Colonization & Apartheid

Africa is a continent full of historical events. Apart from the fact that civilisation started in Africa, a fact borne by the Pyramids of Giza, it is also known that the advent of mankind was in the continent. Albeit none of us can take pride in all these because such are divine manoeuvres and choices. Some parts of Africa were at a certain time part of the Greek empire, and later part of the Roman empire. From biblical times until recently Africa has been part of international power struggles. However, from the year 1652 until 1961 Africa became a spectre of land grabs by different European countries. This process is called colonialization. During these times many native Africans were enslaved, oppressed, abused and murdered by the Europeans whom they gladly welcomed to the motherland. The natives were cunningly and oftentimes murderously dispossessed of land, cattle and resources.

This was the institutionalized and systematic impoverishment of native Africans. The results of this process created poverty and inequality which persists until today.  From extensive studies and tracing of the Judeo Christian phenomenon, it is without recourse that the Europeans were mandated to come and assist the Africans to develop and grow into a mutually beneficial relationship. As did the expeditions of Alexander the Great and the Hellenization of many parts of barbaric Europe proved to be.  Meaning that God establishes goodness, man messes it up with greed and short-sightedness.

The spectre of inequality has never been so prevailing than in South Africa where the results of colonization and subsequent apartheid (racial discrimination) still subject indigenous Africans to dire living conditions. It will be a travesty of justice to leave the situation as it is without applying corrective measures.

It is unfortunate that the ANC which was mandated by the Bestower of Peace (Romans 13:1-7) has over a period of 30 years failed to remedy these injustices. We believe that now the Bestower of Peace is taking away this commission and is handing it over to Zenzeleni, who will carry the mandate without being vindictive or revengeful.

See our policy on Land; Small Business & Economy – Furthermore we believe in restructuring and ultimately scraping policies like Black Economic Empowerment (BEE), Employment Equity and other divisive policies instituted by past regimes. However, we acknowledge the demographics of South Africa as Blacks: 81.45% – Coloureds: 8.15% – Whites: 7.30% – Indians: 2.74%. While Blacks and Coloureds (offspring of Europeans paternity and African maternity – Eene moeder maakt geen bastaard) can be regarded as one group, Whites and Indians though not indigenous, are descendants of immigrants spanning several generations. Most of their current generation, if not all, do not know another home except South Africa. We take these demographics as God’s will and we shall move together from here to eternity.

Development of future policies must ensure that no group dominates another but development must be representative of national demographics. Currently, most of everything is against the indigenous Africans (Blacks & Coloureds) in one way or another. This includes the banking system and its attitudes, nepotism, exclusion from economic development structures, and worst still, the Africans themselves are an enemy unto themselves. They have a tendency of shooting their own feet. Perhaps this is due to lack of education or lack of government directives. The culture of living in luxury is entrenched in government circles and influences the people, even though it is unsustainable. Thriftiness builds a country – luxury is a wolf clothed in sheepskin.

Economy

Zenzeleni believes in the free enterprise economy whereby all citizens are encouraged to participate in the capitalist infrastructure. Further seeking that the economy of South Africa be protected against the global onslaught. South Africa is still a developing country like most countries on the African continent. The country needs to bolster its production capacities to be able to compete on the same footing with developed countries.

We believe that the country must be able to produce as many goods as possible and locally manufactured goods must be protected from unfair competition from foreign supplies. However, the quality of locally manufactured goods must be ferociously monitored through bodies like the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS). The aim being to create a viable export market especially into the global arena. Those who grew up in the 60s and 70s know that there was a common saying, “As flimsy as Made in China.” We don’t want to start global penetration on the wrong footing. They say, “first impressions last long.”

Therefore, special funding of sectors like agriculture and manufacturing must be conceptualised to ensure that farmers and entrepreneurs are not unduly burdened in starting enterprises and funding them. See our policy on Small Business Banking. Further processes of exporting these products to the rest of the continent and the world should be pursued with relentless focus, whilst the local market is cordoned off. We also recognise that the African continent is a virgin market that can be flooded with South African products whilst we seek to make the continent self-sustaining. Africans in general, must realize the huge potential the continent has in terms of becoming an economic superpower. The continent is endowed with all kind of resources and possibilities.

Exporting of unprocessed raw materials especially of mineral resources must be minimized or seriously discouraged. Raw materials must be processed in South Africa as much as possible.

Currently there are over 23 government assisted funding institutions in South Africa. Yet all of them are useless. Referral 1 – Funding opportunities in South Africa.  The economy is slumping; unemployment is reaching a high of 55%; more and more people are depending on government grants to survive; and the crime rate is escalating. The country is increasingly getting deeper into debt that it will soon be unable to service.

Business Relations

Zenzeleni believes that the free enterprise system is the best method to create jobs and innovation. We will endeavor by all means and manners (hook or crook) that South African businesses are assisted, promoted and protected against any foreign predators.

1. Assisted – This will be done through education and training of sectoral bodies to mentor, coach, monitor and fund micro, small, medium and large businesses (MSMLE). We know that a country without businesses is an impoverished one. 
2. Promoted – The offerings of South African businesses must be known to the whole world. Our MSMLE must exploit the opportunities of globalization without looking back. This is achieved even much easier when the government lends a helping hand. South Africans are capable of producing world class products to supply all corners of the Earth.
3. Protected – South African manufactured products must be protected against foreign competition in their home ground. If any company feels threatened by foreign competition, they just have to raise an alarm and we will impose heavy tariffs on the imports. The so called ‘home ground advantage’ must prevail. The principle of South African first is paramount to Zenzeleni. However, if the import’s quality is superior, the home boy must up the game. The Japanese method of dismantling the product to pieces and copying everything must be practiced.
4. Funded – See the Small Business Bank and National Funding Institutions

 We need business to flourish in South Africa and all entry barriers will be looked at. To run a business in South Africa must be a pleasure and enjoyable journey.  Micro, small, medium and large enterprises are job creators. The benefit of job creation is to maintain healthy economic growth. When jobs are created our economy also grows, and whenever people are working and able to provide for themselves, the morale increases, and there is less burden on the state to dish out social grants. Employment creation lowers the poverty rate because employed people can afford to provide for their children and themselves.

Job creation leads to economic development because high rates of employment creation will increase the amount people spend. This will cause a positive multiplier effect which helps to increase economic growth. Starting businesses initiates job creation; job creation reduces unemployment and poverty. Viva businesses viva. Phambili siyaya.

Innovation and Technology

The country must set up channels to encourage and fund technological developments using institutions like the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). Management of these institutions must be rendered to business minded people without political party association and interference. Furthermore, they must be open to public scrutiny whereby their funds allocation is transparent.

Government Waste

South Africa needs a department of government efficiency. The government waste of money is phenomenal. The list is too long to mention. For example, there are over 23 government assisted funding institutions that are paying massive salaries every month and yet little can be seen from them. Their output is almost zero. There are lots of institutions in government departments whose purpose is noble but work results are a phantom.

National Funding Institutions

Currently there are over 23 government backed funding institutions that are very useless. Zenzeleni believes that few sectoral bodies can be established to holistically look at funding and mainstreaming of those sectors. For example:

1. Agriculture – dismantle the Land Bank. Start a new body that will encompass the whole sector holistically.
2. Mining – Fund mining explorations and demand pay-off of investment.
3. Transport – Build our own trains and demand pay-off of investment.
4. Manufacturing – Small Business Bank & Industrial Development Corp.
5. Environment – Part of agriculture
6. Energy – Scrap the Eskom model. Fund smaller energy production plants and sell energy profitably (but not expensively) to recover expenses.
7. Tourism – Fund tourist attraction entities and streamline revenue production of those enterprises. 
8. Retailing – Small Business Bank & Industrial Development Corp.

All funding initiatives must be viable and profitable with a payback period. (Though we can discreetly call them Non-Profit organization).

Strict Anti-Dumping Policy

Protection of agriculture, textile and other sectors against foreign dumping practices must be upgraded. While South Africa cannot isolate itself from world trade and global competition, it nevertheless needs to vehemently and without compromise practice a South Africa first policy to protect the country’s manufacturing capacity and job creation capabilities.

Continental Opportunities & Globalization

South Africa stands a great chance of influencing the African continent and its economy. This can be achieved through reciprocal trade agreements where both countries have a mutually beneficial relationship. There are countries in Africa that are naturally disposed to produce certain goods better. These goods can be processed in South Africa and exported to the international world. Unlike the current situation whereby most of Africa’s produce leave the continent as raw material only to be brought back as processed goods. This is a missed opportunity of building the continental economies and wealth creation.

Obviously, there are more other methods of seducing the entire world into investing in South Africa to build long-term economic development. Many sectors of developed countries are saturated and would be glad to enter new markets. As stated before, Africa as a whole is the next generation global market. The population of the continent is increasing and political stability is becoming a norm in many areas. There is a new spirit of vindication against the effects of colonization.

Trade Unions & Labour

For the past many years, trade unions in South Africa treated the employer as an adversary. Fortunately the situation is rapidly changing due to massive unemployment in South Africa. The beggars are now becoming the kings – and the kings are becoming the beggars. Indeed, previously during apartheid, there had to be a drawn line between employers (oppressors & exploiters) and labour (the oppressed & exploited).

Today, where both the employer and employee are depressed, we need to reach a situation where labour and employers regard themselves as partners in the same struggle. The employer is depressed because there are too many factors working against him, namely, increased local competition – the days of monopolies are over; global competition & dumping; inflation & demand for higher wages; depressed economy; lack of government support; etc. This culminates in employee depression as in scarcity of job opportunities and salaries that are below inflation.

