DEAR Editor;
As I write this, on October 26, I recall the same date in 1976 when there was a country called Transkei.
The president was Doctor Kaizer Daliwonga Matanzima.
There were only two political parties, the TNIP (Transkei Independent Party), the leading party at the time, and the DP (Democratic Party), the opposition party.
The Transkei is no longer independent.
We talk of a new South Africa which was born in 1994, but politics can be a dirty game.
I remember our icon, Nelson Mandela in one of his speeches urging us to work together to better things.
He said we must be peaceful about what has happened but we must not forget.
This after being in prison for 27 years for fighting against Apartheid.
Now, where is this country going?
There is a destruction of valuable things and sometimes the killing of innocent people. Why?
Can’t we unite and work together, do away with greed and monopoly and respect and follow our leaders?
In our communities we employ people.
No government should encourage people to be employed at huge salaries.
That is why people are loitering, doing nothing, waiting for government to feed them.
The government has no money and so instead increases taxes.
The current wave of gender-based violence is being caused in part by frustrations in our community.
I love my country but the government is very huge. Remember that civil servants are paid from our taxes.
I have no doubt this country can save a lot of money.
Perhaps from the district level, government could make more use of magistrates, chiefs, and headmen, and the kings of our country can also play a larger role.
HARTLEY BIDLA
Margate
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