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Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za<\/a>
\n03 May 2024 | 13:10 SAST
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This year\u2019s Freedom Day marked 30 years since the first democratic elections in South Africa, a moment that is of particular significance in the nation\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

The majority of South Africans are now younger than the country itself, contrasting starkly with the predominantly older political leadership, says research director at the Auwal Socioeconomic Research Institute (ASRI), Angelo Fick.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat disconnect is a very important thing to think through because in other parts of the world, that has led to a variety of different forms of political instability,\u201d Fick notes in this week\u2019s ASRI Report on Radio Islam International.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the statements made in the past week by former South African politicians regarding the challenges that South Africa continues to face, Fick states, \u201cIt\u2019s very strange when the people who made the problems come back to tell you how to fix those problems, and my sense is that in the South African scene, the political class of the past think that the political class of the present aren\u2019t capable and need to take their advice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Measuring South Africa\u2019s progress over the past three decades will aid in healing the wounds of the past and prepare for challenges still to come, Fick says.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore we pat ourselves on the back, we need to realise that freedom is not something that you attain, and then you have\u2014it\u2019s something that you build and continue to build,\u2019 Fick notes.<\/p>\n

Former President Mbeki\u2019s criticism of Zuma and the upcoming disciplinary hearing reflect the disarray of the once-honourable African National Congress.<\/p>\n

International Workers’ Day speeches by various political parties reveal the performative nature of politics. The specific choice of different symbolic locations for political speeches \u201cironically reveals the division\u2014not just between the rich and the poor in this country, but between the politicians and those they claim to represent,\u201d Fick says.<\/p>\n

Fick questions the effectiveness of such gestures and calls for genuine engagement with communities beyond election cycles.<\/p>\n

The frenzy of self-publicised service delivery efforts before elections came under scrutiny, with Fick suggesting that politicians prioritise visible projects over essential governance work.<\/p>\n

In conclusion, Fick urged South African citizens to break the cycle of performative politics by actively participating in legislative processes and holding politicians accountable year-round.<\/p>\n

\u201c[It] is a cycle that South African voters can break, that South African citizens can break, that we don’t just vote and poll, but that we actually behave like citizens of democracy and hold our politicians accountable continuously, not just through elections, but by participating in legislative processes, by commenting, by objecting and supporting organisations and institutions that are already engaged in those processes,\u201d Fick says.<\/p>\n

Listen <\/strong>to the full interview on Sabaahul Muslim with Moulana Sulaimaan Ravat here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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