So, in a sense both employer and employee are compromised. The best synergy is for the employer and employee to start working together to achieve greater heights and enterprise sustainability. However, the synergy cannot be achieved when one man, the CEO earns 3000% to 5000% more than his fellow colleagues as if he is “The Superman.” Perhaps the solution is to offer employees stocks in the company. This method of remuneration is hidden and diplomatic than a blatant massive monthly salary to the few – the CEO and his buddies. Obviously, trade unions will ask for blood. How can one man earn R5’000 per month and another earns R5’000’000 yet they both work in the same company? The days of democracy are upon us, feudalism is no more a viable option.

Zenzeleni shall interact with trade unions as a friend and not as an adversary. We believe that unions will help the government to look at issues more holistically. Zenzeleni is too inclined towards capitalism and the free enterprise system. However, it is well noted that capitalists in their raw nature are highly exploitative creatures and can be selfish and insensitive to the plight of other human beings. Zenzeleni will always endeavour to create a win-win environment between business and labour. Foes must become friends. The death of business is the death of trade unions.

The Zenzeleni government will host a trade union indaba once a year whereby all trade unions will be invited and matters of national unity are discussed. We regard trade unions as a valuable source of innovation in the labour mechanism.

Child Labour

All people under the age of 16 must be in one way or another in a schooling system. People under the age of 16 are regarded as children and cannot be formally employed except in weekend or vocational temporary jobs. Child labour will be outlawed in South Africa and is a criminal offence against the employer. Only afternoon employment not exceeding 2 hours per day and only for days 3 per week can be regarded as a piece job to make pocket money. Except on weekends children between 10 to 16 can work for 4 hours a day.

Economic Liberation

In 1994 South Africans rejoiced at gaining political liberation. However, it soon dawned on everybody that political liberation without economic power is no liberation. Actually, the opposite is true in a sense that economic power is better than political power. Aren’t politicians controlled by powerful business magnates? The world is run by business people, not politicians. It is business people that make politicians strong or weak. It is business that creates jobs and grow the economy. Government’s work is to create a conducive environment for business to thrive.

In this context, South Africans urgently seek economic liberation. Unfortunately, the ANC has failed to provide this prospect and it seems unlikely that they desire or can deliver this dream. On the other hand, it is Zenzeleni’s utmost desire to bequeath the nation with economic liberation and all its trappings. Our very name, “Zenzeleni” says it all. Our economic policy and other policies are streamlined to harness and harvest the economic potential South Africa has both within its national and global context. Yes, some of our policies might seem to be selfish in terms of national endeavour, but the world has never been a fair place. We believe that the interests of South Africa and its people must come first. Though we believe in global peace and harmony, nevertheless, every household must take care of its children first before they can help the neighbour. Charity begins at home – South Africans first.

State of the Nation & Future Challenges of a New Government.

To borrow the methodology of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Zenzeleni has set the South African Doomsday Clock at 30 seconds to midnight, closest ever to a country’s fall. In setting the clock, the following factors were considered.

1. South African Debt Clock is continuously rising. Can They Halt This Rising Debt-to-GDP Ratio?
   The debt is at R4’575’471’800’201 as at May 2025 and it continues to rise every day.
   This means an interest payment of R192’569’476’513 per year. Does this include interest and some capital repayment? Debt as % of GDP is 75.61%.
   Finally, it means that every South African citizen owes the World Bank and IMF R83 ‘959. This includes both children and adults. Fortunately, many unborn will also inherit this debt. The first day you are born, you already owe the World Bank and IMF some coupla thousands.
   To be sure, the next government after the ANC must seek the assistance of Pythagoras, Hypatia, Girolamo Cardano, Leonhard Euler, Carl Friedrich Gauss, John Horton Conway, Gregor McGregor, Eric Hebborn, Arthur Ferguson, Frank Abagnale Jr. and Yellow Kid Weil. We believe that with such a team, the mess can be unraveled.
2. The government of National Unity coalition is a forced marriage that is unlikely to bear any children. The lobola must be refunded. Perhaps we need the assistance of AI and Disruptive Technologies to create better coalitions.
3. Appointment of puppet police commissioners and seniors is escalating the crime rate and plunging the country into a criminal brothel. Genuine cops are being silenced with stratagems that deserve the best congratulations.
4. The USA president Donald Trump has terminated the free USAID dole to most African countries including South Africa, slapped the country with merciless tariffs and as a last strangle to oust the last breathe, has opened the door for brain drain. “Oppressed Afrikaners” are free to seek asylum in the USA. We can just hope that not too many Afrikaner entrepreneurs feel oppressed because the current 55% unemployment will leap to 68%. Cry the beloved country. Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika.
5. Under the leadership of President Ramaphosa, South Africa feels like a leaderless country. Have you ever being in a boat on open sea? The boat is sailing very fast as it is tossed by winds, yet, it is going nowhere. It is like a Boeing 787-8 or Airbus A330-800 on autopilot. It depends on which brand you trust to fly you on autopilot.
6. President Ramaphosa boasted in March 2023 that “now 18 million people in South Africa depend on social grants to survive.” Zenzeleni is assured that if the status quo is maintained, in 2029 the number would have doubled. Meaning? More World Bank and IMF bailouts.
7. There is currently no plan to grow the economy and abate the huge unemployment burden. Of course, dependency on government grants will escalate to the level where it will be worshipped as a national hero. The savior of the people. The unsustainable Messiah.
8. Soon and very soon, the Rand will continue in its free fall. It can be expected that by 2028 it will be R23 or more to the dollar. Such a phenomenal loss of value means fuel prices will become very steep and inflation will sprint faster than Akani Simbine. It is like fighting a Mike Tyson or Bruce Lee, you get quick blows from all angles, after being woken up from the subsequent coma, you wonder “what happened?” The falling rand will be like singing a dirge called “Zimbabwe Here We Come.”
9. The vandalized and dysfunctional railroad infrastructure will not be there to rescue the transport system to ferry goods to and fro when petrol and diesel prices have become unaffordable. Perhaps more electric cars and trucks will be on the road – provided Eskom doesn’t throw their usual tantrums of load shedding. Hopefully, the electric vehicles will have built-in anti-pothole technology.
10. Lastly, we can hope that the sequel to the July 2021 looting does not replay. The have-nots does not decide to forcefully grab from the haves. The ‘smash and grab’ on a national scale. One consolation is that in South Africa, like most African countries, people don’t grab land to plant and produce food & goods. They build shacks.
11. And of course, we can all blame it on apartheid, or the legacy of colonialism and imperialism.

Small Business Banking

For many decades the previously oppressed people of South Africa have been marginalised by the banking sectors. This has led to anecdotes like “white capital monopoly” and “black economic empowerment – BEE.” Agreeably, this two phenomenon are not desirable in a democratic country that treats its citizens equally. However, the imbalances of the past are still being perpetuated until today. This tacit environment causes division of the nation where the gap between the haves and the have-nots is growing bigger and bigger. “South Africa can’t crack the inequality curse. According to the most recent data, South Africa has the highest income inequality in the world, with a Gini coefficient of around 0.67.” – Imraan Valodia, a professor of economics and dean of the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management at the University of the Witwatersrand.

While this situation is not and should never be an excuse for the escalating crime incidents in South Africa, it must nevertheless be accepted that in an unbalanced society as South Africa, which reflect such a big gap of economic classes, peer or societal pressure will lead many to redress their circumstances unethically.

Zenzeleni will establish a small business banking sector whose main purpose will be to nurture and fund entrepreneurs from all walks of life irrespective of colour or breed. The bank will fund the idea, not the person and it will nurture the person to energise the idea.

Funding the Small Business Bank

1. The government will allocate some funds to the bank. This will be treated as a government loan to the bank.
2. The bank will invite investors and pay them a guaranteed interest rate of not less than 10% per annum. Effective interest should range from 10% to 17% depending on the fiscal performance of that particular year. Investors might even be offered tax exemption from their interest earnings. See our policy on Taxation.

How will the bank sustain its operations?

1. The bank will be a profit making entity with the express purpose of generating funds to sustain its operations. Therefore, different funding models will be applied.
2. The bank will buy equities from its clients. These equities shall not exceed 35% shareholding of the funded business. 
3. Equity funding shall be accompanied by a lenient 3 year exit clause.
4. Business loan funding models shall range from an interest rate of 8% to 25% per annum based on the risk character of the loan. Riskier loans attract more interest and safer loans with collateral attract lower interest.
5. The bank must also collaborate with other training institutions to expose its clients to business support mechanisms that will boost the success rate of its clients. Small businesses fail all the time. Gene Marks, author of The Small Business Desk Reference, says their average lifespan is about eight and a half years. According to the Small Business Administration, about 550,000 small businesses close each year. Obviously, the South African stats are much higher. Running a small business in South Africa is not as easy as eating hamburger & chips.

Agriculture

How do you have a strong agricultural sector when you allow dumping in your country whereby the dumpers are strongly subsidized by their governments? The world has never been a fair place. What happens is that the dumpers initially start by waging price war techniques to kill your local production. Once your local production has been annihilated, their prices increase. It is time to harvest the spoils is strategizing. They know that for you to resuscitate your fallen industry is going to take time and much effort. That is how Zenzeleni views dumping of agricultural products into South Africa.

