Stealing from the poor: That's what government is all about. A challenging speech!

This morning a friend of mine sent me an incredible challenging speech delivered by Professor Fatima Meer at a Graduation ceremony in April 2007. The speech analyzes the South African government's surplus budget of R5 Billion while 55% of persons in the country live under the poverty line!

This was a real eye opener to me. Next year is an election year. I have already indicated on this forum that I have faithfully voted for the ANC since 1994 - I wonder what they will do to try an win over those of us who have lost faith in them because of infighting, corruption, and empty promises?

You can download a copy of Prof Meer's speech here: MeerGraduationSpeech-April2007.pdf. It is a small PDF file.

Rich blessing for this day!