Dr Ndlozi, I will respectully argue that your opening assertion overlooks a crucial principle: correctly naming the problem and mobilising around it. Accurate diagnosis is what enables societies to craft meaningful solutions, and your diagnosis cannot automatically stand in for theirs.
While your long experience in organising marches and shutdowns is valuable, it cannot serve as a universal script for mobilisation. Each generation, each community, and each activist movement carries its own lived experiences and contexts. Respecting those diverse realities is essential. To assume that every activist is guided by “handlers” undermines their agency and silences their voices. People mobilise because of their own grievances and aspirations, not because they are puppets of unseen forces.
Moreover, raising concerns is most effective when done in a spirit of genuine listening, rather than adopting the posture of a preacher addressing sinners who must repent. As you have presented yourself as an experienced mobiliser, I trust you will agree that mobilisation is not a morality play; it is a negotiation of power, dignity, and justice. To dismiss their efforts as “self-sabotage” without engaging with the concerns that drive them risks closing the door to constructive dialogue.
The challenge, then, is not to lecture people into silence but to propose solutions that address the root causes of their grievances. At this stage, respecting their agency and listening without preconceived judgement is crucial for fostering constructive engagement.
Constructive engagement requires recognising that the strategies and tactics of today’s activists are not of lesser intellect than those informed by past experiences of mobilisation. They reflect the realities and aspirations of the current contexts. By approaching these movements with humility and openness, we can foster dialogue.
With utmost humility and respect, I am yielding to the chair.
Major cheat code for life: Be fully where your feet are. When you're at work, work. When you're with family, be with family. When you're resting, rest. Most people are physically present and mentally everywhere else.
"You currently need R2000 for food from someone who needs R20 000 to fix his car and he is looking up to his friend who needs R200 000 for his business.
He is asking it from his Brother who needs R2M to complete his House. His Brother is in turn asking the bank credit manager for a financing of R2OM to execute a government tender contract for the same government that is requesting a loan of R200B from China.
Everyone has problems!
That R200 you are getting from someone is out of sacrifice and love.
Appreciate it!"
In my opinion this is the best way to manage the situation. Leave vrou and the kids in the house, make sure they have access to a reliable vehicle and maintain the status quo lifestyle wise. Nna ke le pantsula, I can be on my feet in a few weeks.
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