Soweto The Nerve of South Africa's Conscience

Soweto is part of South Africa’s total nerve and an economic consciousness system. A genuine mirror that reflects an image of our society’s economic, moral, social, and political outlook of its past, present and future existence. Yet, it is no different from any other black township around the country. Maybe its attention is derived from “it” paying the price to initiate the June 16 1976 riots. 

However, it has taken its own unique place in the history of man’s role on this planet, i.e. to restore the dignity and the balance of power to represent the voice of all people and races south of Africa’s continent, “Freedom at last” as they claim. 

Therefore, its victory; trials and tribulations is representative of Africa’s unfathomable challenge and a yardstick to raise the continents’ stakes in human capital and technology development of our times. Briefly, “Soweto’s Window” is about a continued reflection of disparities of our society’s ill and a new struggle of a Unified People in the economic and the education twilight by the majority.

An Incomprehensible Dynamic Disposition Of False Democracy

• The unfair promotion and distribution of jobs in government and the private sector since 1994 poses a serious challenge on job creation.


• Poor and unfair access to quality education opportunities for disadvantaged communities from 2001 is still prevalent today.


• The imbalance of free economic participation for SMME’s in corporate and government tenders and contracts based on delivery competencies and merit is lacking. 


• Corrupt behavior tendencies of respective officials in government has become a contagious incurable virus. Nepotism is alive and well and easily promoted from within government by HR departments.


• Unfair and unequal distribution of technology and artistic development resources across all races by the needy for social reconstruction of community values and talent promotion is racially biased.


• Poor service delivery in respective provinces, both metropolitan and the rural areas across the country, is continually expended and unresolved.


• False promises by various political parties to deliver voters expectations and the perception to meet “voters” basic needs during the elections is not forthcoming. 

Social Confusion

Moreover, our true happiness and liberty to exercise our freedom of speech and choices as proclaimed by the country’s constitution in the millennium, remains questionable and dubious. And therein, in the wider scope of an integrated world of prosperous economies, grazes a gifted horse named success! called “Nami ngiyayi funa”.



This aspirant dream in which every young South African man or young South African woman across the color-line wants to effortlessly embrace, ride and own! is not forth-coming. Yet, greed stand as an obstacle towards a balanced achievement of this honest human national goal. With a vast majority not qualifying to have it, touch it, see it, smell it or even imagine it. It is a dream that was lost in the promise of democracy to offer people a better life.

Isaac Khonjelwayo

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