Long walk to uhuru if you serve Soda
Taking the legislature to the people (TLP) sounds like a solid idea, until you realise ‘the people’ include sharp-tongued, fed-up youth who won’t tolerate political lullabies.
That’s why lawmaking dignitaries on an outreach to Delmas, Mpumalanga, had to plead with the rowdy lot who weren’t impressed by the “progress” reports from government officials.
If you’re going to lie, aim for toddlers or elders still clinging to Madiba’s smile like it’s a political baptism. Lying to young people is like telling them, “I threw you a party of the year last night” when they were actually in detention. But what is TLP really, if the main event sounds like a glorified state of the department address (Soda) instead of an actual dialogue that steers the youth towards solutions?
If this is service delivery, then it’s a long repetitive road to uhuru. Talk about an annual ritual; a vicious cycle of pomp and promises. Next time, just throw the youth a party and keep your fairy tales to yourselves.
