Perhaps together we can!

SEDIBENG.- Much to the excitement of the Springboks winning their third World Cup on Saturday, we should sit down and realise that the problems that South Africa had before Saturday still remain. I am in agreement with Springbok Coach Rassie Erasmus who went to great lengths to motivating his players and making them realise that they were not under any pressure to win at all and that their compatriots that remained in the country (us) were the ones that were under pressure, daily. South Africa is a beautiful country but we should not sink our heads in the sand like ostriches and think that with the Bokke winning, our problems have gone away, No!
There are still deep social problems that remain to be solved, and they are more pressing than the rugby win.
I do however wish to mention that unlike many others who would wish to live somewhere else other than the beautiful Mzansi, I am going nowhere. I am staying in this multi-party, multiracial and multi-talented South Africa of mine. It should not be disputed that the Bokke’s win on Saturday brought us together as a nation, but on the very same note it should be noted that somewhere out there, a woman is still being raped, somewhere out there a child still goes to school bare footed and on an empty stomach, and that somewhere out there, there is a village without running water that still uses the bucket system.
I salute Rassie and the boys, and I was in total agreement with him when he made the boys and the country realise that,
“In South Africa pressure is not having a job. Pressure is one of your close relatives being murdered.”
Rassie taught the boys, us as a country and by extension the world what hope is, “Hope is when you play well and people watch on Saturday at a nice barbeque and feel good after, no matter your political differences, or your religious differences.”
We celebrate with you Bokke, but the reality remains that somewhere out there millions of South Africans are still unemployed, somewhere out there a bank is being robbed, somewhere out there a hijacking is taking place and somewhere out, there is no hope at all.
The Rugby World Cup win should be about change, it should be about love, it should be about being positive for the betterment of our beloved country.
Congratulations are in order Bokke for bringing the country together once again. You have brought hope to some of us that perhaps, just perhaps, together we can.
#I’m staying