THIS Christmas, the people of Mzansi can expect a different kind of Father Christmas knocking on their doorstep, bearing gifts.
This time, Father Christmas will be in the form of politicians bearing T-shirts and a bag full of lies.
The 2024 election campaigns will be heated this festive season as politicians intend to lure voters to their favour.
Manufacturing the voter’s consent will be the order of the day for months to follow.
In 2024, Mzansi will be embarking on yet another national election path in which people will expect change once such has occurred. The year 2024 marks 30 years of democracy in South Africa, but a lot can still be asked about services that have not reached people since the tide turned 30 years ago.
Many communities still struggle to access basic services. Such communities remain targeted by politicians during their campaigns, and they will leave and return after another five years.
Vulnerable communities still struggle with water as they share dams and streams with animals. Having electricity would be a luxury to them. Road infrastructure can only be a dream to them as these communities are living as primitive as one could imagine, yet hopeful that one day, all of this would change, even after 30 years.
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One example could be the people of the Eastern Cape in rural places such as Mthingwevu Village in Cofimvaba, where it's alleged that 71% of the community does not have clean running water.
As if that wasn’t enough, the community has to cross wobbly bridges with coffins every time there's a funeral.
They’re still pleading for a proper bridge after 30 years into democracy. On the other hand, the forgotten villagers in eMakhabeleni in deep KZN have yet to taste clean water, and the less said about their roads, the better. They are just waiting for Jesus to save them.
As the elections approach, such communities are less excited as they claim year in and out, they're being promised lies by politicians who act as if they care.
Such has seen most communities coming together, popping out money from their own pockets to build their community halls, bridges and even drilling for their water well, sighting that they had enough of politicians' lies.
