news commentary

It is a shame that in order for the lower-class communities to get attention and have their voices heard they have to resort to violent protests. Can we really blame these people for their reaction to lack of service delivery and unresponsiveness from the municipality?
Well I don’t think so! This is not just a random protest, its years of corrupt government official and mismanagement. The residents were stuck between a rock and a very hard place; extreme measures have to be taken in order for the government to take notice and action. This is unfortunately the real truth for the working class, their voices wont be heard unless from extreme circumstances
The media reports on these issues, in the same way, the angry resident with their ‘violent” protests are always portrayed as the disruption and due to their lack economic understanding, they end up making unreasonable demands. Why should they be reasonable? They have been reasonable for all these years and no actions were taken than. The government has taught them that this is the only reasoning they understand.


http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/a2b79ce2c1874434b0ae2da012723cf9/15-10-2009-04-18/Itll_be_war_until_Zuma_comes