A fashionable term

Sunday in and Sunday out on SABC 1, we watch the so-called elections debate with disbelief as the clowns shout at each other without substance. The phrase their brains have been forced strenuously to absorb is “Job creation”. How? Our clowns don’t know. Most of our politicians are veritable clowns. Anyone who finds this harsh must watch the so-called elections debate on SABC 1 on Sunday. Watching these real debates, a capacitated mind couldn’t help marvelling at the substance of politicians elsewhere. They tackle such technical economic questions as taxation, inflation management, fiscal prudence, or how best to package interventions to rescue collapsing financial institutions. Imagine President Jacob Zuma having to answer questions on any of these subjects. Smile, or say “We must continue to debate these issues”? Indeed, job creation is a fashionable term today. The so-called New Growth Path even speculates that mining will create 200 000 jobs by 2030. How can this be achieved when Eskom struggles to power the current size of our economy? Those who know a little bit about mining would be aware that it is an energy-intensive industry. In agriculture smallholder schemes are projected to create 145 000 by 2020. How could this be real when most of our rural municipalities can’t provide water? Talk about the hollowness of our politicians!



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