Our approach is to impose a 120% tariff on all agricultural produce that is or can be produced locally. On another consideration, there is the case of seasonal products like citrus whereby South Africa produce is in winter and other countries in the northern hemisphere don’t have them, and in summer they have them and we don’t. In such cases tariffs cannot be applied. Agricultural businesses will be treated the same way as all business. See Business Relations.

Water Resources

We just cannot understand why there is water shortages when there is so much rain in South Africa so that many times we have to contend with floods. Zenzeleni will scrap these water rights restrictions and allow all and sundry to harvest as much rain water as possible before it rushes to the ocean. We believe that the ocean will not complain because it is almost impossible to hoard all water. However, effective organic measures must implemented against breeding of mosquitoes and causing malaria.

Farmers will be encouraged to build as many dams as possible and retain as much water as possible. To allow water to just flow down the river to the ocean is a wasteful practice. It is the same as having lots of good land and plough nothing on it.

Mining

“The People Shall Share in the Country`s Wealth – The national wealth of our country, the heritage of South Africans, shall be restored to the people – The mineral wealth beneath the soil shall be transferred to the ownership of the people as a whole.” – Coming from the Freedom Charter. The people means South African citizens of all genders and skin tones. Zenzeleni is pleased that this objective is well achieved by the ANC regime.

The biggest problem in South Africa right now is the illegal miners (Zama Zamas). These people pose a number of problems, namely,

1. They don’t care about safety for themselves and the communities around the disused mines.
2. They practise human trafficking.
3. They are dangerously armed mining gangsters.
4. Mostly are foreigners from Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Zenzeleni suggests these proposals:

1. Regulate the informal mining activities to know who does what and where.
2. Give only South Africans mining rights to process these mines. Especially the guys who have been involved in them.
3. Ban carrying of weapons in those undertakings and offer police/army protection to the permit holders.
4. Seamlessly incorporate their produce into the formal channels so that they can sell and pay taxes.
5. All the workers must be registered.
6. No explosives must be used without a permit by a geologist to certify that the ground is safe. The geologists will be supplied by the state.

Finally, we believe that the Department of Mining must expedite the process of approving mining applications and due inspections must be done as quickly as possible. This applies to all applications. Secondly, mining safety standards must be upgraded and better ways of mining must be conceptualised.

Energy

Over the many years of modernization and industrialization, electricity have proven to be the most efficient form of energy and it also carries the future of man’s technological development. There are many ways of generating electricity today. Methods of generating electricity includes:

Solar power – Hydroelectricity – Wind energy – Nuclear power – Biomass – Geothermal energy – Solar wind – Coal – Hydropower – Energy development – Generators – Hydro – Wind – Air source heat pumps – Mechanical energy – Power station – Renewable power generation – Steam turbines – Wave power – Natural gas – Binary-cycle power plant – Heat.

As Zenzeleni thinks that the Eskom model is obsolete and must be discarded, it is imperative to develop new methods that will transition the country into more reliable energy supply. Continuous load shedding and power failures are a bottle neck to the economic growth of South Africa. Our reliance on coal as a source of heating energy for our power stations has long-term questions that deserve consideration.

The first question is how sustainable is the use of coal over the long term. Yes. We have used coal for many decades but how sustainable it is considering that mines dry up. The second question is the cost of extracting coal. And lastly it is the proven damage to the atmosphere that fossil fuels cause. Coal contributed 27.6% of the energy supplied and contributes 43.7% of combustion emissions. Coal Is Bad for the Environment – gas emits far more greenhouse gas emissions than coal, despite fossil-fuel industry claims it is a cleaner alternative.

You would wonder why despite new clean energy production methods have been invented, why is the world not moving faster to deploy the methods. It is obvious that money spinning is a huge influencing factor. The irony is that the cleaner the method of producing power, the less money spinning it does. For example, gas and coal creates a better economy than wind power. In wind power there are no trucks and ships to carry the raw material, miners to do the digging and a lot of other money spinning factors. Money makes the world go round; that can’t be truer than in the fossil fuel industry.

In the case of South Africa, Zenzeleni believes that every municipality must have their own hydroelectricity plant due to the following facts:

1. Coal mining is an exercise that benefit the few yet load shedding is an exercise detrimental to the many, actually the whole economy.
2. Coal mine owners will always make money through exports. The world is always hungry for coal especially in countries where temperatures often plummet to below 0 degree Celsius like most European countries.
3. Hydroelectricity is clean and cheap to produce. These savings must be passed to the consumer because presently electricity in South Africa is damn expensive. And Eskom demands more tariff hikes, which are way far above inflation. Proving again and again that Eskom has become a money wasting machinery.
4. Municipalities will make good money for themselves when they own their hydroelectricity power plants.
5. The most important point comes last. It is cheap to build and maintain a hydroelectricity power station.

Famous oligarch saying – “Combustion emissions and global warming shouldn’t be our problem. The coming generations will find ways to deal with that. Our problem is to make money.”

Land

Land is a national resource that must be used to produce goods for the nation especially food. Undeveloped and unused land is a waste of production capacity. Zenzeleni believes that all citizens of a country must be able to use land to produce goods that will benefit the country in one way or another.

At Zenzeleni we understand that not everyone is sculpted to be an entrepreneur or a farmer.  Most successful trades in life are divinely bestowed. Hence our approach to the land policy revolves around the principles of capability, capacity and suitability.

The Zenzeleni Judeo Christian Analysis and Background of the Land Policy

There is no human being in the whole world that owns land. From Japan, Australia, Canada, Latin America, Scandinavia, USA or Africa. There is no person that owns land. The land owns us all and indiscriminately so. It is common sense that you cannot own something that owns you. One must own the other. ABC owns XYZ, it cannot happen that simultaneously XYZ also owns ABC. From a Judeo Christian perspective, the land owns us. We are all children of the soil. The Earth plays the guitar and we do the dancing. It cannot be otherwise.

“Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.” – Genesis 2:7. “By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.” – Genesis 3:19. “I am nothing but dust and ashes.” –  Genesis 18:27. This is the Ashes to ashes, Dust to dust law or principle. This is a scientific law like the law of gravity, the law of vibrations, the law of cause and effect, and many other natural laws. So, the law of dust to dust stipulates that man comes from the dust (land) and to dust (land) he/she shall return. This is one of those multifarious laws that needs amplification in order to understand its whole context. However, we shall not delve into its metaphysical angles because of space constraints.

The dust to dust law stipulates that man is a product of the Earth and therefore is owned by the Earth. That means man does not own the Earth but it owns her/him. As stated before, you cannot own what owns you. For example, you cannot own your car and your car owns you. Man comes out of the Earth (land), plays around for some time as allotted by fate and then goes back into the Earth (land). The ownership is absolute, cannot be breached and its government is defined by terrestrial laws that govern the whole universe.

The principle of land ownership

Based on the above, it is conclusive that land (the Earth) owns man and man cannot own land (the Earth). However, people often speaks of land ownership as a contrary principle. In real terms there cannot be land ownership but land possession. Then, comes the issue of holding a title deed.

What is a Title Deed?

To cut a long story short, the first name ‘title’ alludes to an earned right. A right on something. For example, Joe Louis is the world boxing champion. That means Joe Louis has earned the right to be honoured as a World Champion. Now, when a person holds a title to something that means that person has earned a right to that something. The second name is ‘deed’ and it means doing – an action that is performed intentionally or consciously. Basically, title deed means “the right to do.” The ‘right to do’ does not literally mean ownership. If you are holding a title deed over a piece of property it means you are holding the right to do something on that piece of property. You can build, plough and do this and that. That is all about it; but ownership is a no-no because the land owns you – ‘to dust you come and to dust you shall return’, that is the premise of the Judeo Christian principle. And Zenzeleni in their formulation of the land policy has applied this Judeo Christian principle.

Land is a national resource and cannot be regarded as an investment. To say that you have invested in something means that you have put your future hopes in that something; and therefore you must outlive it. On the contrary, investing in something that will definitely outlive you is just an illusion; “a chasing after the wind” – Ecclesiastes 1:14. You can assert that you are investing for your children, but who can guarantee that they will appreciate your style of investing? They too have their own personal ideologies. Perhaps they prefer Bitcoins as more liquid.

Now the question is, are you using your ‘title to do’ to hoard land and deprive other citizens the opportunity to make the land productive by emphasizing your idea of investing in land – holding land as an investment? Lastly, it must be remembered that all human beings, animals and plants depend on land to survive. Hoarding of land means that you are depriving other species their God given right to survive yet you also want to survive. “Do unto others as you would have them do to you.” – Luke 6:31 is another Judeo Christian principle worth bearing in mind all the time.

Nationalization of land

Technically speaking, all land that belongs within certain boundaries of a country is nationalized. By virtue that the land belongs to a sovereign nation and its protection dwells within the ambit of the nation’s armed forces, then that land is nationalized. It belongs to a nation. The only difference is, does the government of that nation allow and respect the ‘right to do’ of individual title holders or not?

Historical Perspective of land possession in South Africa

Land possession or “ownership” in South Africa is approximately 75% in the hands of White people. This scenario was caused by historical forces. See Colonization & Apartheid. The result is depravation of land resources to indigenous African people. While we seek to redress past injustices that caused today’s maladies, we must also consider prevailing trends and circumstances. There are several questions that need to be answered, namely:

1. Why did the land expropriation in Zimbabwe failed to produce massive food production and economic prosperity?
2. Why is most of the land that was claimed through Land Claims processes in South Africa not productive?
3. Why are Africans not yet in the mainstream agricultural economy?

