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A paradox of us - the so called 'previously disadvantaged' of South Africa - and our collective responsibility in our country's status quo. Has our drive for upward socio-economic mobility drained our communities of skills & investment which we have taken to developed areas?
I come from the Cape Flats (Athlone specifically) where apartheid spatial segregation when that skills which we gained within our community were legislated to stay there. We had doctors, lawyers, teachers who serviced our communities. When legislation lifted, we moved out
We took our skills, resources & even our finance with us. Leaving our neglected communities to a governing structures which were underdeveloped and to predatory to look after those who lacked the opportunities we often secured, merely through chance. Are we part of the problem?
We placed our investments in developed areas; privatized public services which the state has been mandated to offer & watched on as the government neglected service delivery because we were no longer reliant on its provision. Discuss for 100 marks
