the many acts of attrition and omission by the ANC government.
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To all the children, their brave carers, as well as the pensioners of this country, like Masa I want to say: “I’m so sorry, for how you were failed by those who were supposed to have protected you.”
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That is thirty-six million rand of taxpayers’ money that should have been used to investigate and prosecute legitimate cases. This is totally unacceptable.
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Listening to John Steenhuisen and the Democratic Alliance’s utterances in recent times, you can be forgiven for thinking that we are back in the time of PW Botha and the Apartheid government.
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At this point I nearly choked on the apple I was eating. “He didn’t just say ‘his mother’ did he?” I wondered aloud. But oh yes, my dear readers, yes he did.
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I am beyond furious with the government that they have not been able to sort this issue of pit latrines out after almost 30 years after democracy. Sadly, I have no faith that it will be sorted out in the immediate future, either.
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Ultimately, of course, we all desperately want the electricity issue to be resolved. Let’s be clear, however, that every energy expert worth their salt in this country agrees that loadshedding is here to stay for the foreseeable future.
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