The wheel goes round ...

The strike is still ongoing and government hasn't budged. I get home in the afternoon and my kids ask me if the strike is over yet, so they can go to school.

This is a fault line .... while everything appears fine and normal on the outside, this is a deep rift the runs the length of our country, exposing the thin veneer of decency which those is govt are fighting so hard to preserve. It really does lay bare a few VERY unconfortable facts about our country, and particularly the rulers thereof.

I listened last night on the radio how MR mbeki condemned the strike and the violence of certain protesters .... HAH! ... and i say again HAH!
Is it only me who recalls that it was the ANC in the 1980's who implemented a plan of civil unrest, who believed that if they caused enough turmoil using mass action then the govt would have to listen? Does MR mbeki not recall that the rallying cry at the time was FREEDOM! and EQUALITY! ???
Does MR mbeki not realise that this is exactly what the workers want, going about it in a way that he and his comrades taught them to do?
Economic inequality it the greatest evil of our time, and MR mbeki and co should do well to realise that ignoring and subjugating the masses WILL NOT WORK.

This is exactly what they are doing. Economic hardship is worse than racial, and economic hardship for government employees is unforgivable. It's not that there isn't money, it's just not being shared fairly and EQUITABLY.
The likes of MR mbeki in anc land, where the struggle was successful and all they have to do now is not let the peasants get out of hand, should be very afraid. South Africa has shaken off one unwanted regime, and we are well capable of doing it again. I do think however, that MR mbeki and co would be a tad more brutal than the old whiteys were ....

Viva to the unions that have joined, their voice gives legitimacy to the government employees, saying "yes friends, we believe you are being ill treated at work" ...
This government should be known as the ostrich state. They love putting their heads in the sand and ignoring EVERYTHING. Senior member caught with his hand in the cookie jar? Oh no, just a misunderstanding, no crime was committed, nobody is upset, we're all friends. THAT'S MY MONEY YOU SNIVELLING PRICKS, my childrens BIRTHRIGHT.

As much as the strike inconveniences us, god help the co-worker who whinges about it. At my office we're all paid acceptably, and yet some silly people have got no fucking conception of what it's like to be economically disadvantaged. They think that the govt staff should shut up and accept what they're given, whether or not they can afford food is not our problem, and how dare they attempt to make it so?

The government WILL bend, they have no choice. Their hard headedness is telling though, and I fear for the turmoil until they accept the inevitable, and humane solution.