DELAYING MAJOR UNDOING FOR NATION

Sir,

I have been thinking about the many interventions of this nation, be it the fight to eradicate poverty, food security or improving information technology infrastructure; and was amazed to see that the common denominator that appears to hold us back is procrastination. 

It is a pipe dream to think of completely eradicating poverty because our Lord Himself acknowledged the fact that the poor will always be among us just as the rich would remain a part of our society. 

Responding

This, I gathered when reading His account while responding to Judas Iscariot’s claims that Magdalene was wasting an expensive perfume anointing Jesus when this would have been sold to get money to provide for the poor. And the Lord, in response to Judas, said the poor will always be among you. 

So, it seems that we will always have the poor among us, but our consolation is that we have the opportunity to make things better for them. The issue is not so much what we plan to do for the poor, but rather, when we do it. 

With the whole gospel of food security and commercialisation of farming, I have asked myself, what has been achieved so far? Apart from very passionate pleas for people to engage in this industry, government farms are still lying idle. So on that basis no meaningful action or implementation has taken place in this direction. Procrastination has gotten the better of us. 

ICT infrastructure and other plans associated with opening up the cellular telephone industry has not changed, as the doors to enter this lucrative industry remain sealed. 

Facility

The strategic fuel reserve facility has been stalled for some time, despite being rushed through Parliament. Just like the SEC thermal power generation project whose costs have ballooned because of delays. And all this are losses because of procrastination. And to say procrastination is a major undoing for this nation is an understatement, it is actually a disaster!

Babe Dlamini  

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