LISTENING to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s rhetoric and bluster on Freedom Day about the many wonderful things the ANC has delivered since independence in 1994 makes one smile .
The country is, in fact, in tatters with broken promises, infrastructure in ruins, ongoing corruption, tender fraud, rampant crime, unemployment at 35%, pit latrines, delinquent municipalities owing billions to national coffers, load shedding – the list goes on ad nauseam.
Freedom without a roof over your head, food on the table, a well-paid job, safety and security, and children not dying after falling into pit latrines means nothing to the poor.
Until the above requirements are met, freedom is just a useful word used by politicians to garner votes .
Vote wisely with heads, and not hearts, on May 29. It’s time…
