As a South African, specifically a South
African woman, over the past few months, fear has been palpable. We have all
felt it, we have all seen how other women have been affected by it.
We have watched as people around our
country, men and women alike, have stood up and said NO MORE! We have bandied
around the weak. We have encouraged and motivated the scared. We have taken to
the streets to make our voices heard. Support groups have been started.
Facebook pages with over half a million followers have simply popped up, stating
that they refuse to leave the country, and that they want to STAY and make our
country better and healthier and safer for us all/
So where the politicians, and powers that
be, have mongered fear. Stirred up our anxiety, and made us afraid to even
exist, the people are saying its ENOUGH! Nobody is naive. We are aware that
there has been so much damage caused. We know that we need to look forward, and
not backwards, and we need to brace ourselves for the crime that still is very
much a part of our every day lives. But we need to create jobs. We need to help
people be trained, and find employment, so that crime is not the natural
reaction.
We need to stand together and combined,
declare, that FEAR IS A FOUR LETTER WORD!
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