Fighting this anarchy is everyone’s duty
South Africa is unfortunately in an unnecessary crisis, with most people quietly condemning the current mayhem, violence, anarchy, and lawlessness surrounding the noble #FEESMUSTFALL campaign.
Many people have correctly criticized President Zuma for not actively pronouncing on this matter, while being seen to be criss-crossing the entire world while South Africa is burning. The South African Council of Churches has correctly requested the State President to formally address the nation on this matter as soon as possible. It is unfortunate that he has partly responded to these requests in a way that has infuriated instead of appeasing many of those South Africans who genuinely care about the education system in South Africa.
Firstly, he held what resembled a press briefing aimed at South Africans, on this #FEESMUSTFALL matter, from the far away shores of Nairobi in Kenya; this did not go down well with many pragmatic South Africans who eagerly want to see him actively engaging South Africans on this in South Africa.
Secondly, he appointed a special task team comprising only cabinet ministers to look at this matter; many people have strongly criticized this announcement on grounds that it was deceptively misleading aimed at creating a picture that something is being done when in effect nothing significant was being done.
People quickly pointed out that this seems to be purely a firefighting task team aimed mainly at simply addressing the security aspects of this #FEESMUSTFALL situation, which is merely a symptom, without necessarily addressing the causes of this whole mayhem. They cite the fact that the Minister of Finance is not part of this task team to back their assertion that this special task team announced is simply a non-event; they ask, how do you seriously look for financial solutions to education without involving the Finance Minister?