Solution to Land Issues

Zenzeleni will strive to make the use of land available to all who need it. Land is not an investment – it is a national resource. No nation can prosper without the use of its land. We cannot allow people to have lots and lots of unused land, whereas, others are excluded from using the land to produce goods and economic activities. In South Africa, that is exactly the prevailing situation.

Although Zenzeleni is not in favour of the “expropriation without compensation policy” and also not in favour of the “willing buyer – willing seller policy,” we believe that far more equitable approaches can be conceptualised to make land redistribution a fair affair. Zenzeleni also acknowledges that the current land ownership was achieved through barbaric and unethical means. However, land tenure and ownership must continue to be a national fortitude especially on already developed portions of land.

Zenzeleni will establish a Land Affairs department whose sole purpose will be to administer the use of land. Any citizen that wishes to use land for commercial purposes shall approach the Department of Land Affairs (DLA) and submit an application to that regard. The application must meet the following conditions:

1. The applicant has identified an undeveloped & unused piece of land that he/she wishes to use for commercial purposes. This excludes residential developments.
2. The applicant must prove that he/she has capability and capacity to carry out the suggested enterprise within 12 months. And the land must be capable for the purpose. Capability and capacity includes knowledge and financial resources. Knowledge includes employees that have the knowledge and finance includes equipment.
3. The applicant means all citizens of the Republic of South Africa whose citizenship is not of dubious nature – that is instances where illegal foreigners that acquired citizenship through corrupt Home Affairs officials.
4. If the undeveloped & unused land is owned by a Previously Disadvantaged Person (PDP) whether natural or legal, a lease agreement will be arranged with a nominal rental.
5. Once the applicant has operated continuously on the piece of land for a period of not less than 30 years, the land will be subdivided and the applicant will be given freehold title of that piece. This applies only when the land owner is PDP and the lessee is PDP.
6. If the undeveloped & unused land is owned by a Previously Advantaged Person (PAP) whether natural or legal, the applicant will be given free use.  
7. Once the applicant has operated continuously on the piece of land for a period not less than 5 years, the land will be subdivided and the applicant will be given freehold title of that piece.  This applies only when the land owner is PAP and the applicant is PDP. If the landowner and applicant are both PAP, points 4 & 5 will apply.
8. For point number 5 and 7 to be effected, the applicant must prove to the Department of Land Affairs (DLA) that her/his operations economically benefited the nation. 
9. Land use applications in all the above instances shall be prioritized to agricultural activities.

Exclusions

1. Applicants shall not apply for land to be used in developing residential sites. In this instance, a “willing buyer and willing seller” approach shall be encouraged.
2. Government and municipal applicants can expropriate unused and undeveloped land to be used for development of residential sites offering compensation at a previous 15 years value of the property. However, development must commence within 3 years of the date of expropriation, failing which, the landowner must be re-compensated based on market value of the property as at the date of expropriation. Developed land must be compensated at market value.
3. Point number 2 above shall not apply to land owned by Previously Disadvantaged Persons (PDPs). Government and municipal applicants must compensate the PDP on market value of the property.
4. Application to use undeveloped & unused land for commercial purposes shall exclude land that is situated within 1 km of a developed residential / urban area.
5. Application to use undeveloped & unused land for commercial purposes shall exclude land that is situated within an urban area. 
6. If an applicant identifies undeveloped & unused land within an urban area, firstly it must be proved that the piece of land has not been used for the past 20 years.
   1. If the piece of land is owned by the government / municipality, the landowner must provide the applicant with a development plan which must be executed within a period of 3 years, failing which, the applicant must be sold the land at municipal value or a lease agreement must be arranged. Capability, capacity and suitability to establish a viable enterprise within 12 months must always be provided by the applicant.
   2. If the piece of land is owned by a private person, the landowner must provide the applicant with a development plan which must be executed within a period of 3 years, failing which, the land must be sold to the applicant at municipal value. No lease agreement must be entertained. Capability, capacity and suitability to establish a viable enterprise within 12 months must always be provided by the applicant.

It must be noted with regret that some people and communities have been owning big pieces of undeveloped and unused land for generations, to the detriment of the nation at large.  Zenzeleni wants to emphasize the fact that land is not an investment – it is a national resource. Mind you – it does not mean that land must be nationalized. National resource is a fundamental fact – nationalization is a communist concept. Land is the most important valuable resource for mankind. Land resources are essential for humans to survive, and different methods of land- resource use must be applied to ensure national food security and economic growth.

Sovereignty

There is a common saying that “South Africa belongs to all those who live in it.” Zenzeleni vehemently refutes that assertion. We say, “South Africa belongs to all its citizens.” This excludes all immigrants, legal and illegal, and all foreigners who acquired citizenship illegally through corrupt Home Affairs officials. The first statement was penned in the Freedom Charter. However, when the charter was drafted in 1955, South Africa didn’t have the immigration problem. Today there are 8 million immigrants in South Africa of which majority contribute immensely to the demise of the country in all spheres of societal factors. The immigration problem needs to be addressed urgently. It is a cancer that threatens to bury this country 9 metres down. Worst still, when the dung hits the fan and it starts stinking all over; the rich will flee the country, foreigners will flee the country as it is their custom. Who will be left? The legitimate South Africans who saw the decay and cancer growing and did nothing about it. Indeed, theirs is “There will be weeping, and gnashing of teeth,” and a very very very long time of suffering. To rebuild a country is nie pap n vleis broer! We can confirm that even our team: Pythagoras, Hypatia, Girolamo Cardano, Leonhard Euler, Carl Friedrich Gauss, John Horton Conway, Gregor McGregor, Eric Hebborn, Arthur Ferguson, Frank Abagnale Jr. and Yellow Kid Weil won’t succeed. Nor will Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika bear any fruit.

This protocol on land shall apply to all land in the Republic of South Africa.

Transport

Zenzeleni is looking forward to revitalizing and expanding the current railway network. The aim is to establish an intricate web of railways that will ensure that every town small and large are connected to the network. This ideal can be achieved within a period of 10 years. The question is why invest so much money in the railways?

1. A country’s transport network determines its economic growth.
2. We forecast that the price of crude oil will increase drastically due to,
   1. Global instability. On October 16, 1973, Iran, Saudi Arabia and other 3 gulf states imposed a 70% oil embargo on the United States. This means that the price of fuel went up by 70% overnight. What would this do to the South African economy? Please laugh as you contemplate the results – don’t cry. And don’t forget to mention that apart from your car being parked for a longtime, the monthly grocery you bought for R5’000 will cost R10’000. Please keep contemplating and let us know. Enjoy the compounding effects of inflationary forces. Worse still, don’t forget that we don’t have oil reserves anymore. Somebody sold them for 2 pennies. South Africa is at its most vulnerable state as we speak. There are ‘soft’ ways of killing a country than bringing in the military. Perhaps Vladimir Putin should have thought better about Ukraine. In 1973 the US felt the heat.
   2. Evolution of electric vehicle technology which will diminish demand for fossil fuels.
   3. Increase of emission taxes especially when global climate changes ruin havoc. Unscrupulous governments always seek to generate revenue by taxing people in ways they cannot avoid such as toll roads, value added tax (VAT), combustion emission, deceased estate taxes and so forth. These taxes hit all and sundry, whether you are an 18 month old baby or 96 years old nonagenarian.
   4. Railways are the cheapest form of inland transport due to the bulk load it can move.
   5. Maintenance of railways is much cheaper than of roads.

Road transport will be an auxiliary mechanism as rail cannot reach all sections of land.

Public Transport

The current public transport system in South Africa is in tatters. Much reliance is placed on the taxi business which is quasi informal. The South African taxi industry is unorganized and uncontrolled resulting in group feuds and periodic sprouts of violence injuring and often murdering commuters. Sometimes innocent motorists and pedestrians are caught in the cross fire and get hit by stray bullets. When the taxis go through a recession, public buses are blamed of killing their business and get torched. Different taxi associations are profound of murdering one another. And the ANC government does not have the political will and or knowledge to fix this pandemonium. For example,

• Taxi thugs terrorize motorists on our roads – Armed taxi patrollers target school transport · Long distance taxi drivers blockade Durban roads and Rea Vaya. Imagine the terror felt by a group of college students returning from a farewell event in Mpumalanga when they were confronted by gun-toting taximen along the N4 highway.  The men wearing Malalane Taxi Association reflector jackets stopped a minibus transporting students. The men, according to the driver of the vehicle, Bheki Nkosi, demanded a R1’500 “spot fine” for transporting passengers while he did not belong to their association. “I told them I didn’t have such money and the only R400 I had was for tollgates and fuel. They then forced us to drive to the Malalane taxi rank. When we arrived there at about 4pm, they demanded my car keys and said now I’d have to pay R15’000 to have the vehicle back,” said Nkosi. – Source: Sowetan  03 December 2024.
• There’s growing outrage over several viral videos showing taxi patrollers allegedly harassing motorists who carry their families to school and work.
• Taxi bosses are gangsters. (Public Comments)
• Andrew Kenny sheds light on the prevailing lawlessness and intimidation by criminal elements, particularly in the minibus taxi industry, in South Africa. The majority of citizens live in fear and shame while the thugs continue to menace and exploit them. The government, including President Cyril Ramaphosa, Kenny sees as ineffective in dealing with these issues, leading to a state of chaos and terror. – Published on: 07 Aug 2023 BizNews
• “The South African nation is divided into thugs and cowards. Most of us are cowards. The thugs menace the cowards, rob them and humiliate them. The cowards cringe and kneel. The more violent the thugs, the more the cowards cower. Decent, gentle, law-abiding citizens, most of them black (because most of the population is black), live in fear and shame. The ANC government gives way to the thugs on almost every question – and probably agrees with them anyway.” – By Andrew Kenny
• “Terrorised by taxis – 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰. It’s a never-ending battle: taxi operators versus motorists. Now, in some parts of Gauteng, taxi associations are shifting gears and redirecting their anger at motorists who share rides with their colleagues, friends or family. As they battle to maintain an iron grip on the public transport market, taxi operators say that carpooling and lift clubs are impacting their bottom line, robbing them of potential clients. And, as the threats escalate, all motorists with more than one passenger in their vehicle could become targets.” – DSTV Mnet Carte Blanche.
• Cape Town commuters terrorised by taxi war. 82 people murdered this year and buses shot at. 19 July 2021 | By Peter Luhanga News – GroundUp | Cape Town.
• Some taxi drivers are stopping buses and pulling passengers off to force them to use taxis.
• Intercape bus service CEO Johann Ferreira has declared war on the taxi mafia after refusing to adhere to their extortion demands. Taxis victimize the drivers and the passengers and threw stones at buses. They also prevented passengers from boarding and disembarking the coaches
• “They assaulted the drivers and passengers, stopping buses at the bus stations in the Eastern Cape and pulling passengers from the buses, armed with guns. Their actions, included shooting at the Intercape buses on certain routes.”

