Editor’s views on issues affecting the public
What the electorate needs, at this point in time, is a government that will equitably deliver services that will improve their lives.
The political field as been opened wide for all parties to play a meaningful role, come next year’s general elections.
Locally we’ve seen some commendable moves by the ruling party, whereby, they are trying by all means to clean their house, whilst at the same time, the opposition parties are also trying to capitalise on their mistakes.
My biggest concern here is, isn’t the ruling party playing into the opposition parties’ hands by seemingly purging their own trusted comrades? They have made bold moves in exposing their own comrades and there seems to be a lot of animosity among them.
It’s good for democracy to rid yourselves of dirty linen whilst there is still time to recover, but the question is, will the electorate believe them this time around because for the past 19 years of democratic rule, such acts of corruption, maladministration and fraud have always been pin-pointed by both the opposition and electorate.
What has suddenly dawned in the leadership’s minds that they decided to act so drastically and have done it in many quarters of governance? It is a good act though.
We’ve seen them act on Msukaligwa, Govan Mbeki, Thaba Chweu, Bushbuckridge local municipalities with such speed, that many pundits have in some quarters predicted that this may affect their performance in next year’s elections because there’ll be a lot of disgruntled souls among them, who may seek to abstain from voting or else join some of the opposition parties, instead.
Be that as it may, the electorate stand to benefit from it all, because now government has begun to act swiftly to put all wrongs right and it says a lot for service delivery. At the same time, the opposition, instead of spelling out their plans, are busy criticising every move the government makes, yet they also have to convince the electorate that they have a better plan for them.
What the electorate needs, at this point in time, is a government that will equitably deliver services that will improve their lives. There is no longer any time for promises unending, but only action counts.
As we much closer to the elections, let’s hope that the issues of water supply, sanitation, housing, lack of job opportunities and economic opportunities, will be a thing of the past, and let everybody enjoy the fruits of freedom, once and for all.
