THULASIZE KUBEKA (Grade 4): I would help people work together to end corruption. I would also fill up the water tanks and make sure there are no water and electricity shortages.
As South Africa looks forward to elections, the Rosebank Killarney Gazette asked learners at Saxonwold Primary and Parkview Senior School what they would do if they were president for a day. This is what they had to say …
YANEZ NAIR (Grade 3): I would buy anything I wanted like nice cars and a bigger house. I would also make sure that there’s always peace.
THATO APHANE (Grade 4): I would see how much the country has that they aren’t using and use it to build houses for the poor. I would also get myself a lot of frozen yoghurt because I love frozen yoghurt.
JORDIN MCHUNU (Grade 3): I would give very inspirational speeches and tell people that it is wrong to treat people of different colours differently. I would also treat people of all colours the same.OSITA IGWE (Grade 6): I would get rid of corruption and make it harder for people to cheat in politics. I would also make coding a compulsory subject at school because you can change anything with coding and even digitise politics.
MOHAMMED PATHAN (Grade 5): I would change how people live. There should be less homeless people, school fees should be less, crime should also be less and corruption must stop.
ROHAN CHIDLEY (Grade 7): I would clean up the cabinet and replace corrupt officials with ones suitable for the task. I would improve the quality of main roads and make different roads for the trucks in order to avoid accidents.
MUHAMMED MOOLA (Grade 5): I would build shelters for the poor and try to improve our healthcare by building more hospitals and hiring more doctors. I would also build restaurants where poor people can eat for free once a week.
