Our country under siege!!! The last straw!!!!!

The news of Lucky Dube's senseless killing is the last straw!!

It's been a conversation all morning and all I hear are the muted pleas for government to DO SOMETHING!!!!

Well, have we got any evidence that our leaders are truly committed to our protection? The very people they expect to vote for them? I'm not convinced. So, what do we do? I doubt that louder shouts and more radical approaches (like burning tyres and marching the streets) will yield different results. If we keep doing what we've always done, we'll keep getting what we always got.

There is, however, a method that worked for our country before and I don't see why it shouldn't work again.....

Do you remember what we did to transition from apartheid to democracy?

Do you remember the chaos, the paranoia, the frustration, the uncertainty and the hope?

Well, I reckon we should reflect back on what caused the miracle of those uncertain days.

As a nation, we didn't wait for governement to tell us and do on our behalf! We got off our butts and did it for ourselves!!! We MOBILISED!!!

Churches preached a message of peace
Schools distributed Peace t_shirts
Our leaders inspired tollerance
Our communities used hope instead of fear to push forward
Business printed bumper sticker and taxi's displayed them proudly!

WE Prayed!!!

I really believe that if we pull together and unite around the kind of South Africa we want to see in five years time, we should start now. RIGHT NOW!!!!

What kind of South Africa do you want to see and what are you going to do about it!!!