This Sunday I have an opinion piece in the City Press, which can be accessed here: http://www.citypress.co.za/Columnists/Lets-support-taxi-industry-in-taking-flight-20110924
Growing up, I often (and sadly) heard the phrase: setlhare sa Mosotho ke lekgowa – the black person’s remedy is a white person. The ailment that needed curing was never specifically and explicitly mentioned. It was assumed to be a general malady of blackness: a lack of capacity, a state of incompetence. It has been said that Tata Mandela was advised by other leaders in southern Africa, before he became president, to keep the whites in the country. Because who will run the trains and the airplanes?
Some audacious people in a black-controlled industry have dared to suggest that they could learn to fly the planes. To people who have become thoroughly convinced of their economic dependence on everyone but their own, this idea seems ridiculous, in spite of the fact that the taxi industry already controls the country’s movements on land. In this article, I argue for a more constructive approach to debating the merits of SANTACO's move into the airline industry, rather than resorting to the "pulling down syndrome."
Growing up, I often (and sadly) heard the phrase: setlhare sa Mosotho ke lekgowa – the black person’s remedy is a white person. The ailment that needed curing was never specifically and explicitly mentioned. It was assumed to be a general malady of blackness: a lack of capacity, a state of incompetence. It has been said that Tata Mandela was advised by other leaders in southern Africa, before he became president, to keep the whites in the country. Because who will run the trains and the airplanes?
Some audacious people in a black-controlled industry have dared to suggest that they could learn to fly the planes. To people who have become thoroughly convinced of their economic dependence on everyone but their own, this idea seems ridiculous, in spite of the fact that the taxi industry already controls the country’s movements on land. In this article, I argue for a more constructive approach to debating the merits of SANTACO's move into the airline industry, rather than resorting to the "pulling down syndrome."
1 comment:
tis a great piece and inspiring.am also supporting santaco a& have no reservations about them.ndumiso
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