FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA | Help yourselves, state standards in SA are too low to inspire hope
People must stop looking up to government and activate self-reliance
A relative who lives in rural Eastern Cape once told me a story about how his fellow villagers looked down on anyone, especially the young and able-bodied, accepting social grants.
It was unfathomable why anyone would want a handout if they could plant their own food and milk their cattle or goats, and would have to wait for the state to give them something to live on...
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