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The 2024 elections and the working class

18/06/2024
Publication: CWAO
Author: Modjadji Malatji, Gladman Ntulini and Nomkhitha Sat

Democracy has not changed our lives

Learners are still using dangerous pit toilets at school. Water is a basic good but unfortunately people have to walk more than 10 kilometres to access water from a stream. Some even share water with animals. In some areas like Ekurhuleni, because of tenders there is no job creation. A few individuals and subcontractors are benefitting from millions. How do you give someone a grant of R350 because this is not enough to buy a basket of food? The government cannot even end loadshedding. Democracy seems to have allowed free trade of drugs and gender-based violence. Even the police are corrupt and involved in crime

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