Die ding ruk weer hier buite. Dis al weer daai tyd \u2013 stemtyd. Die afgelope vyf jaar speel nog soos \u2019n riller voor ons almal af en hier moet ons al weer gereed maak vir daai kruisiebesigheid. Dis \u2019n rapsie meer as \u2019n maand voor ons nasionale verkie\u00adsing en jy kom oral agter dat die skaakspel in alle erns begin het.<\/p>\n
Onwillekeurig begin die vrae in my kop ronddans. Wie gaan di\u00e9 keer die hardste geraas maak om daai stemme te wen? Wie gaan hierdie keer oorloop na wie? Wat is hierdie keer op die spel vir die potensi\u00eble kieser? Dalk \u2019n T-hemp, \u2019n kospakkie of dalk \u2019n kombers vir die winter? <\/p>\n
Nou ja, hoe jy ook al daarna wil kyk, dis verkiesingstyd en ons almal kan die drama rondom hierdie tydperk te wagte wees. Ek het myself al meer as een keer hardop daaraan herinner dat die politieke arena beslis nie vir my \u2019n moontlike beroepsopsie sal wees nie. Ek het bloot nie die stamina daarvoor nie. My respek vir diesulkes wat wel daai roete inslaan. Jy moet meer as net hare op jou tande h\u00ea om daai perd op te saal. En kom ons los eerder heeltemal die gesprek oor hoe daai perd gery word. Dis \u2019n riller-roman op sy eie. Wat ek wel gewaar, is dat die intensiteit op die politieke speelveld in die aanloop tot die nasionale verkiesing in alle erns begin toeneem. Hoe dan anders, want daar is soveel op die spel. Sit jy maar self daai drie en vier bymekaar. <\/p>\n
Namate die spanning begin opbou om uiteindelik te weet wat die volgende vyf jaar vir ons gaan inhou, kan ek nie anders as om opnuut te wonder of die mense wat maar nog altyd aan die agterste speen gesuig het, maar weer aan daardie speen sal suig nie. As die stof n\u00e1 die verkiesing gaan l\u00ea het, dan wonder ek of dit nie maar net weer die agterspeen\u00adsuigers is wat weer van voor af gaan kla oor die swak diens, le\u00eb beloftes en korrupsie nie.<\/p>\n
Die oorbekende storie word weer vertel. Die siklus van voorheen herhaal hom net weer. En iewers swaai iemand die septer en jaag die lakeie rond om die status quo te behou. <\/p>\n
Dis geen geheim dat Suid- Afrika die land is met die grootste gaping tussen ryk en arm nie. Ek meen maar, jy hoef nie hard en ver te gaan soek om daardie pynlike verskille in ons gemeenskappe, dorpe en stede raak te sien nie. Ons is almal bekend met die historiese konteks en feite van die realiteit wat ons nog steeds waarneem.<\/p>\n
Die skaakmatvraag is hoe ons en of ons enigsins die narratief kan verander van dit wat die pynlike realiteit van ons land en provinsie is. Die rykes word ryker en die armes armer. Is daar enigsins die politieke wil om die lot van hulle wat hul stemme nog \u2019n keer op die skinkbord sal plaas, gunstig te verander? Dis dalk \u2019n retoriese vraag, want hoe gemaak as die miljoene stemgeregtigdes alreeds in \u2019n staat van slawerny geplaas is? Dit gaan nou wel so sleg, maar ten minste kry ek daai toelagie wat ons almal soort van aan die lewe hou. Dis een van jou klassieke redenasies en iewers besef die een wat die skuiwe maak dit maar alte goed en teer daarop. <\/p>\n
Nie so lank gelede nie bevind ek my op Seepunt-promenade. Ek geniet my stap, maar iets vang my oog. Daar is heelwat van ons haweloses wat summier opgejaag en verwilder word. Ek het al ons haweloses by vorige kere ook hier raakgesien.<\/p>\n
In \u2019n stadium, n\u00e1 die Covid-19-pandemie, het hordes van ons haweloses in die stadskom \u2019n skuilplek gaan soek. Met my besoek hierdie keer was hulle nie meer daar nie en ek wonder waarheen hulle verskuif is. Haweloses in Seepunt is dieselfde verskynsel wat oral in ons dorpe kop uitsteek en is volgens my \u2019n refleksie van dit wat in ons gemeenskappe plaasvind. Ek wonder hoe daar ook beplan word om ons haweloses te herintegreer in ons samelewing. Of gaan hulle elke keer net verskuif word \u2013 uit die oog van die algemene publiek en die toeris? Die ander uitdagings wat die armstes van die armes betref dra hier dieselfde gewig. Of is dit dalk juis die strategie om die armstes van die armes arm te hou sodat die stem by die stembus verseker kan wees? <\/p>\n
En as ons al die negatiewe sentiment rondom ons politieke landskap in Suid-Afrika in gedagte hou, kan ek maar net die hoop uitspreek dat die wiel iewers sal draai in die guns van hulle wat maar elke keer aan die kortste end trek \u2013 die armstes van die armes. Wil ek vertrou dat meer kritiese stemme sal saamstem en saamstaan om te verklaar genoeg is genoeg. En daar waar die politieke wil in \u2019n stad, dorp of gemeenskap bestaan wil ek diesulkes uitdaag om in belang van en tot voordeel van almal op te tree. Is dit te veel gevra? As ons dit nie kan reg\u00adkry nie, wie is dan uiteindelik die armes tussen ons? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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