We’ve entered a very interesting political scenario in the province, whereby, communities will be the ultimate winners in terms of service delivery.
All political parties, big and small, are voicing their discontent, mostly opposition parties, while on the other hand, the ruling party is also engaged with communities, admitting some of their mistakes and is now hell bent on correcting their mistakes and continuing with their mandate of delivering services unto the people.
They have reverted to their founding document, the Freedom Charter to make their voices heard, loud and clear.
The opposition parties have also come out strongly on political platforms, exposing anomalies that have surfaced in the ruling party’s failure to meet their mandate.
Methinks this is an opportunity of not only finger-pointing one another, but also coming up with solutions.
We’ve had enough of the political squabbling among politicians at rallies, marches, legislatures and chambers, because that has not yielded the desired results by the electorate, but, instead has fuelled anger among communities, hence the sporadic service delivery protests, some of which have led to the very infrastructure that the communities yearn for.
Enough of the alliance partners’ squabbles from the ruling party’s side, especially the SACP and the ANC. Unity and peace among them have been lauded at national level, but with every opportunity they get to address communities, they attack each other.
Where is this taking them to? Loss in votes during elections and communities losing faith in term as incredible leaders.
What this continues to showcase, is that it is not an organisational squabble, but individualistic squabbles of people determined to be in positions of power to enjoy the benefits of being leaders rather than being servants of the people.
It is healthy debates that are in the fore, but the outcome thereof, should be visible and practical service delivery to the numbers of suffering communities who dearly need jobs, housing, economic prosperity and land.
The ball is in their court to deliver.
