It is safe to say that the South African state is failing at fulfilling their end of the responsibility. The crime rate and the conviction rate are a testament to this.
Africa in the modern day is actually a result of the forced centralisation of states or federations that were autonomous or semi-autonomous in their own right.
The problems of high wages and a low headcount which affect South African policing also affect the judiciary and the prison system.
Not paying a TV license should not attract any form of criminal charges because it harms no rights aside from the ones the SABC ‘has’ due to legislation.
When resources are expended on policing behaviour that harms no one, resources are diverted away from those crimes that actually have victims.
That we over criminalise in this casual fashion means that a chilling effect is introduced into banking entrepreneurship.
Those who claim that the government needs to ‘create jobs,’ of which there are plenty in South Africa, are fundamentally dishonest.
The only viable economic plan is to allow people to be free to make their own decisions.
Hopefully after the coming elections SA will reap the rewards of having such a vibrant political market and no single party will emerge with an outright majority.
Since every parent is a taxpayer in some regard, why doesn’t every parent have the ability to take their child, and tax Rands, out of a school that is not performing well and transfer them to a better school of their choosing?