What causes taxi violence in South Africa?

Due to an effectively unregulated market and the fierceness of competition for passengers and lucrative routes, taxi operators banded together to form local and national associations. These associations soon exhibited mafia-like tactics, including the hiring of hitmen and all-out gang warfare.

Public transport challenges

There are many problems with public transport in the country, and some are a direct result of spatial planning which was implemented during the days of apartheid. People were forced to live far from the cities, where most job opportunities are obtainable. In addition, the ANC government caused the collapse of the train transportation which was affordable to the majority of South African citizens who are living in poverty.

Another greater challenge is the lack of transportation in newly developed urban areas and traditional rural areas. It indicates inequality in the provision of transportation infrastructure between urban and rural areas. These challenges have an impact on the economic success for all South Africans and, in turn, the economy of the country. They also raise an urgent need for growth and development of transport infrastructure.

The role of transportation in economic development

Economic growth depends on activity in the labour market. When the activity is stagnant or deteriorating, it hurts the economy. That’s why sustainable infrastructure is one of the key solutions to job creation. Investing in green transport systems, which are accessible and affordable to the vast majority of the population, will give work-seekers access to opportunities.

The more people gain access to opportunities, the more likely they are to get a job and contribute to the economy. That’s why public and private sectors need to work as a collective to ensure that communities are equipped with the right infrastructure to stimulate economic activity. It is in this context that Zenzeleni regards, the taxi industry as a very important infrastructural resource to the country. Its lawlessness is typical African ignorance of business practice standards and can be remedied to engender a win-win situation for all, namely, taxi operators, commuters and government. Zenzeleni believes that the taxi industry can be made profitable and efficient through government assistance.

A survey on the use of public transport in South Africa done in 2020 by STATISTICS SOUTH AFRICA

Main purpose of travel by household members

Nationally, travelling to an educational institution was the primary purpose of undertaking a trip by household

members. KwaZulu-Natal (49,4%) and Eastern Cape (48,6%) had the highest proportions of persons who cited

travelling to an educational institution as their primary purpose for travel. Trips to the usual workplace were the second most common purpose for household members to travel. These trips were most predominated in Western Cape (37,4%), Gauteng (31,1%), and KwaZulu-Natal (28,3%). Also, these proportions were much higher than the national proportion of 26,3%. Travelling to welfare offices and going for a holiday/leisure were the least common trip purposes in the week (7 days).

Mode of travel used during the seven days prior to the interview

About 17,4 million South Africans walked all the way to their destination, followed by 10,7 million individuals

who made use of taxis and 6,2 million who used a car/truck as a driver. Trains were the mode of travel that was least used by household members, except for Western Cape (1,6%) and Gauteng (1,5%), where more than one per cent of household members used this mode of transport.

Education-related travel patterns and modes of transport

Learners in urban areas (59,5%) were more likely to attend an educational institution than those in rural areas (40,5%). A total of 18,5 million learners were identified across the country, irrespective of the type of educational institution attended and including private, public and special schools. Of the 14,7 million learners attending school in the country, 3,2 million lived in KwaZulu-Natal, 3,1 million in Gauteng and 2,0 million in Eastern Cape. It is evident from the survey that ‘walking all the way’ remained the mode of travel that was most used by learners to reach their educational institution in all nine provinces.

About 10,1 million learners walked all the way to their educational institution, which is a decrease from the 11 million observed in 2013. Across provinces, the highest percentage of learners who walked to their educational institution were found in KwaZulu-Natal (20,3%) and Gauteng (17,7%), followed by Eastern Cape and Limpopo both at 14,6%. Most learners in the country walked all the way to their educational institution (76,9%) because it is nearby/close enough to walk. The second most common reason provided was that public transport was too expensive (11,0%). This reason was most likely to be given in rural areas (13,1%). Individuals who attended an educational institution and used public transport were most likely to use a taxi (72,4%), followed by those who used a bus (26,6%), while 1,0% used a train (because trains are dysfunctional due to government neglect and misguided policies – emphasis ours).

Work-related travel patterns (persons aged 15 years and older) – Workers’ mode of travel

Most workers used private transport (43,5%) as their main mode of travel to work, while 35,0% used public transport. Approximately twenty per cent of workers reported walking all the way (20,3%). The use of public transport was important across all geographic locations. However, urban workers were more likely to use a taxi than a bus as their main mode of transport, while rural workers were most likely to use a bus as their main mode of transport. The estimated total number of workers’ trips using public transport decreased significantly from 5,4 million in 2013 to 4,7 million in 2020. Taxis accounted for most public transport users with 80,2% of workers using taxis, which is more than the proportion reported in 2013 (67,6%). More than fifteen per cent (16,6%) of workers) using public transport used buses in 2020, whereas in 2013, the percentage of workers who used buses was 19,5%. Those who used trains in 2013 (12,9%) significantly decreased to 3,2% in 2020.

Use of taxis, buses and trains

The general usage patterns of public transport as reported by households has changed significantly between

2013 and 2020. There has been a general increase in households who used a taxi (from 9,8 million to 11,4

million). However, a significant decrease was recorded in the number of households who used a bus (from 2,9

million to 2,1 million) and a train (1,4 million to 0,5 million) as their preferred mode of transport.

Cargo – Freight Transport

Road freight transport is the key channel for moving goods and services within South Africa, accounting for more than 70% of the total freight payload over the last decade. While not the largest contributor to emissions in the country, the sector contributes a sizeable proportion of total emissions (>10%), due to its dependence on fossil fuels. – SA-TIED.

The main challenges in the road freight sector are port congestion, poor road conditions, rising costs of doing business, theft and truck hijackings, poor road infrastructure, non-compliant trucks on the South African roads, delays at the border posts, bribery and corruption. Due to these challenges, the transport companies have suffered and continue to suffer financial losses. – University of Kwazulu Natal, Khuzwayo, Dennis.

It is also disappointing that many road freight transport companies have resorted to employing illegal immigrant drivers versus South African drivers. The main purpose is to alleviate driver salary costs because the immigrants are always willing to undercut salaries. This has sparked continuous tension among the locals and immigrants. Resulting in violence and torching of trucks.

Zenzeleni will enforce strict rules that no South African freight company must employ foreigners. It will be a criminal offence to employ foreigners in any type of work that can be offered by South Africans. Again, Zenzeleni will endeavor to improve the working conditions of drivers by bringing together the employers, trade unions and the workers. A compromise and sacrifice must be accommodated by all to reach a win-win situation.

Taxation

Zenzeleni will endeavour to regularise the tax regime of South Africa whereby all people and special trusts (both   type-A and type-B trust) will pay a flat 15% tax on income irrespective of the amount of that income. The corporate tax rate will be a flat rate of 25% for all businesses, companies and trusts. Capital gains tax (CGT) will be scrapped. Value Added Tax (VAT) will immediately be lowered to 10% and gradually be abolished in a period of 5 years.

Currently, South Africans are one of the most highly taxed nation in the world. This situation must be held with the highest contempt especially considering the mismanagement of the country’s fiscal allocations over the past 3 decades. Still, like most African countries, the South African politicians since 1994 have been reckless and selfish in squandering and looting government coffers at a speed faster than lightning. We believe that this wastage and haemorrhage must be brought to an end immediately. No one can eat 3 plates or wear 2 pairs of shoes or drive 3 cars at the same time, but these politicians have been behaving as if they have 3 throats, 6 feet and 4 stomachs.

What are Zenzeleni’s anticipated repercussions on the above-mentioned reformations?

1. Lower taxation in a country that strives to become an economic superpower will transform the country into a tax haven that attracts a lot of foreign investments.
2. The South African Rand will gain value drastically. Even though that has its pros and cons. However, the pros far outweigh the cons especially considering that our market will be mainly geared towards the larger African continent and currency differences will be adjusted accordingly.
3. The South African Revenue Service (SARS) will be less burdened by the administrative nightmare of multiple tax brackets, and will be a much more efficient machinery in collecting revenues in all angles.

Tax evasion shall be punished mercilessly. Why should people avoid or evade such generous tax terms?

