The cost of living in South Africa is simply unbearable. In the new year, my new vibe, I decided to head down to the car dealership to get me a new SUV… Safe to say, a sad dream on the ice.
There is no way I can part with my four-wheeler money, if I still have to fill R600 million in gas, to insure R100 million a month and still pretend I like a new whip when I can barely afford it. breathe.
Not just the cost of the vehicle, but everything. From home to education. It is food for security. That’s all. I remember setting my eyes on the school of my dreams for five years – at R6 000 a month.
When will our country become too expensive for us to live in?
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If anything can go wrong with the functioning of our country, it will. Political parties have zero to nothing to offer us, we are held in a firm and unwavering grip of crime.
Keeping the lights on and the water running at the taps is so expensive that it should be considered a luxury purchase, although we are lucky to have the lights on all day. Basically we pay for services that we don’t use in full, but the monthly bill stays the same.
Every year, the ANC holds an anniversary event, the resolution of which is promised to the country is hot air. It has been repeated, and expected. Opposition parties have no function if they do not engage in arguments about what the ANC has not done… silence from the ANC breeds silence.
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And because of this, civil society has stopped where governments and politicians have failed. While politicians are always camera-ready, the unsung heroes of the neighborhood are feeding the homeless, cleaning litter-strewn streets, fighting crime and forming community watch groups.
This is what we live in, everything seems hopeless here. We can live, only for us to pay for the real Third world life – something has to give; we honestly deserve better.
The ANC and its supporting actions diminish the hope of enjoying our own country.
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