SA is shaken, but not broken

 

We need leaders who are at all times champions of the national interest in general and the national economic interest in particular, writes Kuseni Dlamini.

South Africa is at an unprecedented state of business, middle and upper-class mobilisation which has seen a sharp reduction in political apathy since democracy in 1994.


The working class has always remained mobilised through service delivery protests in communities, strikes in the workplace and #FeesMustFall protests at universities.

Most business, middle and upper-class people are more engaged with politics today than at any other time since 1994.

 This is a new and interesting development in the country’s post-apartheid politics. It is important in post-apartheid South African politics with implications that will continue to unfold.

South Africa may be shaken but she is not broken. The plethora of protest actions demonstrate its rich culture of democracy at the core of which is freedom of speech.

culled from the  The Sunday Independent