Die nuwe jaar het skaars sy o\u00eb oopgemaak of natuurrampe en mensgemaakte gebeure skuur skouers vir aandag in koerantopskrifte. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oorstromings, verdrinkings, motorongelukke, brande \u2013 selfs by die Parlementsgebou \u2013 en kommentare oor die ANC se 110de verjaardagvieringe draf saam met Covid-19 en sy jong telg, Omikron, moeiteloos en fiks saam met die nuuskar wat elke dag deur diep waters vol gebeure ploeg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volg \u2019n mens plasings op sosialemediaplatforms, is dit asof verlede jaar se plaaslike verkiesing \u2013 waarin landsburgers met \u2019n anonieme kruisie \u2019n verskil kon maak \u2013 nie gebeur het nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mense kla oor presies dieselfde sake en meld presies dieselfde kwessies aan: swak dienslewering, besoedelde drinkwater, kragonderbrekings, le\u00eb krane, oorstroomde en verstopte rioolstelsels, slaggate, korrupsie, diefstal, oneerlikheid . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(En dan is die spreekwoord \u201c \u2019n nuwe besem vee skoon\u201d sowaar nog in gebruik.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In April gaan Suid-Afrika se demokrasie sy 28ste verjaardag vier. Op 28 word \u2019n mens reeds as \u2019n volwassene beskou. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens \u2019n artikel in die New York Post<\/span> \u2013 geskryf na aanleiding van \u2019n nuwe studie \u2013 word mans amptelik op 26 jaar as volwasse beskou, en vroue op 23. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Volgens di\u00e9 artikel sluit tekens van volwassenheid die volgende in: die gebruikmaking van \u2019n begroting; aankoop van \u2019n huis; indien van belasting; die verstaan en kontrolering van jou kredietstand; die gebruikmaak van beleggings; die was van jou eie wasgoed; gereelde doktersondersoeke; die wil om meestal jou eie etes te berei; en die volg van nuusgebeure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vergelyk \u2019n mens die 28-jarige Demokrasie hiermee, lyk dit asof hy (of is dit sy?) nog heelwat aan die status van volwassenheid moet werk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Kundiges het lank reeds bevind dat \u2019n ouer of \u2019n volwassene die beste lei en onderrig deur self \u2019n voorbeeld te stel. Kyk \u2019n mens na die mensgemaakte toestande om jou \u2013 wat nie net die regering of die munisipaliteite se toedoen is nie \u2013 wil-wil \u2019n mens moed verloor dat die jongeling Demokrasie enigsins \u2019n voorbeeld kry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mag 2022 die jaar wees waarin volwassenes leer om soos volwassenes op te tree. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Die nuwe jaar het skaars sy o\u00eb oopgemaak of natuurrampe en mensgemaakte gebeure skuur skouers vir aandag in 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