AS we celebrate the life of Dr Nelson Mandela and what he stood for I’d like to warn you about campaigns being led by prophets out to morph history and the legacy into barbaric and unthinkable behaviour that can’t match the one that can be displayed by wild animals in a zoo. These self-centered power mongers are seeking to tarnish the gains made by the ANC-led government. Instead of entertaining this behaviour we ought to celebrate the advances made by ANC. Since the inception of local government structures in the democratic dispensation our beloved Kokstad has transformed drastically. Major strides in the historic mission of liberating ourselves from poverty and underdevelopment have been made. As the country we are affected by the global economic crunch and recession, but the ANC-led council in our town has ensured the delivery of basic services. I can site examples of what I am talking about, but we know and see the transformation with our eyes. It is high time that we put our collective efforts behind the development of society. On that note we need to internalise that it is only through the ANC that we can change the world. Kokstad
