SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Don’t waste your sympathy
These ‘representatives of the people’ are the real thieves who represent nothing but their own interests
The real villains are those in tailored dark suits, wearing pointed shoes and expensive watches. You see them feeling important while using ceremonial pairs of scissors or gold-plated shovels. They meet "business people", listen to the sounds of their own voices making empty speeches to their impoverished followers or talk down to unfortunate employees of government departments or some bankrupt state-owned company. They could be government officials or leaders of political parties. These are the "leaders and representatives" of the government who collect grey bags filled with dirty, stolen cash from fraudsters masquerading as business people. These "representatives of the people" are the real thieves who represent nothing but their own interests. They hop from place to place, speeding and skipping red traffic lights in shiny German sedans paid for by the public, in a rush to collect the latest bribe. Dare drive in front of them and woe betide you. You can’t be standing between a gre...
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