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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
South Africa has more potential wealth that Britain could dream of. We have vast mineral resources - gold, coal, iron and diamonds. We have the potential to become one of the biggest tourist attractions in the world - game reserves, golden beaches, world-class golf courses and water sports all year round, perfect sport flying conditions, spectacular hiking trails, riding, sailing, you name it, and in a climate Britons would die for. We have the agricultural potential to produce enough food for several countries - fruit, beef, wool, internationally acclaimed wines and fine leather. The lot! Why are a third of our potential workers unemployed? We can’t continue to use the worn excuse: “It’s the legacy of apartheid.” The simple truth is we had it all and we broke it. Eskom is broken, SAA is broken, Prasa is broken, and our factories have closed because we sold out to China and India.
David Biggs, 'Of course we’re unemployed. We’ve broken the places that used to employ us', Independent Online
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
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
