South Africa is not free yet

The idea that we are free is a complicated one. We are free to a political extent but not economically so. A black man can sit next to a white man when commuting to and fro to work today which was unlawful in the past but made much frier today. A white child can easily afford tuition fees of a university of their choice but a black child may qualify for a certain qualification but be subject to financial constraints. The fact that most blacks ain't economically free and are subject to extreme poverty conditions remains a fact that we are still not free to the fullest. We may want to sing the same chorus that we have only been 'free' for the past 21 years and we should appreciate what the government has done thus far. The fact is; as much as we should be appreciative, it doesn't mean we cannot criticise the government for its failure. We the people that put the political parties into power (through voting) have the very right to criticise them for their wrong doing. As long as the black majority (the most populative) is subjected to extreme poverty, continues to be the victim of the system and the abused in the economy , there will always be strikes and social unrest. Most black woman are today still the hard working domestic workers but remain underpaid. We have seen the Marikana miners in 2012 being killed for the strike wage increase protest as a result of economic oppression. Black youth remains the deeply drowned in the pool of unemployment because even their schools are underdeveloped. Statistics communicate the deep dive that Black South African youth have taken into crime mainly because of economic oppression. Government has done very little in ensuring freedom for all. Equal opportunities for all remains just and agenda for political campaigning but never really inked into the documents of national planning. BEE is one only weapon used for economic transformation even though many would argue this. What else is there anyway? We cannot fight an elephant with just a single stick we need more than just BEE.

Today, very few from the black majority can afford decent homes or even just a good wage of an average white guy. This is because the past deliberate systematic economical diminishing for blacks is not addressed. You cannot have progress in a stuck boat and expect it to move. You have got to remove it from the spot it's stuck and divert it to a smoother surface. Once the dignity of the once oppressed is fully obtained, politically, economically and spiritually only then can we sigh for freedom. As long as the black majority and coloureds are still subject to economic struggle and highly dependent on social grants hand outs, it remains a struggle.
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