President Cyril Ramaphosa has never had a problem choosing the right words to appeal to the nation. When he should back up his words with decisive action, he often fails.
On Sunday, giving a statement as the ANC celebrated its 111th birthday at the Dr Petrus Molemela Stadium in Mangaung, Free State, he promised to strengthen the fight against corruption and crime, improve basic services, find solutions to the energy crisis and end it. release the burden.
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It seems too good to be true. Strong words from the president, but there is a sense of “we’ve heard all this before and, we haven’t seen a little action”. He called on the ruling party to put the country’s interests first – something it has ignored for years.
Ramaphosa said: “The ANC’s 55th national conference has decided unequivocally that decisive and decisive action must be taken to put our country back on a path of development that puts the interests of the people ahead of individual interests.”
He added: “We will also strengthen the fight against crime and corruption. This is our duty. We will also act to build a better Africa and a better world.
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How can we stop load shedding when there is no clear and logical plan to fix the electricity crisis? How can we win the war against crime and corruption when no one implicated in the Zondo commission report has actually been brought to book after overwhelming evidence of corruption has been exposed?
How can we fix service delivery when our municipality is in chaos, where only the people in power benefit and not the people who struggle every day to put bread on the table for their families? We always support the president in his efforts to fix our country.
I hope it becomes a reality and not just hot air. But past experience shows that we should not expect any change.
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