THE year 2024 quickly splashed in deep waters for the Mzansi people; already, in the second month of February, one could pick up that there had been a lot of activity on our soil.
The build-up to the 2024 elections leads the way for one of the most anticipated Mzansi events ever.
Despite struggling with load shedding, which has now been observed as a normal phenomenon, South Africans are putting their hopes in the polls.
In a built-up towards the elections, the governing party could just have one last advantage to grab the Mzansi people's attention and convince them to vote their way.
During the State of the Nation Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to marinate the Mzansi people on the party's achievements while in power and on what they could stand to lose if they ditch them. But the question that everyone has is what happened to the year-in, year-out promises made by the government which failed to materialise?
Promises! Yes, promises to the whole nation. Most of the communities remain in poverty. Villagers still share water with animals despite being in a democratic state for 30 years.
Village pupils are still exposed to toilets that should have been done away with years ago.
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Some pupils still have to cross dangerous streams, dams and valleys to access education, putting their lives in danger to creatures of the water and land.
Pupils, who are supposed to be the country's future generation, still attend classes on empty stomachs because of the corruption in the feeding scheme tenders given to comrades.
Then one asks themselves, Sona, for who? Sona for what? While all these basics still need to be addressed.
Mzansi still has a long way to go. Promises will never solve the challenges of the country; rather, action and placement of resources where they are needed would do the trick.
That is why so many people are not looking forward to hearing and listening to annual promises that have never turned into tangible benefits for the communities.
Communities are asking nothing much from the government but for employment opportunities, especially for the youth, which will, in turn, do so much for themselves and fight poverty.
