LETTER: Echoes of June 76
Like the National Party, the ANC has lost touch with the people, who are increasingly desperate
19 June 2019 - 05:01
Shocked parents in Soweto told me after the riots of 1976: “We did not want these riots, but our children are telling us that we always told them to wait because things will change, but since nothing is changing we are now taking over.”
The above words aimed at the NP government, which was out of touch with the real needs of the people, are now echoing in the ears of the ANC government, which has also lost touch with the real needs of the people...
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