Eastern Cape is a failed province: Refugees or not
We are in crisis and all we can think of is what the madam said, meant or didn't say.
What a waste of emotional energy on the issue of refugees. It is rather sad that people would rather spend so much energy on what words Helen Zille uses to describe a pathetic situation in the Eastern Cape. Instead of focusing on how that issue can be dealt with I have seen a plethora of accusations and counter accusations and I have come to the conclusion that this democracy is deteriorating into a toxic democracy where people focus on personalities and not the problem
Eastern Cape is a failed province, period: and the sooner we all accept that and do something drastic the better.
Tell a child in Eastern Cape that he or she cannot get fed because we have to deal with Helen Zille choice of words first before we feed him or her. Tell the child that they cannot get a decent education because we have a racist opposition in power in the Western Cape that wants to score political points! You know what that child will tell you; that his or her future is more important than politics and that he or she does not really care who is in power in the province as long as he or she gets a decent meal and a decent education.
Refugees or not poor blacks in the Eastern Cape are suffering and have every choice where they would rather live and if Cape Town is better then so be it.