EDITOR – There’s sufficient evidence confirming that the concept of Radical Economic Transformation was coined and perfected by the puppet masters at Bell Pottinger.
They even took that propaganda to the next level, hijacking the concept of White Monopoly Capital using it strategically as the red herring to distract the country from its real problems and the decay within the ANC. It almost worked and caused irreparable damage to our fragile race relations.
At a time of crisis presidential grace can be crucial in ameliorating moments of virulence and violence. We tend to be more likely to choose the right path when we’re encouraged to do so from the very top. The presidency is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership and the country has come to look at the ANC led government for a steadying hand in this period of stormy times of uneasiness and vitriol. The heart of our morality should be with the president and the leadership of the ANC.
Where’s the connection between the two concepts that were fundamental in shaping this period of stormy times of uneasiness? Our national avoidance tactic has been to shift the focus to potential problems related to our dark history of apartheid. With constant misinformation and fear-mongering it is so easy to exacerbate fears associated with our history while avoiding our internal weaknesses.
The ANC’s apathy has placed immense strain on the South African society, making it difficult to move forward as we are constantly bombarded by being prisoners of our dark past and because we have perpetually avoided the truth, by pretending that everything has been OK we have become distracted by misinformation and propaganda.
The ANC is at a bigger risk of destroying itself than falling at the hands and feet of the opposition. This has become so blatantly clear in the past few weeks where its own leadership and veterans have pointed to its failings. These failings have become even more evident with the “race” for the next president.
There’s no space in this dialogue for sentimentality but we need to dig deep into our collective consciousness and ask ourselves “can you imagine this country as a truly multicultural and multi party democracy?” or is the ANC ready to cast this fragile experiment, that was hailed the Mandela miracle of the 20th century, into the trash bin of history, because they refuse to be guided by their moral conscience?
When 30 000 000 South Africans living on less that R33 as day, 23 years after the creation of the new South Africa (SA Stats Poverty Level Report) we have no reason to sleep comfortably.
As we speak, there’s strong indications that there is a major move being made by those accused of masterminding state capture to control the PIC, which holds and manages R1,3 trillion of state pensions. If they succeed it would be the beginning of the end.
Sicario
Durban
