Get rid of the rotten apple

FAILURES: GOVT IS MORE CORRUPT AND LEADERLESS UNDER RAMAPHOSA

- ISAAC MASHABA

It is said that it takes one rotten apple to spoil the barrel. In South Africa's case, we have more than just one rotten apple in the decaying and filthy barrel; we also have a lot of bruised and conflicted apples.

This barrel-damaging approach is led by President Cyril Ramaphosa who has shown that he has no interest in our country and its people. His interest lies in antagonising the country's allies and trading partners while discarding and trampling on the ideals and hopes of the people he claims to represent.

As a president, he has worked hard to divide the nation according to race and gender, forever playing his worn-out race card.

With his additional endeavours to promote diversity, equity and inclusion, he has sacrificed meritocracy for cadre wokeness.

He is the most divisive president South Africa has had since democracy. And its wealthiest, something no-one seems to question as he was never a true businessman but a beneficiary of the ANC's BEE policies. He never started, nor ran, a successful company — he just took from others that were doing so.

There is no denying that under Ramaphosa, the government is more corrupt and leaderless than ever before. Yet it clings to its antiquated revolutionary ideals, disregards its citizens and their anguish and increases its dysfunctionality daily.