Morals

Zenzeleni believes in a Judeo Christian foundation as a sound and secure launching pad of moral standards. It is regrettable that from 1994, the ruling regime was antagonistic to the Judeo Christian foundation and much damage was done by removing Biblical instructions from schools. The truth is, we don’t need better politicians; we need a system that doesn’t rely on their morality. The standards of the Judeo Christian morality has guided the world for millennia and has never failed, it is a universal system – Exodus 20:1-17. Judeo Christian principles do not instruct people to go to church or be religious, that is application at a certain higher level. The main aim of the principles is to avert delusion in regard to life and living.

Zenzeleni focuses on the fundamentals such as “love your neighbour as yourself – do not steal – respect other people.” Because when a community and the world starts to apply these, there will be harmony and peaceful living. For example, no one would sell drugs because that would contradict “love your neighbour as yourself.” Did you know that drug dealers don’t smoke them? But they are happy to feed you and your children with tons of drugs. Is that love for neighbour?

Secondly, Judeo Christian principles apply to the love of God. It is notable that most scientists will tell you that there is no God. These few people who don’t make even a million wants to refute the experience of 8 billion people. Meaning that the bulk of human beings, (about 240 billion people from creation to present), are a superstitious lot. If you ask scientists about angels, they will tell you such things don’t exist. We can give their ignorance the benefit of the doubt but not all of them deserves that. The truthful ones will confess that ‘there is some phenomena in the world that we don’t understand and cannot explain.’ However, the majority will claim hallucinations and the like. You know why? To admit such things as God is against the scientific establishment. That is why extremely few scientists would publicly acknowledge God. And politicians for that matter.

It is true that scientists don’t know everything about the world and they admit it too. And there are those who can’t admit it. They would rather try to concoct nonsensical explanations about something that is far above their heads – (Just listen to scientists explain how man comes from a monkey and how constellations and galaxies are made……??????) Yes, scientists can play around with materials and make amazing tools and applications. However, they too are subjected to the common lot of all people. Meaning in actual terms that their knowledge is limited and there is no advantage in being highly educated or illiterate, rich or poor, black or white and all the illusions people harbour, because the common fate of survival and its challenges applies to all. What is important is that everyone must have a good sojourn and that is where mankind fails mostly. Otherwise we would not had WW1 and WW2 and so many atrocities levelled against mankind by his fellow man. Actually, heaven on Earth is uncommon, mostly it is hell.

Zenzeleni will make Judeo Christian instructions in all government schools compulsory to inculcate high standards of morality at an early age. This is the basis of Judeo Christian instructions: Exodus 20:1-17 amplified as, “The Greatest Commandment” – An expert in the law, asked a question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

The master replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ These are the two pillars of morality, there is none better than these. The actual truth is, from a scientific analysis, all crime and human atrocities stems from contravention of these 2 pillars.

Parenting – Fatherhood

God hates a fatherless society, and so does Zenzeleni. See Job 29:12, Psalm 68:5, Psalm 82.3 and many other related guidelines. It has been scientifically proven many times that children with active, involved fathers during childhood and adolescence experience significant advantages.

On the other hand, fatherless children struggle academically, scoring poorly on reading, mathematics, and thinking skills tests. They are more likely to skip school, be excluded, leave early, and less likely to attain academic and professional qualifications in adulthood. Source: Referral 2 – Fatherhood

Zenzeleni wants to encourage fathers to be mindful of their children’s plight and play an active role in their lives. It is not onerous to be a father; it is a divine duty and pleasure. When Zenzeleni becomes a governing party, we will institute a fatherhood law whereby fathers who don’t with their children will be required to visit their children for at least 8 hours per month, which can be spread over several visits in a month. Failing which, a father must pay a fatherhood bounty to his fatherless children; that is over and above the normal child maintenance, if applicable.

Fatherhood Bounty

A father who fails to interact with his child or children shall pay a certain monthly amount which will be determined by the Children’s Court or Maintenance Court. Seventy five percent (75%) of these monies shall be invested with a reputable investment company such Liberty, Ou Mutual, Sanlam, Alexander Forbes, etc. The remaining 25% shall be given directly to the child under her/his guardian supervision. The bounty is payable until the child reaches her/his 24^th birthday. The bounty investment shall be used to pay for the child/children’s educational needs when entering college/university or redeemable for fruitful purposes like starting a business after the age of 24.

Failure to comply with the paying of the bounty shall result in direct imprisonment. That means an absent father must either visit and interact with his child/children or pay the bounty.

Dress Code

Nakedness in public areas shall not be condoned. The way people dress is a reflection of their societal morals and personal esteem. There is a high moral degeneration in South Africa. The current government run lots of useless Gender Based Violence (GBV) programs yet they refuse to accept that they are the cause of this situation and they still perpetuate it. It is like pouring petrol to the fire and screaming for a fire engine.

Currently, many school girls in black areas wear like whores, harlots, prostitutes going to school. Lack of self-respect and decorum is the order of the day. Teachers are sleeping with school girls and some parents even go along with it. Teenage pregnancy is like a national anthem. Infatuation and sexual desire burns the hearts of youngsters with girls parading their half-naked adorable thighs. Stats say almost 75% of South African youth are HIV positive. Alcohol abuse and smoking is endemic especially among the youth. Even the use of drugs. It is a proven fact that girls who go to school wearing miniskirts often fall pregnant in their adolescent years.

All these is sickness of the mind. Nothing can be done about it until the mind is healed. The love and fear for God engenders the realization of self. When the self is realized, then the esteem is build. Perhaps, it is because it is said that we are made in His image and He claims that He is a jealous God. Irrevocably, when we start to be cognisant of Him, we become jealous of ourselves, as He is jealous of His nature. A person who is jealous of self is a highly self-guarded person who does not tamper with self easily, not swayed easily because such people always have high ideals.

The love and fear for God is the only proven way of healing the mind. That is why Zenzeleni believes in reinstating the Judeo Christian foundation in schools and society at large. And that can be effectively done not by carrying a rod but proffering sweets. It is a proven fact that countries that espouse these principles prosper. If in doubt, do your own research.

Drunkenness

Drunkenness is a huge problem in South Africa. Every year the lives of 3 million individuals are lost due to alcohol, representing 5 per cent of all deaths. This is worrisome in South Africa where alcohol is the most widely used psychoactive substance and high levels of binge drinking and associated harms prevail. Unfortunately, drunkenness does not only affect the drinker negatively but it also jeopardises the safety, well-being and lives of others. There are many innocent dead people today that were killed by drunk drivers, as well as many people that were killed by drunk related accidents.

Zenzeleni does not discourage people from consuming alcohol because that is a self-principle that every individual must practise upon self. Besides it cannot be policed. However, people are advised to avoid driving or walking in public roads when drunk. When drunk, take a taxi or ask sober friends to drive you home. When drunk, avoid walking in the streets where there are cars and many people. Ultimately, avoid drinking too much. Everyone knows when he/she had enough drink. To proceed beyond this limit is lack of self-control and self-discipline. Eat when you are drinking. Drinking is not a sin, but drunkenness is a sin.

The current South African law punishes drinking in public, drunk driving and drunkenness in public spaces. That cannot be accentuated more but need full enforcement.

Indecent Exposure

Porn addiction is a behavioural addiction where individuals may use pornography to cope with stress, anxiety, or other emotional issues. Estimates suggest that about 3-6% of the population might struggle with this issue. The negative effects can be far more significant, including potential impacts on relationships, mental health issues like anxiety and depression, and unrealistic expectations about sex and body image, particularly among younger viewers. Excessive porn consumption has been linked to issues like desensitisation to sexual violence and a skewed perception of sexual norms.

Individuals that are addicted to nakedness experience negative consequences in personal and professional life due to this behaviour. They also have a tendency to neglect important responsibilities. Zenzeleni will ban public distribution of pornographic materials.

Justice

We believe that the South African justice system is obsolete and out of touch with the needs of the nation at large. This phenomenon can be seen by the difficulty normal citizens have to go through to access the justice system. Secondly, the justice system is self-serving. This phenomenon can be seen by the huge number of legitimate cases thrown out of court due to some flimsy technicalities, irrespective of the fact that it is clear that an act of hurt or disadvantage has been perpetrated against another fellow citizen. Thirdly, the obsoleteness and irrelevance of the South African justice system is compounded by the extreme slow processing of cases. Justice delayed is justice denied.

Lastly, the justice system has become an impersonal machinery whereby applicants and respondents are regarded artefacts whose matters revolve around technical procedures. Any system that deals with human beings cannot be impersonal. Human beings are personal creatures and an effective justice system must be personal albeit impartial. The most heinous system is that which regard people as mere statistics. Majority of people in South Africa believe that the justice systems serves the elite best. This perception is based on the experiences and observations of the common people. It is with due justification that many people think that the justice system of South Africa is captured by the political regime and its principals. Can South Africans still trust the justice system when judges are appointed by corrupt politicians?

One of the worst negative effects of the current justice system is that it is seriously anti-business productivity and the economy.  A typical suspect or witness will be summoned and attend court for 3 to 9 fruitless days, thus being absent from work. Many people have ended up losing their jobs because of court summonses.  And the courts are insensitive to other people’s time and productivity. It is common to attend court for many days only to be told that the case is postponed to another date and another date. People lose a lot of money on transport (be it petrol costs or taxi fares) and production time – Time is money for employed/productive people. Zenzeleni believes that this insensitivity can be brought to an end through modernization and enhanced professionalism of court procedures. Empathy for both suspect and witness who must appear before court must be considered at all times in terms of time and costs. It be travelling costs, productivity costs, legal fees costs and health costs.

