TIME TO SPEAK OUT

Sir,
 
Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, of the Anglican Church of South Africa, has shown a torch to those who call themselves leaders, to speak out against the disservice to the multitude of our people by leaders who they pay or put in power to serve them.

This should tell these so-called leaders not to look the other way and pretend that they do not talk politics. By looking the other way, in the midst of such poor service, they are making a political point; of indifference and allow the incompetence to continue.

That in Swaziland we can have a simple explanation of ‘it is a blunder’ and nothing happens, no heads will roll as the left-out elderly grants’ potential beneficiaries suffer in need, should be an embarrassment to anyone who thinks they are leaders.

That Swazis in dire health circumstances are in pain and some even face death because the country has accumulated unpaid debts in South Africa is an indictment to leaders as they remain silent.

That this country of ours, with the honour of being a member of the ILO’s governing body, is reported to have taken a decision to reduce the allowances that had become part and parcel of the conditions of employment of those professionals in the medical field in government’s employ, without even negotiating, that begs the question ‘ngabe asi salati yini luhlazo’?

Where are those urgent supplementary budget proposals we have seen for the most useless projects that do not benefit the ordinary Swazi man, woman and child? 
It is not a wonder though that we have such treatment. What do these leaders care because it affects those of us who are poor and powerless?

There is a glaring lack of leaders with the courage to recall and live the words of Martin Luther King Jnr when he said; “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter.”

Vincent V Ncongwane

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