The elections in our sunny South Africa is now history. The ANC won and the DA obtained a bigger stake in Parliament. The "red danger" (of rooi gevaar) , against whom uncle PW Botha warned us and against "we" fought, realised in two frightening manners.
First is the red danger (rooi gevaar) of Julius and his merry men and women - sitting, already bored in Parliament. With no qualification or competence for making decisions that will propel this amazing country of ours into the future. There problem is that there are way more people who vote for a living; than those who work for a living. It's numbers that get you a seat on the gravy train and its subsequent benefits.
The second red danger (rooi gevaar) comes in the person of the new minister of Agriculture, a hardened communist who declares that the land must be divided amongst those who work it. This I do not understand; can those who are followers of a specific ideology not also determine by its track record that it did not work anywhere in the world. Why would you then continue with this - because in the end it is you who will benefit. So the analogy of "The Animal Farm" is once again proved right - all are equal, some are just more equal than others - says the pig.
What about the curtain I hear you say - say what you want about our president, he is a brilliant strategist. The promised made and the oath he took are merely part of the process, it's part of the road you have to travel to stay on top. The new "Propaganda Ministery", the new speaker of the Parliament, the new minister of the SAPS, etc draw the curtain on the doings of our president and his merry men and women (all ANC) for anther 5 years to get their fingers public money.
Roger Whittaker (Folk singer) once said: "politicians are all like a bunch of bananas, they are all yellow, they hang in a bunch together and there is not a straight one amongst them."
Our challenge will be to find more and more brave men and women who will not stand back on raising the flags against the wrongs of the government, while we are in debt of those few in government who still make things work!
Take care - "those who do not read the papers are uninformed; those who read the papers are misinformed!"
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