Neo Phoshoko 🇿🇦

[Neo Phoshoko 🇿🇦 @NeoPhoshoko]

@10_Amo16 @ProudlyMsTee Astounding logic 🤔. So, a man advises the boy child on estate protection, and suddenly the self-appointed moral auditors of masculinity emerge, dismissing it as “imaginary wealth.” Fascinating how those failing the femininity audit are so eager to invigilate manhood.

[Neo Phoshoko 🇿🇦 @NeoPhoshoko]

@macomem17 @Ryan85500546119 @Brian21232441 @Mo_Magoda You’re absolutely right. Those are extremely key elements. But to make it work, we also need to tackle concentrated economic power, reform procurement to support SMMEs etc., Structural reform and human development must go hand in hand to truly create equality of opportunity.

[Neo Phoshoko 🇿🇦 @NeoPhoshoko]

@macomem17 @Ryan85500546119 @Brian21232441 @Mo_Magoda While failure is part of business everywhere, in SA, the playing field is still fundamentally unequal.

[Neo Phoshoko 🇿🇦 @NeoPhoshoko]

@macomem17 @Ryan85500546119 @Brian21232441 @Mo_Magoda Restricted market access due to dominance by large retailers, procurement gatekeeping where 80% of public contracts go to established firms, and poor infrastructure in townships. Monopolies persist in key sectors where they suppress new entrants through pricing.

[Neo Phoshoko 🇿🇦 @NeoPhoshoko]

@macomem17 @Ryan85500546119 @Brian21232441 @Mo_Magoda Finally, this isn’t about excusing crime or removing responsibility. It’s about being honest about what shapes society. If we want SA to succeed we can’t ignore thee structural inequalities, concentrated economic power, and historic exclusions that still shape people’s lives

[Neo Phoshoko 🇿🇦 @NeoPhoshoko]

@macomem17 @Ryan85500546119 @Brian21232441 @Mo_Magoda This is a useful distinction but again, SA’s starting point is not level. So the idea isn’t to guarantee outcomes but to give people a real chance to succeed. That means fixing the ground, not just telling people to run.

[Neo Phoshoko 🇿🇦 @NeoPhoshoko]

@macomem17 @Ryan85500546119 @Brian21232441 @Mo_Magoda No one is saying socialism will save us. SA isn’t even a socialist country. We’ve had neoliberal macroeconomic policies like GEAR and NDP since the 90s.

[Neo Phoshoko 🇿🇦 @NeoPhoshoko]

@macomem17 @Ryan85500546119 @Brian21232441 @Mo_Magoda You’re 100% right that education, skills and economic growth matter. But what’s misunderstood is that these require policy intervention, not just makers freedom. Policy which more often than not, opposed by oppositions probably including yourself.

[Neo Phoshoko 🇿🇦 @NeoPhoshoko]

@macomem17 @Ryan85500546119 @Brian21232441 @Mo_Magoda Yes, every person chooses. But choices are shaped by the options you’re given. If your only options are survivalist crime or hunger, that’s not a fair test of character. That doesn’t justify crime, it explains it. Saying they should just choose better assumes choices are the same

[Neo Phoshoko 🇿🇦 @NeoPhoshoko]

@macomem17 @Ryan85500546119 @Brian21232441 @Mo_Magoda In contrast, countries like Botswana and Rwanda might have poverty but lower inequality, stronger state presence and more community cohesion. That’s why crime doesn’t explode in the same way. It’s not just character, it’s systems plus psychology.

[Neo Phoshoko 🇿🇦 @NeoPhoshoko]

@macomem17 @Ryan85500546119 @Brian21232441 @Mo_Magoda Yes, personal responsibility matters, no society functions without it but when you ignore context, you’re not being honest about the real drivers of social behavior. The correlation between inequality, poverty & crime is not nonsense. It’s demonstrated across dozens of countries.

[Neo Phoshoko 🇿🇦 @NeoPhoshoko]

@macomem17 @Ryan85500546119 @Brian21232441 @Mo_Magoda How we solve inequality? Open up the economy, dismantle corporate monopolies, state procurement reform to break long standing private cartels, land reform. Blaming black SA men for crime is unfair and unscientific. It ignores social, historical and structural context.

[Neo Phoshoko 🇿🇦 @NeoPhoshoko]

@macomem17 @Ryan85500546119 @Brian21232441 @Mo_Magoda Inequality means not just income gaps, but unfair access to education, healthcare, land, finance and jobs. It’s when a small group controls most resources while the majority struggle to survive. In SA, inequality still reflects racial and class divisions.

[Neo Phoshoko 🇿🇦 @NeoPhoshoko]

@macomem17 @Ryan85500546119 @Brian21232441 @Mo_Magoda It’s a common belief that crime is purely about individual morality, but decades of global and SA research show a direct link between crime, poverty, inequality and exclusion, especially violent crime. CSRV and StatsSA researches have shown this fact.

[Neo Phoshoko 🇿🇦 @NeoPhoshoko]

@Ryan85500546119 @Brian21232441 @Mo_Magoda @macomem17 SA is not a joke, it is one of the best constitutional democracy with global and regional influence. The 30-year democratic journey is a mixed story of both incredible progress and disappointing failures but no country has a perfect record. We need to look at facts, not ideology.

[Neo Phoshoko 🇿🇦 @NeoPhoshoko]

@Ryan85500546119 @Brian21232441 @Mo_Magoda @macomem17 - The 30% is not the full pass mark, it’s a minimum threshold for some subjects in a broader pass package.

[Neo Phoshoko 🇿🇦 @NeoPhoshoko]

@Ryan85500546119 @Brian21232441 @Mo_Magoda @macomem17 - Yes, crime is rampant but is mostly economic and driven by poverty and inequality.
- Yes, that province is one of the better-run provinces by conventional metrics, but they don’t tell the full story. Systematic inequality remains entrenched.