---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Thabang Sefalafala <[email protected]> Date: Sep 11, 2009 8:51 AM Subject: Fwd: Government leaders have betrayed the poor To: [email protected]
<html><p><font face = "verdana" size = "0.8" color = "navy">This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorized signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary.</font></p></html> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Thabang Sefalafala <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:51:03 +0200 Subject: Fwd: Government leaders have betrayed the poor ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Thabang Sefalafala <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:40:58 +0200 Subject: Government leaders have betrayed the poor [image: The Times - Go to Homepage] <http://www.thetimes.co.za/> Government leaders have betrayed the poor Reader letter Published:Sep 11, 2009 ------------------------------ Article Tools Print E-Mail Save and Share <http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php> THE poor are given a chance every five years to vote and choose representatives they believe will attend to their interests. *— Thabang Sefalafala, by e-mail* Little do they know that those they entrust to take forward their interests will barely do so. Rather, it seems those in government positions, although assuming a mantle of public service, express greater commitment to self-enrichment. It should not come as a surprise any more to see our government representatives and communists acting no differently from those they claim to fight against on a daily basis.They stand on public platforms and speak against greed and the selfishness of capitalism. Those who claim to fight for the working class do not seem sympathetic to its interests. We are in the middle of a financial crisis, people are being retrenched and many families are experiencing great economic insecurity. Yet those very communists splash government funds on items of self-flattery. What is the difference between those who claim to be communist and those who are openly capitalist? At least the capitalists are honest about their interests and seek to confuse no one. By contrast, I find a contradiction between the words of the communists and their actual actions. It seems fairly safe to say the working class is on its own. The communists’ actions have confirmed the hegemony of capitalism and are another blow to the poor. *Thabang Sefalafala, 3rd year economic and industrial sociology* * University of the Witwatersrand* <http://www.thetimes.co.za/> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
