RURAL areas are highly disadvantaged. I grew up in an extremely disadvantaged background with nothing but darkness around, voting for my party with love and hope because I believed in what it says I needed to hear.
The system is too slow, that’s why we immigrate to the city to look for a better life because it seems there’s more crime chasing survival money.
If they put more attention to the rural areas there can be more experience of talent, more learnerships, job creation so people don’t have to envy be- yond their roots and immigrate to the big cities and experience what’s beyond their boundaries.
In the mixture of cultures and different backgrounds we end up hurting each other under circumstances of misunderstanding - the only way to solve a problem is by violence.
The great leader should provide for the nation and satisfy the needs of the community. Disadvantaged areas musn’t be ignored because of prejudice and taken advantage of because they lack knowledge, exposure and social development.
Those are our roots, which can be developed into prosperous trees, if they receive nurturing.
Xolani Ntakana
