The SA Politics Thread Part 3

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The_Right_Honourable_Brit said:
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I wont read into that as totally bad. Some countries brainwash citizens into obedience. SA with all its flaws scores better than a lot of countries, including many first world ones in terms of press freedom. On the last press freedom index, SA beat Oz, USA and Japan IIRC, most definitely also Singapore and a few others.

The level of trust in some other countries would not be as high if press freedom was better.
 

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On a recent sunny afternoon, Joshua Radebe patted down asphalt into a neatly filled pothole on a busy Johannesburg street as a motorist tooted and waved to him. Radebe works not for the government but for insurance company Discovery Ltd.’s “Pothole Patrol.”

Like Discovery, which also pays for some of the fire engines in the South African commercial capital, precious metals producer Sibanye-Stillwater Ltd. ensures that water near its mines is safe to drink and roads are maintained and well lit; it upgrades schools and clinics. Food producer Tiger Brands secures water supply for the town that’s home to its fruit-processing business, and Investec Plc powers a traffic light near its offices during blackouts in Johannesburg. Glencore Plc, Anglo American Plc spinoff Thungela Resources Ltd. and other owners of an export terminal spend about $1 million a month to protect trains transporting their coal from cable thieves.
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With an election next year and polls indicating that the ANC may lose its national majority for the first time, the party is leaning even more on the private sector to do the government’s job in a bid to stay in power. Business participation is being sought in electricity, rail and water against the wishes of some of the government’s biggest allies — labor unions.

Vincent Magwenya, a spokesman for President Cyril Ramaphosa, declined to comment except to say that the president is facilitating partnerships with the private sector to meet the needs of the economy. Mahlengi Bhengu, an ANC spokeswoman, didn’t respond to calls or messages seeking comment.
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JuliusSeizure said:
I wont read into that as totally bad. Some countries brainwash citizens into obedience. SA with all its flaws scores better than a lot of countries, including many first world ones in terms of press freedom. On the last press freedom index, SA beat Oz, USA and Japan IIRC, most definitely also Singapore and a few others.

The level of trust in some other countries would not be as high if press freedom was better.
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It does show the total distrust in our government. I mean we have the highest trust gap between the private sector and the gov going by the chart.

It isn't a good thing to have such a massive trust deficit. And to go by this, if either the private sector or government is at the receiving end of such a gap, then I'd say it's a MONC in the receiver.

So sure, it isn't totally bad, but it's another indictment on our government and another motion of confidence in our private sector.
 
JuliusSeizure said:
I wont read into that as totally bad. Some countries brainwash citizens into obedience. SA with all its flaws scores better than a lot of countries, including many first world ones in terms of press freedom. On the last press freedom index, SA beat Oz, USA and Japan IIRC, most definitely also Singapore and a few others.

The level of trust in some other countries would not be as high if press freedom was better.
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