PROPER DECISIONS IS WHAT WE NEED

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Some of the decisions coming out of Cabinet these days are giving us a very concerning indication that the days of overnight decrees are creeping back into our governance.

Waking up to the imposition of Christianity as the sole religion to be taught in schools was hard enough, but this week’s order to have vernacular as a medium of instruction for our primary school learners has many of us wondering if we are ever going to get our priorities straight.
Of all things that are urgent and necessary in this country, we choose to busy ourselves with confusing children so as to divert attention from the hard decisions we need to take to move this country forward. 

Today we expect the Finance Minister, Martin Dlamini, to table a budget that will fund economic growth, create jobs, alleviate poverty and ensure food self sufficiency. Why do we want to speak nice siSwati while many hungry citizens can hardly speak because of hunger brought about by a poor budget allocation towards agriculture over decades? When will food come first with a minimum 13 per cent slice of the national budget?

Education, no doubt, takes the largest chunk of the national budget but this money has hardly been enough to render our education system effective or efficient. Our university is crumbling, there is insufficient funding on scholarships, schools lack basic necessities and it is in these areas that we expect to hear good decisions being taken to address them.

There are many creative ways to preserve our language but nothing beats a self driven love of the mother tongue. To love something is to be attracted to it and in this case, let us first build some pride in our country by making it prosperous. 

Let us build this economy into one to be reckoned with; one that is a destination of choice for all would-be-investors so that the benefits of their investment can flow into addressing our basic needs and providing us with the best education money can buy. Let us first be proud to call this country our home and the rest will then take care of itself. The Finance minister can get the ball rolling in this direction by announcing all the right decisions from today! 

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