Will Democracy in South Africa improve

Response:

Good morning

Zolisa I meant to reply or share my views on what you termed improving
the South African democracy, a bit earlier but I was caught up in the
mix of issues. You sounded like a true ANC fundamentalist willing to
defend and argue you point anyway, however I'm struck by the
rationalisation of your understanding of a democratic government as a
government by people for the people instead you disregarded diversity
that forms the people of South Africa. Yes, there will be different and
many political parties representing the diversity that South Africa is.

On spending and wastage of money, it won't be wastage to the small
minority that are represented by those particular parties, and also that
our constitution do allow that, so it is also by South African law that
we have those parties to spend money on in order to advance the very
same democracy.

Yes, we achieved some positive results looking at the surface, we are
not bad at all, however the worrying issue is the increasing number of
our people on social grants being disguised as improvement while in fact
it shows that we are still far reaching the improved state. It shows our
people are not working or not getting educated as it is, and therefore
are poor by the day.

On doing things together socially and otherwise, I think you now know
that we can also pretend to be equal and maybe be the same but in fact
we are not and we will never be in the actual fact, such state of
equality has never being achieved anywhere in the universe or land. So
be real and live with it, it natural.

Your thesis, as you can see reduces the complex task of running the
country democratically but opting for a African style of leadership
where one man or one party rules forever without opposition. Your
strategies are of high risk that may lead to the very same situations of
Egypt and Tunisia now. Being able to see things from what South Africa
wants, from the perspective of the masses not the ANC are all the
components of a mature democracy. In fact tolerating mixed feelings
about our democracy is not weakness or indecision, it is the ability to
acknowledge difference, to allow for flexibility and change if any and
to consider alternatives.

I guessed you should be lamenting on corrupt tendencies within this
democratic system where money gets wasted on daily basis on non
delivering tenders. Authoritarian parties like yours are afraid of
losing control, terrified that others might come in and serve better. To
prevent this they expect people to adapt to them and use social grants
as bait for votes.

Don't worry about money, it gets wasted anyway, but I encourage this
kinds of robust debate on everything at hand that affects our nation.

Keep well

MorwaMotho