Election season tantalises with dreams, but reality quickly shatters hope, leaving voters disillusioned and disheartened.
If you are looking for a quick way to suffocate from an air of hope, wait for election season.
If only the dashing of hope and dissipating of dreams did not come as quickly, when the temporary structures of tents and tables are put away, the cleanup crews are wringing the mops and the failures begin to slowly creep in and find the way into the reality of the voting choices made.
When social grants were introduced, opposition parties lamented them, they reminded us of the heavy burden on the economy – comeThey propose a higher rand value, what of the weight on the economy, the dependency state being created?Is this an admission that political parties piggyback on the blueprints of a party they claim has failed?
Who then do we vote for, believe in? This is a country where political parties pop up faster than microwave popcorn.
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