THE KING HAS SPOKEN

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It is fair to say that the unprecedented high voter registration figures and the multitudes that turned up at the national Cattle Byre, Sibaya, represent an electorate yearning for change.

Well, His Majesty the King has granted this wish by announcing the dissolution of the current Parliament, which – by its own admission – has failed the nation.
Therefore, the message from the Ingwenyama had to be clear and concise. And it was. He has now invited the nation to take up the challenge of finding capable men and women who represent the change that the electorate would love to see. Nobody can afford to watch from a distance and hope for the best. It’s all hands on deck.

The biggest test of all is how well we have learnt from the choices we made at the ballot box, back in 2013, that gave us a Parliament which leaves our economy in a serious state of disrepair. 
Like a destitute child, the Finance Minister Martin Dlamini has declared that our economy does not know where its ‘next meal’ will come from. No surprise, for a Cabinet that rolled out the red tape instead of the red carpet for investors, leaving our youth starved of job opportunities.

When the King called for diversification of the economy, the best this Cabinet could come up with is taxing the citizens ‘to death’. Well, here we are. Here is our chance to redeem ourselves by giving it our best shot at understanding what this country needs, identifying the characteristics of the individuals who can provide the human resource to deliver on this expectation and stepping forward to cast a vote on merit not favour.

His Majesty has rightly condemned the ritual murderers. Those who kill cannot give life to this country. He has also called upon women to make their voice heard. Their capability to play an effective role in national development was endorsed by the Ingwenyama, who recently pushed for the successful enactment of the Election of Women Member to the House of Assembly Bill of 2018. This will cater for the election of four women – one from each region – should the masses fail to live up to expectations. Hopefully we will not need to invoke it.

The representation of the youth, who form a considerable majority of our population, needs to be highly visible, not forgetting people with disabilities.
For now, we say Bayethe Wena Wapha-kathi! as we, the over 500 000 electorate, set out to end our tendency of voting for mediocrity while expecting prosperity.

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