Well once again it is election time and it is time to sell oneself. I heard about the great things that has been reached over the past years in South Africa and also about the targets set especially in the employment area. Well is that actually possible? Let us see what is my interpretation of all of this. Remember I am not a politician and I surely am not affiliated to any political party or movement. The only thing I can write about is how do I experience the reality from fiction.
Well let us see, several jobs have been created, yes only in certain races and gender groups. After 20 years of democracy people still use the past as excuse for gain. We must keep in mind that people born after 1994, was born equal and in a democracy and therefore every person over the age of 16 and younger than 18 should be seen as people with equal opportunities. Back to the job creation I can agree that there was many job opportunities created however there were more lost due to inflation, restrictions due to legislation and not forgetting hundreds of thousand children that left school. Let us also ask the question upon the fact that was the jobs created in the private sector or in the public sector? We should also determine weather it was to enhance political gain or not? Further more should we go and look at the skill appointments and then also at the extent of the sustainability and profitability.
Let us be frank that due to legislation, the department of labour makes it almost impossible to appoint more workers in the private sector that deemed to be necessary. One should think that after 20 years and in a democracy Government would move away from quotas and would be more skill orientated for now the economy in South Africa depends upon the success of its worker class. I don't even want to touch BEE legislation because if analysed, the BEE concept is only to advantage of a minority group of people in South Africa.
Let us see what the work force health would look for the future. Due to the neglecting and by ignoring the fact of drug abuse and socio-economic circumstances, our workforce will be in the future mostly be drug dependent in the future. It is not un-common to find that young people uses drugs as often as eating. This might sound over stated, but it is true. To sustain the habit, they venture themselves to crime. The crime rate against property has been escalating due to the need of sustaining habits and with our constitution and soft approach laws, many businesses, especially the tourist industries fall victim resulting in more job losses. Looking at comments with regards to better trade and industry, one should also find that the international agreements is for import purpose and not as much for export purpose. This also places a big strain upon job creation in the private sector.
In short : Can one see the promise of job creation as a concrete long term promise? No one cannot for South Africa is becoming more expensive to start a business with lesser opportunities and therefore lesser jobs would be available and looking at the mining industry and motor industry, it would soon become cheaper to import resources than to manufacture or mine, leaving many South Africans without employment and fall to the statistics of poverty. Financially one cannot deny the relapse of a once independent economical country to a dependent third world country.
Again this is my personal point of view and published in terms of my constitutional rights of freedom of speech. This is not intended to discredit any party or third party and therefore leave the thoughts and conclusion to the reader.
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