Seriously, there may be a way forward to advantage the next generation of South Africans. It occurred to me today, after reading a group e-mail from a group of white women looking for signatures and donations highlighting their cause. Without doubt, a worthy cause — femicide. But, in the general South African scheme of things, signed petitions are analogous to waving a feather at a charging elephant. The elephant analogy fits nicely here where the country is the china shop and parliament is an elephant.
Incidentally, once, I watched a video; the scene is a dirt road with thick bush on either side. Suddenly, a huge bull elephant emerges from the bush and makes a charge towards the camera. Then, a young boy, a teenager, is seen running towards the elephant and, waving his arms in the air, shouted “Stop!” (That’s what it sounded like). Immediately, the elephant screeched to a halt, flapping its ears and waving its trunk. Then, as quickly as it came, the elephant retreated into the bush.
It seemed that I may have digressed somewhat but, maybe I didn’t ….
The point that I wish to make is that satisfying as petitions, and marches, may be (to the marchers), the parliamentary elephant will not, in fact, stop.
There needs to be another way. For example, thinking outside of the box.
Think about the real inner minds of parliamentarians. What are their really private thoughts, should they be forced to consider the answer to a bankrupt country. Is it only a short-term aid to accept international funds from corrupt large companies, and so on. Sadly, I doubt that it is femicide.
Great leaders study in detail the defective minds of their enemies. What is the Achilles heel of the South African parliament?
Seriously, think about this (The true inner mind of each politician). Make notes, instead of petitions. Become diligent researchers. Share and compare, and debate, until each politician’s Achilles heel is revealed. Then, focus, and lever one’s demands on that, individually.
It is an appropriate phrase, a cliché; Rome was not built in a day ….
Do you agree?
