DEVELOPMENT
ONKGOPOTSE JJ TABANE: We have failed to realise the ideals of Freedom Charter
One of the loftiest ideas in the Freedom Charter is that the people shall share in the country’s wealth! After 23 years of liberation, it is fair to conclude that not much sharing has happened. What has happened in terms of economic liberation has made a total mockery of the Freedom Charter. The Reconstruction and Development Programme was the first economic policy the ANC implemented after the 1994 elections. It was birthed on the principles of the Freedom Charter, aiming at ensuring that wealth and land is shared; that there is housing, security and comfort. While the intentions were good, the government failed to fully comprehend the complexity of the economic situation. Instead of turning townships from dormitories for cheap labour into viable economic hubs, the government developed more dormitories, of even poorer quality than those of the apartheid government.For example, concerns over climate change had already been raised and the first COP conference was held in 1995. Instea...
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