We're into what seems to be a call for unity amongst South Africans. Against the ANC government that is.

I've read two articles / columns recently which bombards the government with accusations of incompentency. Looking at the arguments I must agree with this avenue of protest, that is "in written form".

Have a look at David Bullard's column in the Sunday Times and read the responses. The reason for for all this is that "the people" are getting gatvol! We're tired of excuses, we're tired of our money being wasted, we're tired of crime, we're tired - full stop.

Under the National Party we endured sanctions and boycotts. We fought a bitter war for years on end against the Communists in South West, yet our doctors and engineers were on the forefront of technology, our educational system ranked in the top ten in the world, our hospitals were clean and top notch, our police force was respected, our roads were compared with the German autobahns and our armed forces were highly ranked and respected worldwide.

Sure, everything was not perfect. Far from it. Ministers had their skelm deals on the sly, the townships were a mess and crime was far from under control in these areas. I must add that the locals in the townships did not have much time nor respect for whatever the white man tried to do in these townships. Ambulances were stoned, fire engines did not dare go into these areas and police were feared (mostly).

See where this is going? Let's face facts - the ANC government cannot run this country any longer without running it into the ground. The perfectly good infrastructure the white man left behind is falling to pieces. Our armed forces is a joke. The top structure of our police force is corrupt and our next president, well.. what can one say that we don't already know.

We have billion Rand submarines that no-one can pilot. We have coastal guard boats that are rotting away because there's no money to maintain them, never mind pay the docking fees. We have malfunctioning anti-aircraft guns that kills it's operators. Arms before butter? No-one can score out of butter! Least not the government.

Parastatals like Telkom and Eskom pays huge amounts of money to government every year and is awarded by massive bonusses to their respective management. Eskom top brass got a total of R174 million in bonus payments last year (according to one article I read). Is this because they cut costs by getting rid of 30 000 people since 1994? Telkom has been sucking the economy dry with exhorbitant prices and an ever increasing share price that just won't stop, benefitting the rich black who could afford to buy the "blacks only" shares when Telkom went partially public. Trevor Manuel brags every tax year about the new money they brought in and our country is falling to pieces?

We waged a war for how many years in South West Africa that cost a fortune. What did the ANC do with all that spare money? Distribute it amongst it's people? They did and still is, however providing free services to thousands of previously disadvantaged groups cost money. Lots of money. These "free" services are collapsing very fast. With no forward planning anyone could've predicted this. Where in the world would you see the homeless "demanding" a house? Did the whites get it all for free? Are the whites getting anything for free today?

I'm going to really stick my neck out and base this statement on personal experience. The general black mentality (note the word general) is to live for today and to break down whatever the white man accomplished in this country.

Many years ago (pre-1994) a statement was made to a black that if farm murders continued there will be no farmers left to plant and provide food to the nation. The response was simple and to the point "then we'll all die together".

The South African Revenue Services (SARS) re-called some ex employees out of their forced early retirement. Eskom is doing the same. The knowledge that was lost through affirmative action was immense and cannot be replaced by family members or "friends of the struggle". It cannot be replaced by any member of the "Robben Island Old Boys Club". And putting Zuma in charge with his militant and corrupt cronies with their criminal connections can only spell doom for the future. With the Scorpions out of the way there will be no control with the police and courts manipulated to suit themselves.

Eskom has in it's infinite wisdom decided to ration electricity. Industry must now use 10% less power or pay a penalty. Can you see what's going to happen? If I owned a mining house I would reduce my workforce to make up for this penalty as one of the mining groups are already doing. If I owned a manufacturing plant, I would push up my end-product price to cover this penalty and operate with less staff.

The Harmony mine is retrenching 4 500 people. Certain mining groups aren't affected but it seems that some high placed government official or officials have shares in these concerns. Foreign investors are basically being told to stay away from this country for at least another seven years. Is this the way to build a country and grow it? Ford has just landed a billion Dollar deal building and providing engines to Europe. I can bet there's a penalty clause somewhere for failing to provide the quantities stipulated. And as is customary in the motor industry, the workers will probably strike for higher wages not far into this contract.

As I asked before, who can replace the ANC government tomorrow? No-one. We don't have anyone with solid solutions. There is no turning back from where we are now. We cannot revoke the promises made to the suffering majority and any possible solution will be long term.

What we have to do though is hold our government accountable. Fire them. We're the people, they're there to serve us which they're not doing. They're not even trying. Zuma must know now that there's no stuffing around. We want to see results, not hear their empty promises. Zuma can have as many wifes as he likes, but his country and its people must come first.

Let's have your ideas -

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