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Nelson Mandela was wise. The people who took over our leadership after he died are cunning. Cunning politicians pretend to have the interests of the country at heart, but when you unravel their actions you’ll find greed and selfishness at the centre.
David Biggs, 'Cunning often works better than wisdom', Cape Argus
In South Africa, with official unemployment having risen to 27.6% and youth unemployment to 55.2% - according to Statistics South Africa - the government is looking to the informal economy, among other strategies, to reduce unemployment and stimulate economic growth. The informal sector in South Africa comprises very small enterprises employing up to five people. Already in 2014, Stats SA reported that 2.4million people worked in this sector, representing 17% of the active workforce.
Charleen Duncan, 'A new, inclusive approach is needed post-Covid-19', Cape Argus
Wise people obey the laws. Cunning people hire lawyers to find loopholes in the laws. A cunning lawyer can keep postponing a court case until everybody’s forgotten what it was originally all about and nobody cares any more.
David Biggs, 'Cunning often works better than wisdom', Cape Argus
https://youtu.be/sHOLHXz1g3k Another year, another 110km Argus Cape Town Cycle tour on my Brompton!
Just as people are already doing all over the world, we should also be asking: How do we restart the world after Covid-19? After recognising them as a priority in the moment of crisis, do we continue to allow the poor and vulnerable to be super-exploited for the sake of profiting globalisation? Do we continue to treat the informal economy as if it must only exist outside the mainstream? This is a sector almost unrecognised by banks and insurers, an economy governed by few policies but restricted by many municipal by-laws from accessing markets and operating freely. In practice right now, whatever the lofty goals of the NDP, this is a sector excluded from legal, social and financial benefits. This needs to change.
Charleen Duncan, 'A new, inclusive approach is needed post-Covid-19', Cape Argus
When I was growing up I was told there was a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Not much has changed. If you follow this rainbow nation of ours you’ll find plenty of pots of gold. Most of them are being hoarded by our cunning leaders. And all of it is actually our gold, not theirs.
David Biggs, 'Cunning often works better than wisdom', Cape Argus
I have an uncomfortable feeling that in South Africa stupidity is seldom replaced by wisdom. Usually it is replaced by cunning, which is not quite the same thing. Wisdom is usually benevolent while cunning is often just selfish.
David Biggs, 'Cunning often works better than wisdom', Cape Argus
“A self made star who hails from Kokstad and hasn’t let living in Durban define whether or not he gets to be a voice of his generation”
Just me, myself and indie - by Helen Herembi
