Expecting a State of the Nation Address (SONA) prioritising the people of South Africa’s interests above those of the ANC is surely wishful thinking, but it remains crucial and the only way to get the country back on the right track.
So, tomorrow evening with the SONA, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) would particularly like to hear that the interests of South Africa and its people are put first in the context of this dramatically changing geopolitical world.
There are currently extremely good opportunities arising to turn the country around and create an environment facilitating strong economic growth, which will result in job opportunities for millions of desperate, unemployed South Africans.
President Cyril Ramaphosa should, for once, take a stand and demonstrate that he has the courage to make the right decisions, even if they are not aligned with his own party’s outdated ideological ties from the past.
Secondly, the Freedom Front Plus would like to hear what urgent interventions the Government of National Unity (GNU) plans to implement to resolve the foot-and-mouth disease disaster.
The damage already caused by the epidemic is enormous, so, decisive and swift action is required.
Another matter of critical importance is to hear what will be done to establish a new, credible and corruption-free South African Police Service. The entire force will have to be reconstructed from top to bottom to be successful and credible.
The police force is the cornerstone of the entire criminal justice system and when it is riddled with criminal elements within its own ranks, crime takes over – as is currently the case.
The Freedom Front Plus is tired of hearing impractical plans and empty promises, such as smart cities and high-speed trains while the current public transport system is, much like municipalities, falling apart.
To achieve all this, fundamental adjustments need to be made to Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policy in order to give the people hope and put food on their table again.
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Mad Irishman
Fun South African Fact: Vilakazi Street in Soweto has been home to two Nobel Peace Prize winners. A tour through Soweto will always stop at Vilakazi Street to reveal a number of heritage sites of great importance to democratic South Africa. Both Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu lived here at some point in their lives. In 1984, Archbishop Desmond Tutu received the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition for his non-violent fight against the apartheid regime. Nine years later in 1993, Nelson Mandela shared the Nobel Peace Prize with then-president F.W. de Klerk as an award for their role in bringing about the peaceful end of apartheid. Nelson Mandela then went on to become South Africa’s first democratically elected president in 1994.
danimaldaze
My teacher pointed at me with her ruler and said that at the end of this ruler is a dumb. Then I asked which end and I got a detention.