South Africans are taking back their power. We have been hooked on the magic of the rainbow nation for 20 years now. Our democracy is maturing. Outgrowing the euphoria of being the darlings of the world by virtue of the miracle of our negotiated liberation. We are now beginning to take responsibility for the baton that uTata Nelson Mandela begged us to take over from him."We are beginning to accept that the wellbeing of our constitutional democracy "is in our hands".
We need to hold our elected representatives accountable to us for their actions. We need to hold our service providers accountable to us for the shoddy way in which they treat us. The Nkandla issue is turning parliament upside down. And it must be allowed to. There can be no decorum of parliament when parliament is used as a safe haven to launder bad and corrupt practices.
Cell C have felt the brunt of an active citizen who is prepared to challenge them toe-to-toe for bad service.
First National Bank is the latest corporate to feel the heat of customer dissatisfaction with mediocre service.
Let's keep up the momentum for being treated with the dignity that we deserve. Let us continue to vocalise our disgust at being taken for granted by unscrupulous people whose only agenda is to make obscene profits at the expense of our wellbeing.
We demand better because we deserve better.