Hi y'all,
Today is the 20th celebration of our first day of democratic freedom.
We from this side of the divide cannot forget that, in terms of voting, we became full South African citizens i.e. the racial divide that relegated us to second-class, and sometimes third-class, citizens were banished to the historical dustbin. There are those that are likening the legal and democratic efforts to work towards economic redress to apartheid, this WHILE THEY AS BENEFICIARIES of apartheid continue to bask in the ill-gotten gains of apartheid. The hypocrisy of such a take, clothed in democratic wording, stinks to high heaven!
Back to where we were on 27/04/1994 ...
We stood in the Durban heat in a queue at Bellair Primary School. The people of all kinds queued together in peace to cast their vote. Unlike other queues the good wife and I only stood for 3 hours to cast our vote. Some people queued for much longer, also without incident mind you.
Today, as we near our next vote, reminds me of the biblical story of Saul and David. Saul was tall and strong but out of favour with God. David was a sheperd boy, something the elite in Israel always held against him. We too have a former sheperd in charge of our country and he too is being held as never having come close to our first democratic president. There are those who fervently believe that he never will and perhaps he won't, but we must pull together to build this country in praise and humility to our Heavenly Father!
This day is a day the Lord has made - we will rejoice and be glad in it.
May things go well in your places of abode too!
Keep travelling!
Today is the 20th celebration of our first day of democratic freedom.
We from this side of the divide cannot forget that, in terms of voting, we became full South African citizens i.e. the racial divide that relegated us to second-class, and sometimes third-class, citizens were banished to the historical dustbin. There are those that are likening the legal and democratic efforts to work towards economic redress to apartheid, this WHILE THEY AS BENEFICIARIES of apartheid continue to bask in the ill-gotten gains of apartheid. The hypocrisy of such a take, clothed in democratic wording, stinks to high heaven!
Back to where we were on 27/04/1994 ...
We stood in the Durban heat in a queue at Bellair Primary School. The people of all kinds queued together in peace to cast their vote. Unlike other queues the good wife and I only stood for 3 hours to cast our vote. Some people queued for much longer, also without incident mind you.
Today, as we near our next vote, reminds me of the biblical story of Saul and David. Saul was tall and strong but out of favour with God. David was a sheperd boy, something the elite in Israel always held against him. We too have a former sheperd in charge of our country and he too is being held as never having come close to our first democratic president. There are those who fervently believe that he never will and perhaps he won't, but we must pull together to build this country in praise and humility to our Heavenly Father!
This day is a day the Lord has made - we will rejoice and be glad in it.
May things go well in your places of abode too!
Keep travelling!
Thanks.
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