Mark Ashton - I second that
SA People March 27th, 2008
PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN ALSO WANTS TO BE HEARD.
I am writing this in support of Mark Ashton, “Mark is the Managing Editor of the ManufacturingHub.co.za publication http://www.manufacturinghub.co.za/”>. He is a business owner, Johannesburg born and bread and proud to be South African.”
I read his blog
Leadership - South Africa - I demand ! on bundublog.com BAD ENTREPRENEUR.
And I was inspired, Mark is getting out there saying what each and everyone of us feel. I am also not very happy about what I see each night when I watch the 7 o clock news and I am always infuriated with what I see and read,. And I don’t know where to start. My boyfriend and I always talk about how we want to start a website or something where South Africans can get together to stand together and in some way have a toi toi voice. When I see the riots and the toi toing sessions that our fellow South Africans partake in when they want a raise or when they don’t agree with decisions that are made I always wonder why the rest of South Africa don’t do the same when they don’t agree. Why are we always excepting what is happening in our country and no one makes a stand. No one gets a wave started, a group of people to get together and protest about certain decisions that are being made that effects us so directly.
Why are most South Africans running away to other countries. Sure I can have a list mailed to me about the reasons to why but rather give me a list of what you have done to fight for your right. There is about a handful of people/journalists that have the guts to say exactly what is on their hearts. And I don’t blame them - I don’t have faith in my fellow South Africans to stand up with me and fight. I don’t believe people in this country would have the courage, the true courage to stand up to what they believe in and stand together. We lay down and we get kicked and if we cannot take the kicking and ridicule any longer we stand up and run. To other countries.
All I am saying is I would love to see South Africans coming together and voicing their disgust and taking action to make themselves heard. And I dont just mean by blogging. I mean in airing their opinions. Taking on Government and Leadership and whoever the hell makes decisions that effect us directly. I would love to see a nation of courage and not a nation of defeat.
I am starting a business endevour with my partner in the toughest market that I have ever seen or at least understood and I am not afraid. I am staying here even if I have every reason to leave. But I am prepared to stay and fight for my little space here in South Africa’s sun. This is a land of opportunity and maybe just maybe, if we could all stand up courageously and get a voice THAT CAN BE HEARD we can create a wave of change amongst South Africa and their hearts conviction.
Anyway these are just my thoughts after reading Marks blog, please see his article. I second that !!!
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