S’bu.. agree completely – the main thing that’s missing that will solve many of these issues is targets and accountability for government. Against crime and corruption, for literacy, health care, etc.. someone’s head needs to roll when goals are not achieved otherwise this gravy train mentality will continue.

PM – voting for a change won’t work if you wind up with a new party with the same mentality. We need an active public that pushes for people to be removed from office if they are not delivering against goals that serve the good of the nation. I don’t think Cope or DA will be any better than the ANC if they wind up in the driving seat unless we all start insisting on accountability..

As it is being clearly shown in Zimbabwe, singular acts are not enough to maintain a democracy and freedom. People need to be ever vigilant that whoever is in power is kept honest and citizens need to be prepared to do what is necessary should the time arise for instigating civil disobedience once more. I am not talking about another revolution but rather the courage to accept the reality of the situation and the readiness to vote for a change.

Gandhi realized this and essentially posed the question: What if massive civil disobedience could be organized in such a way as to uncover the illegitimacy of rulers who don’t follow the path of true democracy? He found that when nonviolent social action is carried out with the discipline and commitment of a military campaign, even the mightiest of empires can be brought to its knees.

In the 19th chapter of Luke, Gandhi and King’s Guiding Light prophesied concerning the future of Jerusalem. “If you only knew the things which make for peace but are now hid from your eyes. For the days shall come that your enemies will cast a trench about you, and surround you on every side, and shall lay you in the ground, and your children with you; … because you knew not the time of your visitation.”
… interesting words whether your glass is half full or half empty!