Op-ed: What is happening at the former popular Joburg picnic spot at Gillooly’s Farm might seem minor in the bigger scheme of things, but it is a perfect example of why this country is sliding into failed state status. Click here for the full opinion➡️
One of the few benches in decent repair overlooks a beach of guano before the lake. Next to it, the remains of what used to be a restaurant. Pictures: Hein Kaiser.
What is happening at the former popular Joburg picnic spot at Gillooly’s Farm might seem minor in the bigger scheme of things – which includes Eskom strangling us and our economy – but it is a perfect example of why this country is sliding into failed state status. The litter, pollution, thriving thickets of weeds and grass, and the neglected broken and unpainted buildings and fittings at the site, are at once a metaphor for present-day South Africa and also an indictment.Eskom and nobody will be hurt if it is simply reclaimed by nature in its entirety. But multiplied 10, 100 or 1 000 times across the country – which is happening – it shows that we are a society which does not care.
On the contrary, there would be very little required in terms of capital outlay – half a dozen labourers using hand implements could sort it out in a few days.
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