By Herman Mashaba.
South Africa is a country of crises.
You name it – unemployment, poverty, inequality, the economy, corruption, racism and crime – there does not seem to be a crisis that is not engulfing our country presently.
If you were an international guest on an impromptu visit to South Africa and had never heard of our country before or its myriad problems, you would be surprised to find out that we are in fact dealing with crisis upon crisis, and so much more.
This is because there is nothing to suggest that there is anything untoward about the number of problems we are faced with daily.
No programmes of action; no significant outcry. Not even the slightest indication from our government that they know we have these crises.
It seems we are determined to carry on with life as usual.
Recently, we received news that 237 000 jobs were lost in the first quarter of 2019. Later we received another set of devastating news – our GDP had contracted by 3.2% in just one quarter…read more>>
