It had to get violent. This is what stumps me and I’m sure what bothers all of you out there. Why get violent. For one, you lose public sympathy immediately, two, you lose government sympathy and three, you make us look like fools. Can’t you toyi toyi in peace? (I asked someone in the know and apparently that’s how you spell it).
http://www.thestar.co.za/?fSectionId=3268&fArticleId=nw20100820083409400C155628&fFeed=breakingnews
Read this article. This is a nurse who puts her job first, these are the kind of people we ought to celebrate. In the very same breathe, I must say that I am in agreement with the public service demand for more money. Not to suck government dry but perhaps a little redistribution of funds huh? What about those million rand car allowances being spread to teachers, nurses and policemen and women that could use a little extra money for you know…food! How about giving the people that earn less than R6000 a month a little bit of your travel allowance that affords you weeks in 5* hotels? Sharing is caring.
What makes me mad though is the method. Strike by all means, every nation in the world strikes. Some get violent (like the French burning tired in the streets) and our wonderful civil servants. Others, like the Dutch, cripple the government by staying home. No violence, no protests, they all just stay home for a couple of days. It works wonders. Lastly, emergency services should not strike….people are dying in hospital, babies are not being fed and cared for in neonatal wards and for what? The R300 or so extra you are fighting for? Come on South Africa. There are ways of doing things. You catch more bees with honey I think the saying goes.
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