Gospel Defence League - Practical solutions for south africa 1 of 2018

PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS for SOUTH AFRICA The Crisis that Confronts Us The cost of unstable, inefficient, expensive and unreliable energy in South Africa is a staggering R89 billion per month in lost production, revenue and wastage. Central government in South Africa is corrupt, complicated, frustrating and unnecessarily time-wasting. Racist Black Economic Empowerment and Affirmative Action policies, with racial quotas not only in business, but also in sports, has led millions to leave this country, including over one million skilled workers. Every skilled labourer on average provides employment for 10 unskilled labourers.

Chasing Away Employers and Investors With over one million skilled labourers having left South Africa over the last 24 years, the cumulative loss of employment to the country is staggering. Every year that the ANC has been in power, has added approximately one million more unemployed. Today, over 20 million people in South Africa are on some form of social services welfare grant. That is approximately ten times the income tax-payer base for the country. South Africa is being looted, with a R1.3 trillion budget being used primarily as a feeding trough for the political elite to enrich themselves at the expense of the general population.

What Are People’s Concerns?

It is clear that most citizens are deeply concerned about the rampant crime and horrific violence which has escalated throughout the country. Over half a million South Africans have been murdered since 1994. South Africa suffers from the highest rape rate in the world. Almost everybody is deeply concerned for the safety of their family and particularly their children.

Indoctrination is Replacing Education The deteriorating quality of education, which in many cases seems indistinguishable from political indoctrination, has led to a major growth industry of thousands of independent schools and home schooling. All of this is a massive vote of no confidence in the ministry of education.

Taxation, Corruption and Inflation Of course, most people are deeply concerned for the economy, the lack of jobs, unemployment, inflation and the deteriorating buying power of the Rand. Economist Steven Goodson, who was once a Director of the South African Reserve Bank, has stated that the buying power of the Rand has deteriorated to onefive-hundredth of its buying power in 1982. In other words, R1 in 1982 could buy more than R500 can today. The massive erosion of pensions, savings and earnings, particularly over the last two decades, has been catastrophic. Taxations, corruption and inflation are collectively looting the country.

Deforestation Causes Drought Deforestation, the destruction of so much of the environment, including laying waste to entire forests by massive arson, wide-spread litter and destructive pollution are all a major threat to the environment and all the wildlife on our land, on our shores and in the oceans around us. Deforestation of the Cape has obviously led to the drought affecting us. As that also massively impacts on our country as an attractive tourist destination. The impact on jobs, the economy and the viability of our country is immense.

Threats to Freedom of Speech, Religion and Conscience There are serious concerns for the erosion of free-speech, freedom of conscience and religious freedom. The CRL Commissions’ proposals to require all religions’ practitioners to register and be regulated by the state, is going ahead, despite wide-spread opposition and the legal evaluation that this legislation is: unnecessary, unworkable and unconstitutional. The Hate-Speech Bill being promoted by the Ministry of Justice poses a massive threat to freedom of Speech, freedom of conscience, freedom 8