South Africa produced in the moment many headlines showing how much this country needs healing and a stable political and social framework to come back from a state captured on so many levels.
And people and NGO’s do their very best to assist in all possible ways to achieve this stability and bridge the gaps left by government. People in the field can vouch how hard it has become to raise funds inside and outside South Africa doing this work on a daily base. One is met with skepticism and clear judgement that South Africa have had its chance and gambled it away through corruption, incompetence and entitlement.
On this background it is almost incomprehensible that a party, claiming to be the liberators of the people spend millions or more to pay, bribe, convince by financial means members to vote for a certain party leader. While millions are unemployed, millions live on state grants, infrastructure is missing or crumbling, healing is not happening and society is split more and more again by racism and wealth those called to remedy the situation are invested in spending money on internal fights.
It is simply perversion at its best but it also shows that some politicians count on the fact that the majority of un- or less educated voters simply will either not even read those revelations or ignore them as long as they get their t-shirt and food parcel at the times of elections.
It is simply insane that NGO’s have to beg for some Rands in South Africa while often BBBEE enriched politicians and so-called business people play with big money just for gain of power and might.
Add this to state capture and the seemingly continued free reign of corrupt and compromised leaders within parties one can understand the frustration of sponsors and donors not willing to further support South Africa. Working in the field it needs a lot of hope continuing to work in a country which tries very hard to proof, that it can’t make it.
Against all the mentioned odds – I still believe that South Africa has enough potential to change tune – born either out of hope or desperation – sometimes not sure myself…
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