Poli[tricks]

I suspect that the most busiest person at this stage is politicians trying to campaign / canvas for votes...

I have the priveledge to read the manifesto of the ANC, DA and even EFF and the most interesting thing they all mention is what have done and achieved over the past five years... however I find it alarming why no other politician nor party ever mentioned the hardcore facts!

It is a fact that during the last election campaign many promises were made and break but none ever bothered to mentioned such...

The President recently announced about the schools that was build but he failed to mention:

• the reasons why so many children in particularly rural settings still attend school under a tree and
• why each year of the academic calendar we still fail to deliver books and resources on time and why so many learners
• still have to endure the sound of an empty stomach in a classroom.

He also made mention about the hospitals that were build but yet he failed to provide an explanation as to why:

• existing hospitals is under-staffed and under-resourced
• not having the adequate facilities

The most interesting part of the electoral campaign is that so many parties remind the public about what who done and not... while everyone fail to inform about what happened to their promises of

• fighting unemployment and ensuring that youth is employable
• proper housing and sanitation
• infrastructure improvement
• fight against corruption in the public sector

Clearly if I look at the promises made by the Blue and Yellow parties than I am not certain if any of them is capable of running the country without empty promises. Strangely enough, the name of the party may be different but their failures remain the same.

What amazes me is the fact during election or canvassing time our politicians get more in touch with their voters. This is the time when the same politician who often drive pass an elderly person now suddenly offers a lift; the same politician who cant assist with a domestic problem now suddenly have interest in the wellbeing of the single mother.

Confusing as it may be... one of hear how one party want to lead in one province currently managed by another but my question is, how can wish for more hay on your fork if you can't even managed what you already have.

Politicians is no longer playing the political game for the shake of their voters; or have they ever?  Are they just playing a game of polit-tricks in order to gain that important vote...

Whatever may lay ahead of us in the next months, I trust that each South African will use their vote in order to exercise their right as a citizen but to make that important cross next to the name of the party they believe is the best...

South Africans been held hostage for too long by leaders who claim what they have done neglecting to stand on the podium reminding us where they failed!