The Congress of the People was founded almost a decade and a half after the demise of the apartheid government, and in particular noting that we are still experiencing a young democracy in which not all are enjoying its fruits.
Young fruits of our democracy are being raped by autocratic individuals who call themselves leaders of South Africa, having an ill tendency of cloaking the worst elements of capitalism with socialist rhetoric, making one wonder whether this is a conscious strategy to do in the very people who supported the anti-liberation movements and gave their all for the total emancipation of our people.
It is high time that we all claim what belongs to every citizen of South Africa: our hard-won freedom, freedom of choice, freedom of expression and association, conscience and political affiliation, basic education, decent jobs and equitable distribution and ownership of land, among others.
Young South Africans we cannot be fooled forever, and the future lies in our hands, yet we allow the doors of opportunity to be slammed shut in our faces while they are made wide open for a select few and well-connected individuals!
Let us rise to claim our future, to claim what rightfully belongs to us, and rise to claim a better future for ourselves and future generations to come! Vuka Sizwe! Vuka Mzansi!
Written by Tshenolo Khumalo, a "concerned Young African and a member of the Congress of the People in good standing" in Kimberley, Northern Cape.
DISCLAIMER: The views expressed by the author do not necessary reflect the official views and position of COPE.
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