Types of courts and their jurisdiction

Currently, South Africa has a number of different types of courts. Which court you approach or will hear your case will depend on the case. The courts include:

• The Constitutional Court
• Supreme Court of Appeal
• High courts
• Circuit courts
• Special income tax courts
• Specialised Commercial Crimes Courts
• Traditional Courts
• Labour courts
• Land Court
• Land claims court
• Magistrate’s courts
• Equality courts
• Small claims courts
• Child justice courts
• Community courts – almost nonexistent. Zenzeleni proposes restructuring. See our policy below.
• Sexual offences courts
• Children’s courts
• Courts for chiefs and headmen

Source: Referral 3 – South African Courts

However, even with such a plethora of courts, the justice system in South Africa is inefficient in the extreme. As stated before, the system is obsolete, atrociously slow, insensitive and has aggravated into a self-serving mechanism. Zenzeleni proposes reducing the number of types of courts and drastically improving the efficacy of processing cases.

We also propose the labelling of cases as follows:

The Department of Justice must publish twice a year all RED criminal cases regionally and give reasons for the delay. Publishing must be done through the government gazette, their website, press release to all regional and national newspapers. The same must be applied to all RED civil cases. This is an effective self-monitoring method.

Language of the Judicial System

The use of Latin must be gradually phased out with 3 year set deadlines. Latin and its traditions accentuates antiquity and obsolescence. These are barriers to innovation and necessary evolution of the justice system. The vestiges of colonialism must be discarded except only those that still bear us profit. Latin is a murky way making sure that the man in the street is immersed in perplexity.

Prosecution

In criminal matters, we envisage a state where the community can apply to assist the prosecutor by adding 2 members of the community in the prosecuting team. These will be members of a community court in whose area the crime was committed. The aim is to bolster the prosecuting process and ensure that the state does an efficient job of prosecuting cases.

Victim Assistance

Victims of criminal cases must be allowed legal representation to support and bolster their psyche because in many cases such victims are too traumatised to handle court procedures. Just as much as the accused are allowed state sponsored legal representation, victims must also be allowed that convenience too. That is just fair to both parties.

Localisation of the justice system – Community Courts

Often in a dynamic community there would be some minor matters yet serious enough to warrant some arbitration or mediation by an independent authority. It is in this context that Zenzeleni would like to reinstate the age old custom of community courts. This system has been existing for many years in the African communities of both the African continent and South Africa itself. Apparently the practice was abolished around 1994 when the ANC in their zeal to liberalise and westernize everything dismantled some of the most of effective living methods.

A community court is a court of law that is made up of elders in the community. In rural communities, it often consists of indunas (assistants of the royal authority). And the work of a community court is to:

1. Administer law and order – delinquencies, common assault, disrespect, bullying and so forth.
2. Mediate over family disputes.
3. Arbitrate on property / possession disputes. For example, disputes over ownership of animals, boundaries of homes, debt repayments and many other issues.
4. Assist in cases of sharing resources.
5. Assist in cases of indigence.

Zenzeleni suggests that for every community of 200 to 500 households, a community court must be established. The court shall comprise of 12 members of the community with a gender mix of not less than 4 men or 4 women. The court shall be able to do the above stated duties and order compensation where one party has suffered material loss or injury; and order corporal punishment of not more than 20 lashes, while taking in consideration the age of the perpetrator. The type and size of whip will also differ for different ages. Only persons from the age of 6 (if involved in harmful criminal activities) to whatever age the court deems fit can be subjected to corporal punishment (the bench). In many western countries, criminals are bred at a young age because juvenile offenders commits crime and are left scot free. That is why organized crime often uses children to commit heinous crimes. On the other hand, children are sensitive to punishment or a threat of punishment. A mere threat especially a visual one often serves as an effective deterrent. That has been proven many times. See Referral 4 – Gangs and Youth. The use of corporal punishment on older teenagers is in most cases a corrective measure on young ones that are brought to witness the scene. It stops them from being malignant.

The best characteristic of a community court is its personal character. It cannot be otherwise because its members are part of the community and often understands the dynamics of that community.

Jurisdiction of Community Courts

A. Criminal Cases

Jurisdiction of a Community Court in criminal matters would be limited to matters that would be easily handled by parents in a community but due to circumstances beyond their control, or a desire not to take the law in one’s own hands or inability due to frailness. Example of complaints:

1. Noisy neighbors – play loud music at awkward times, or near a church or school in session.
2. Children stealing the neighbor’s fruit and garden produce.
3. Bullying practices – verbal and psychological abuse.
4. Trashing, littering and unhygienic practices of any kind that offends the community.
5. Reckless driving and unsafe acts that pose a danger to the community and transcends the observation of formal policing.
6. Swearing at another person and degrading another person’s dignity – defamation of character. (We avoid using words like crimen injuria because we want Latin out of the South African justice vocabulary – The justice system belongs to us and must make sense to us the people. Latin does not belong to us.)
7. Intimidation and threatening violence.
8. Common assault – Assault without inflicting serious injuries. 
9. Abuse of children, parents and grandparents by family members. See Referral 6 – Parents Abused by their Children
10. Trespassing.
11. Juvenile delinquency. See Referral 7 – Juvenile Deliquency

Case study 1: The murder of the famous 45 years old American musician Marvin Gaye by his 70 years old dad was a long forthcoming incident which could have been averted by a Community Court. Food for thought – Study the case and let us know of your analysis. We at Zenzeleni are always keen to learn.

Case study 2: Grade 10 Limpopo school girl Lufuno Mavhunga allegedly committed suicide after she was violently beaten by a fellow school pupil. The incident was captured on video and went viral on social media. This incident has once again brought the issue of bullying into sharp focus. Food for thought – How many cases of bullying worldwide has ended in the victims committing suicide? Study the cases and let us know of your analysis. We at Zenzeleni are always keen to learn. See Referral 5 – Bullying

Representation: Both applicant and respondent to the Community Court can acquire the services of a lawyer or assistance from a community member. For example: A child is charged for whatever misdeed, obviously children cannot express themselves eloquently in threatening situations. It is imperative for children, stammering, imbecile and disabled persons to be assisted in such cases, whether be an applicant or respondent.

The respondent can appeal the sentence to a magistrate’s court. However, to lodge such an appeal must attract a fee of R500. Reason is that the purpose of a Community Court is to alleviate the burden on Magistrate Courts.

B. Civil Cases

The Community Court shall have jurisdiction over all kinds of civil matters as long as the applicant and respondent reside within the same community. The court can decide to escalate a matter to a higher court at no cost to the applicant and respondent. The state must carry the burden of expediting the matter. Example of civil matters handled by a community court:

1. Damage to property – The neighbor’s children play football in the street and break someone’s window, and the house owner demands compensation.
2. A man’s wife commits adultery with another man. The aggrieved husband demands compensation for emotional hurt.
3. A drunk neighbor smashes his car into someone’s fence and damages it. The house owner demands repair of damages or compensation.
4. A development company digs the street to install pipes and leave the street unfixed. The community can lodge a complaint with the court and demand that the company come and fix the damage they caused.
5. The municipality has dug a trench which is a safety hazard to children, drivers or animals. The community can make an urgent appeal to the court to summon the municipality. Especially if the community has already appealed to the municipality for redress. 
6. Unfair and unequal treatment of certain community members. A community can lodge a complaint if they think that any government agency treats others better than others. 

Representation: Both applicant and respondent can acquire the services of a lawyer or assistance from a community member. The respondent can appeal the judgement to a higher court according to the rules governing that court of law. However, the intention to appeal must be lodged with the community court within 7 days to be kept in record. And proof of lodgment to a higher court must be supplied within 14 days. Alternatively, the judgement of the community court shall stand.

The main function of the Community Courts is to establish communal harmony and peaceful coexistence. The community courts should be the cheapest and fastest way of resolving disputes. And most importantly, to offload the burden imposed upon the courts to prosecute tons and tons of cases.

Types of sentencing the community court can order:

1. Community service
2. Order to stop certain behaviours.
3. Reimbursement.
4. Compensation.
5. Corporal punishment (flogging on the bench) of not more than 20 lashes. In full view of the public. The aim is not to punish but set a deterrent. This is killing two birds with one stone. Correction (the offender) and deter (potential offenders).

Advantages of community courts

1. Facilitate speedy processing of cases.
2. Alleviate the workload of higher courts.
3. Can intervene more directly in most of the cases.
4. They are a cost effective social justice machinery.
5. They can work hand in hand with the police much better than higher courts.
6. They create respect for law and order structures.

Composition of the community court shall be made of:

1. Chairperson
2. Deputy Chairperson
3. Secretary
4. Deputy Secretary
5. Treasurer

All members of the court must be able to sit through court proceedings. However, a minimum of 6 members must be present to process a case. The office duration of the court shall be 2 years. Then a new committee must be elected.  The same people can be re-elected. However, the municipality must periodically conduct surveys to evaluate the performance of the court. All these details shall be spelled out when Zenzeleni becomes a governing party. Last but not least is that a community court shall fall under the jurisdiction of a magistrate court in terms of its operations, but fall under the arm of the local municipality in terms of its administration, that is, funding and facilities. The court shall keep records and submit names to the national database of those who have been found guilty of delinquency or punishable offences. Albeit that will not be regarded as a criminal record but a record to monitor future behavior.

