PuttingSAfirst🇿🇦

Guys, as South Africans, we have failed Jacinta. And Jacinta is not fighting only for her family. She and her husband are fighting for the future of all our children and the country they will inherit. If you think you are somehow exempt from what is happening, fine. Maybe you believe she is not fighting for you. But she is fighting for your children, too, children who may soon inherit a country that has failed to protect their future. Now she is being targeted because she is always at the forefront. Imagine what would happen if we all stood together in solidarity to save our country. Imagine if we stopped being keyboard warriors, put down our phones and actually showed up. Imagine if South Africans across the country stood together instead of leaving the same people to carry this burden alone. Jacinta is not fighting a personal battle. She is fighting for all of us. And we have failed her. We have failed them. This is why Ramaphosa and this government seem to believe they can deploy soldiers and police to intimidate people who are marching and speaking out. Time and again, it feels as though the burden of taking to the streets falls on the same people, particularly in KZN, while the rest of the country watches from behind their screens. What exactly are we waiting for? Must we wait until our children are living in fear in their own neighbourhoods? Must we wait until people are pointing guns at us, until more lives are lost, before we decide that enough is enough? Why must it get to that point before we stand up and demand accountability and the protection of our communities? And Jacinta is right to question whether ordinary South Africans still have a voice in their own country. Why does it sometimes feel as though the government is more concerned about managing the sensitivities of foreign nationals than addressing the fears and concerns of the citizens it was elected to serve? What is happening to the social contract between this government and the people of South Africa? Nobody should have to carry this fight alone. We cannot keep watching a handful of people speak out while the rest of us express our outrage online and then carry on with our lives as though nothing is happening. GUYS, WE NEED TO WAKE THE FUCK UP! We need to stand together, organise, march peacefully, demand accountability and insist that our government puts the safety and interests of the people it serves at the centre of its decisions. Because by the time we all decide that enough is enough, we may have lost far more than we ever imagined. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

I’m going to be frank with you guys, especially the so-called Pan-Africanists/Abahlale….You have to be borderline brain-dead to look at what is happening in this country and think it’s okay……Because from where I’m standing, we are watching this country being brought to its knees, & some of you are cheering it on…. We have “asylum seekers” flooding our markets with counterfeit goods, fake alcohol, cigarettes & even food, undermining legitimate businesses, threatening public health & bleeding our economy dry. We have people bringing in explosives, killing our citizens, including police officers, & destroying our infrastructure. We are watching our own country being overwhelmed, yet you behave as though raising these concerns is somehow offensive……Not so long ago, we learnt about billions leaving this country through spaza shops of “asylum seekers”. And somehow, you STILL think this is funny? These so-called “asylum seekers” are taking from an economy they contribute nothing to, not even rent, not even tax, yet they are treated like royalty while ordinary South Africans are expected to shut up and accept it….And when we finally speak out, what does our government do? @CyrilRamaphosa deploys the @SANDF_ZA against his own citizens instead of listening to the very people who voted him into power….At this point, it feels as though he would rather see South Africans suffer & die than risk making these people uncomfortable. And you people who call themselves Pan-Africanists? You laugh, you gloat and you mock those who dare to raise the alarm, as though the consequences of what is happening will somehow spare you… Bo babes, HEAR me when I tell you this, just because you still have your high-paying job, live in your penthouse & drive your Porsche does not mean you are immune to what is coming. Your privilege might be shielding you from the consequences today, but it will not necessarily shield you tomorrow. It may not have hit you yet, but give it time. And when it does, we will be right here to tell you, WE TOLD YOU SO!