A City Under Siege
Vusi Thembekwayo wisely said, "nothing is guaranteed it is gifted". Why then do leaders control earth's gifts - water and vegetation; destroy what is sown by working hands and fertilized by soil. They lord over springs nurtured in stone The people blame the H20 crises and famine on political manipulation and lies - human maintenance and monocracy - perhaps they are right, Yet their bloated egos and guzzling rob the poor of each drop by which they live. "Damn the bloody law", they shout. Conspiracy theories take precedence, driven by an insatiable hunger for justice, views on land repartition; the rights of the Khoi and San. Global warming, population explosions and no rains but to hell with the white man who caused Africa's pain - May the black man rot as he insists brown must be black. Blame government for gangsterism and depravity - while the inhumane kill and plunder. Damned apartheid that stripped Africa's sparkle