Stop throwing stones

We reap what we sow, which is why foreign funding is drying up.

- ISAAC MASHABA

Dear Mr President, I, like many patriotic South Africans, wonder how you sleep at night. But then we remember that as our president you have the best protection possible and are not left to become a victim of our spiralling crime situation.

The irrational and highly stupid comments made by some members of your government are eroding the little respect some countries and their people still had for us.

Lately, you have chosen to discard your role as the president of South Africa and instead show that you are only really the president of a select group of ministers in the governing party. In fact, you have become a president in name only as you have lost the respect of a very large number of South Africans. You and your shrinking cadre of ministers have stolen the hopes of many of the underprivileged - white, black, coloured and Indian.

When you address the nation, people switch off their radios and televisions because you keep making empty promises while removing all hope. No-one voted to have their hopes and dreams removed.

It seems your only desire is to become the richest president in Africa.