South Africa, Are We Really Free!

South Africa, Are We Really Free!

Mbhoni Manganyi

Note: This was written from a point of view with designed, methodical and analytical angle.

When I look at the current situation in Palestine, this reminds me of the days of apartheid in South Africa. Our fathers, mothers, grandmothers and grandfathers fought against soldiers in Caspers, their weapons were stones and bricks and at times Molotov cocktails. They were teargased and if trapped, were beaten with samboks.

Many of them were wiped out from the face of the earth without anyone knowing their whereabouts till today. These were the days of darkness, what is even more sad is that non-whites were working for the old regime and devoted these acts on their own people.  Now, the deaths of miners, families are grief because their loved ones have been killed. Is this the New South Africa? Is this an example of an independent free South Africa?

This is brutal murder, lives were taken for whom? A capitalist mine. I say every politician in this country is accountable for these deaths; we have a nation whose some leaders are only interested in wealth. Life has no value in our country; the use of live ammunition cannot be justified. So are we really free? Are we the Rainbow Nation where all of us are treated as equal?

Economics has not changed colour in our country; those who think they have made it big are only getting the breadcrumbs and selling their people out. 'Time is the master’, If we destroyed apartheid, who are we? Fellow South Africans, open your eyes and think. It's no longer about colour; it’s no longer about political parties as they are all sell-outs.

It's now survival of a Nation. A nation where unemployment is high, the youth is sitting at home without jobs and this is a boiling pot, a recipe for a revolution. What's the worst that could happen? We protest and be shot like the miners. At least we go down standing instead of being on our knees. To those which are responsible directly or indirectly for the death of the miners, Karma is unpleasant and what goes around comes around.  Witty thing is that the movie 'Blood Diamonds' made everyone cry, any resource in Africa is at the cost of us Africans. Maybe we need to produce movies in order to see reality

Open your eyes; free your mind and think!