Mxo

South Africa needs honest and sincere leaders, who don’t lie to the people for votes. Voting patterns shifted significantly in our metros and cities. If we were to run a survey in middle class households in those same cities, how many would we find trusting foreign nationals with their homes, and even their children, as nannies, gardeners, and domestic worker? You leave a foreigner with your child, they feed them, bathe them, and put them to sleep. They have access to your fridge, and the food your family eats. You eat without fearing that you have been poisoned. You leave for work trusting that your child and your home will be safe. This is why we must question the claim by some political parties that these voting patterns reflect an inherent hatred of foreigners. To the contrary, our people have real concerns. They cannot find work, they cannot afford rent, they fear raising children in crime ridden communities, they cannot afford education, and cannot afford the rising cost of living. South Africans want functioning hospitals, good schools and a government that responds to their needs. Those frustrations cannot all be explained away by the presence of foreigners. Nor will they disappear when foreigners are chased away. When someone says they cannot find work, the answer must be jobs. When a community has no water, the answer must be reliable water supply. When families feel unsafe, the answer must be protection, and effective policing. Political parties may win votes by directing anger towards foreigners. But winning a vote does not prove that they have correctly identified the cause of the people’s suffering. South Africans do not need slogans driven by hate and political opportunism. They need real solutions.