Times Of Swaziland: ESWATINI PEOPLE DESERVE MUCH BETTER

ESWATINI PEOPLE DESERVE MUCH BETTER
================================================================================
Editor on 21/07/2022 13:31:00


Sir,
It is imperative that we take stock of where we are coming from and where we are
going. In my view, we are actually moving away from First World status and
moving deeper to the bottom end of Third World countries, judging by the
inability of our government to be proactive on issues that matter the most.
Failed
Ours is indeed a very, very sad situation. After 54 years of independence, our
country has dismally failed to rectify our national needs when it comes to
electricity, instead our government found it appropriate that the country should
rely on external sources for the supply of such a critical utility.
What exactly makes our government and leaders so ineffective when it comes to
implementing projects that will benefit the entire country?
Surely, as a nation we deserve much better than this mediocre service that we
are getting from our leaders. If as a country we import about 90 per cent of our
electricity requirements from other countries, what hope do we have that we will
achieve the 2022 First World vision? As far as I know, no First World country is
subjected to load-shedding; it only happens in Third World countries.
Passports
We are the only country in southern Africa that is still maintaining the
colonial travel document. Surely, if we want to be classified as a First World
country, we don’t need that. The citizens of this country need passports, not
travel documents that were implemented by colonial masters who believed that the
indigenous people did not deserve to travel the world. The swift action and
decision-making that our leaders display when dealing with issues pertaining to
their welfare makes me conclude that they are really capable of making decisions
as long as the motivation is personal gain.
Misleading
It is indeed intriguing that as a country we continue paying our leaders for
supposedly leading us, we should not be paying them for misleading us. Someone
once said; ‘It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.’
For Eswatini, it is clearly in our moments of indecision that our destiny is
being shaped.