National Crisis

Dzimbahe Ndivho

At the wake of the Alexander total shutdown, many townships throughout the country seem to be following suit. The unprecedented brewing anarchy in most parts of the the country, is as result of poor service delivery and empty promises that were never fulfilled. At the center of these strikes the African National Congress is to certain and reasonable degree involved. However, instead of attending to the grievances of people, the ANC is taking the opportunity to play the game blame, most importantly in municipalities that are being ran by opposition parties. A great example would be the Alexander fiasco. The ANC was quick to point out the failures of the democratic Alliance in and around the Municipality of Johannesburg. The DA has been in power for only two years. One then can raise a question, on how long have the people of Alexander endured poverty and poor service delivery? The answer is an unequivocal 25 years under the administration of the ANC,but they have the audacity to blame the DA which has been in power for two years in the municipality. The ANC has taken opportunity in Alexander to campaign for the highly contested National General elections. The mechanism of such election campaign can work to it's advantage, in Winning back the confidence of the masses. But it may come back hunt them, in the sense that most Townships throughout the country are also joining Alaxander to express their grievances. There is a strike at Khayelitsha (Western Cape), Soweto (Gauteng), Bekkesdal (Free State), the Vuwani  (Limpopo) strike that was decorated by mass destruction of classrooms is also looming. Is the Alexander strike serving as a predecent for the other parts of the country to join in the strikes ? who is to blame? will the the country come to a standstill on the eve of the highly anticipated national general elections? These are some of the various questions that should be assessed from the recent events occurring in the country. I foresee a possibility of national shutdown close to the election date, a shutdown that will be propelled by discontent of poor service delivery.