Since our country's transition to a democratic state the mindset regarding the improvement of quality of life for the population was approached very poorly. This can be contested of course by the many non-white South Africans who since then, had the luxury to enter into any area without being harrased by the military or police. Since then there was no restraint from private schools, now referred to as Model C's, to restrict none white students from enrolling. A lot of changes were noticed by the general population of S.A, but it was those underlying matters which were not affectively dealt with that today have caused detrimental social degeneration.
Our country is today known as a place ridden of crime, mainly related to drugs, rape, robbery and murder. Our correctional service has become a place perceived to be limited only to those who are sick enough to cause such hanniase offenses. Civil citizens have little knowledge as to why the current economic situation regarding high inflation rates, hiked fuel prices and exacerbated property costs have all been a testament to the deficiency of our country's current social and economic status. One could look to Zimbabwe to comfort ourselves and breath a sigh of relieve in knowing that "atleast we have food in our supermarkets...", but we can't just brush our sickness off like that.
Our society is in need of a new system, a new way of thinking, feeling, believing, understanding whatever it is that we are dealing with. It is our responsibilty to make a difference by communicating differently. This also pertains to how our legal services, jails or rehabillitation centres are managed and used as tools in aide of reconstructing the disjointed shape of society.
This is a problem and can only get worse. Where to start...
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