LETTER: How did we get here?
How did we arrive here? Why haven’t we made significant strides in addressing the challenges of unemployment, poverty and inequality?
February 2 marked 30 years since then president FW de Klerk announced the unbanning of the ANC, PAC and SACP, and the release of Nelson Mandela. An atmosphere of euphoria swept across SA and the frontline states that housed thousands of our freedom fighters. They had sacrificed their childhoods, families and all other frills in their quest for our freedom.
The announcement ushered in an era of hope, but also an era of misery for people living in townships and former bantustan villages. Violence was unleashed on our people by the state, agents provocateurs and the police force. Who can forget the violence on the Reef and many more areas in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal?..
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