WOULD I BE WRONG ?

Would I be wrong? 
Written by Modibe J Modiba 

Would I be wrong for saying that 20years into "our" democracy we remain a divided country? Would I be wrong for suggesting that the so called "Rainbow Nation" our leaders preach about is beginning to fade away? Would I be wrong for saying that some of our universities still make it a priority of accepting white students first ? Would I be wrong for saying that 20years into "OUR" democracy the black majority STILL remain economically frustrated ? Would I be wrong for saying that even 20years into "our" democracy I still receive a fake smile every time I say hi to a white person?

 Would I be wrong for saying that a black person still gets looked at funny every time they enter a restaurant or pub filled with white people? Would I be wrong for saying that if we put two businesses there ( one black and one white) both selling the same product most South Africans would end up buying from the white business & not the black business, but why ? How should we build social cohesion when we are not economically on the same level? How should we stop referring to race the whole time when majority of our people live in absolute poverty, were our people still have no land , were our people are nothing but economic slaves and don't benefit from it, were our people work in mines which create billions of rands annually for foreign nationals but still receive below par remuneration.

 Would I be wrong saying that a child in Alex does not receive the same quality education as a child who lives Sandton? Would I be wrong for suggesting that the formula we've used for nation building has been wrong all along ? IN MY view the first step to social cohesion is for the people to be economically free, for the majority of people to have a share in the wealth of this country and then we can talk about social cohesion and building a nation, if not social cohesion and the "rainbow nation" we so dream about will never work! How should our people be fully behind nation building or social cohesion when they go to bed on an empty stomach, if they don't have land, and are nothing but economic slaves to white capital monopoly? Would I be wrong for saying that indeed we've come a long way as a country? Indeed a black person can now walk into the same toilet as a white person, go to the same restaurant as a white person and sit on the same bench with a white person but is this really what our leaders fought for? Did they fight for us JUST to be accepted into our own land? If sharing the same toilet, sharing the same bench and finally being allowed to enter a restaurant previously meant for white people only, means our people should be economic slaves then we don't want to use them, we'd rather own land and have a share in the economy and be economically free!