Court liaison with the police

Currently there are many criminal cases that are dismissed due to technicalities. Actually, this is injustice to the core. Zenzeleni proposes that if the is material evidence that a crime was committed, that case must never be closed until a court of law decides on the case and pass judgement accordingly. That means even if a suspect is not found guilty, then a case must be redrafted and new investigations begin. With enough evidence gained, this time around the suspect can be found guilty or acquitted. The purpose of this proposal is to ensure that justice is pursued and served. This has a psychological effect that once people know that a case will remain open until it is properly heard, they become wary of committing crimes. One thing for sure is that punishment works in curbing the crime rate. Also the type of punishment influences the circumstances. Harsher punishments often work better than softer punishments. That is how animals and human beings behave. It is often noted by psychologists that when you berate your children they soon do not even hear you when you speak. But when you stop talking and act, they start to take you serious.

If a judge dismisses a case, it means he’s saying it has no merit, and is throwing it out of court.

Typically, “getting off on a technicality” refers to a situation where a case is dismissed or a defendant is acquitted, not because they were proven innocent, but because of an error or omission in the legal process.

A legal technicality is a small but ultimately important detail of the law. For example, a robbery suspect might have his trial dismissed on a legal technicality if the arresting police officer neglected to show him a search warrant before searching his house. The technicality does not annul the fact that the suspect has committed a crime. Technicalities often favour the Human Rights element but ignore the Human Victim side. Zenzeleni believes in balancing these two.

Corporal Punishment – Flogging

Zenzeleni advocates for the reinstatement of corporal punishment. In order to avoid creating a perception that South Africans are a violent society, administration of corporal punishment shall be at a certain institutional level, namely, police stations. And this will be in accordance with a community court or magistrate court ruling.

That means, even though corporal punishment will be administered at local police stations, the police cannot administer such punishment without a court order. See our policy on Community Courts. See Referral 6 – Parents Abused by their Children

Imprisonment

It is noted with dismay that keeping people in prison is a costly exercise. Zenzeleni will always be a Rand conscious political party and government. The question is how much does it cost to keep a prisoner?

Each prisoner costs taxpayers R10,890 a month, says correctional services minister Ronald Lamola (26 June 2021). Apparently in 2025 is around R15’000 a month. About three-quarters of the cost of keeping a prisoner funds the salaries of warders and other correctional services staff. About R475 (+- R750 in 2025) a month is spent on food for each prisoner, according to Lamola’s written reply to a parliamentary question from IFP MP Christian Msimang. Lamola says he expects the average number of prisoners to increase by 20% to 170,000 in the 2021/22 financial year. Source: Times Live

Rights of Prisoners

According to Zenzeleni, prisoners have no rights, other than a right to

1. Live,
2. Be fed,
3. Education to become a better person and
4. Healthcare.

They abdicated their rights the day they were found guilty and sentenced to prison. Prisoners cannot vote, carry cellphones and live in luxury. That is a travesty of justice and a mock of societal norms.

Zenzeleni proposes the following in terms of imprisonment:

1. Imprisonment must not exceed 15 years.
2. Parole must be limited to terminal illness and old age above 80 years. The latter case, the offender must have served the minimum sentence. In the case of terminal illness, should the prisoner miraculously heal, any member of the community can lodge an anonymous complaint to have the parole rescinded. For example, in the famous case of Shabir Schaik. “It is 8 years since Schabir Shaik was released on medical parole after serving more than two years of a 15-year sentence for corruption. The Democratic Alliance is calling on Justice Minister Michael Masutha to review Shaik’s medical parole. Shaik was diagnosed with terminal illness at the time and said that he only had few days to live.”
3. Prisoners must earn their keep. Prisoners must be put to productive use all through their sentence. They must pay the government money for their keep which is costing the government and law-abiding South Africans lots of money.
4. Prisoners must attend Bible Study classes every 2 days in a week, irrespective of their professed religion. As stated before, Zenzeleni regards the Judeo Christian principles as the superior moral code of conduct, not in the legalistic framework as in Roman Dutch law or English law, but as a special conduit to the mind and heart of man. The Judeo Christian principles have been proven to be highly effective both in their agnostic and catholic applications. As the founder of Judeo Christian principles, being the Prince of Peace, has declared, “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades (death – termination) will not overcome it.” – Matthew 16:18

Police & Crime Prevention

At a certain point in the history of South Africa, the police force was a competent and respected service. Their crime fighting and prevention was efficient and effective. Though sometimes arousing different feelings due to apartheid. But even today you would hear people say, “ka nako ya maburu, ditshila tse ne di ka se etsagale” – meaning ‘during the times of apartheid, this rubbish wouldn’t happen.’

What has gone wrong? Today the South African police force is in shambles marked by gross incompetency, illiteracy, laziness and ineffectiveness whereby many communities have lost trust and respect for the police. In many cases, the police are seen collecting their shares from the drug traffickers; they are involved in robberies; they accept bribes to squash cases or render inadmissible evidence to court so that a case will lose merit; they are involved in criminal syndicates and protects malicious business practises because they own or have shares in those businesses. Is the government aware of all these? Yes, the politicians are aware. And it is highly rumoured that the politicians also have shares and a hand in many of the misdeeds. Yes, all the top brass in the police service are appointed by the ruling political party. But the ruling party has been accused of rampant corruption. So, what do we expect from the police ranks?

Apparently, as we speak, South Africa is one of the most crime ridden countries in the world. Only second to countries like Venezuela and Haiti. See the table below,

Countries with the Highest Crime Index:

Venezuela 81.2 – Papua New Guinea 79.7 – Afghanistan78.3 – Haiti 77.9 – South Africa 75.4

These are the top 5 worldwide.  Source: World Population Review

To put the reader in proper perspective, let us put it this way:

There are 194 countries in the world. In this 194, South Africa is number 5 at the top of the log of crime infested countries. And when you look at the points difference from No1 – Venezuela and us, there is a difference of only 6 points. For us to grab the Despicable World Champions of Crime title, we just need to commit a few extra murders, robberies, thefts, rapes, kidnappings, frauds and the likes. Interestingly many of us thought Nigeria, the king of scams, conmen and drug traffickers was on top. They are at number 14 – at some 10 points below South Africa. Of note is the second safest country in the world, the United Arab Emirates in Arabia, well known for cities like Dubai and Abu Dhabi. A place where the richest live and money spins like a pour of Dom Perignon Vintage Champagne into a crystal flute.

Chastisement penalties in the United Arab Emirates include:

• death (capital punishment)
• life imprisonment (15 years +)
• temporary imprisonment (3 to 15 years)
• confinement (1 to 3 years)
• detention (1 month to 1 year)
• flagellation (up to 200 lashes)
• fines

And life is good in the United Arab Emirates, you can walk around with your cellphone and purse full of dollars without fear of being mugged or shot. In South Africa, when you do that, you are knocking on heaven’s door. In Arabia, the Wahhabis cut off thieves’ hands and chop off murderers’ heads at the Chop Chop Square in full view of the public. And crime is almost at 0%. You can leave your car idling in the street full of your expensive belongings and nobody will touch it. That is why the United Arab Emirates is the second safest place in the world.

These of us who live in South Africa understands fully well what is to live in a crime ridden country. You have to check your back all the time. At home, in the streets, at the malls, the story is the same. Some years ago Donald Trump publicly criticized South Africa for being a lawless country, and the politicians grumbled. Was he telling the truth or just blaspheming the country? Zenzeleni will rebuilt the police force to its former glory. A new dispensation of democracy should not result in corruption and disdain of the law. Revamping the police force does not need rocket science. It should not be a difficult process but just retracing the steps. A once perfectly running machine doesn’t need to be reinvented, it just needs oiling and polishing.

Right to Live

Abortion

Zenzeleni due to its Judeo Christian policies, does not condone abortion. We believe that proper shelters of unwanted babies must be established where mothers can dump their babies confidentially and in dignity. However, the right to abort shall not be revoked.

We also have a fatherless society problem in South Africa where children are raised without their fathers. Thus both parents shall have equal rights to their children except where the court of law orders contrary.

Euthanasia

The right to self-annihilate has always been a contentious issue worldwide. Suicide is not a nice thing, but it happens nonetheless – see how bullied people often commit suicide. And it cannot be stopped but discouraged. In instances where a person is terminally ill and suffers utmost, we believe that it is the person’s right to decide her/his fate. This matter is between the sufferer and her/his God.

Death Penalty

To err is human, forgive divine. However, there are instances where man exhibits sheer wickedness and cruelty. We believe that there are certain crimes that cannot be averted but be exterminated by death, namely,

1. Human trafficking – Enter into the mind of a human trafficker, this person has lost all feelings for humanity. This person has become worse than a wild animal. He/she is an enemy to all mankind. Do you keep such a person in prison and waste valuable resources feeding, clothing and medically healing them? The cost of keeping one prison inmate for 10 years can take 3 to 4 students to university for 3 years.
2. Premeditated murder – in criminal history, it is often shown that 1 murderer ends ups murdering 5 or so people before society finally decides to get rid of him (legally or otherwise). Society is often forgiving (whether due to intimidation or time erosion). However, a murderer who is constantly exterminating his fellow homo sapiens will soon be ushered the same fate, legally or otherwise. Zenzeleni believes that 2 premeditated murders is sufficient justification to legally rid society of such menace permanently.
3. Poaching of endangered species, especially the rhinos and gorillas (they will be introduced soon in the South African environment by Zenzeleni). In a sense, South Africa must endeavour to acquire all types of animals available in the African continent because it is mostly here that the African heritage can be safely protected. Besides, different parts of South Africa have all the different types of African climates. South Africa is one hell of a blessed country. It is paradise on Earth. It just need to be developed accordingly.
4. Apart from the above three offences, it seems there are no actions that warrant a death penalty. To err is human, forgive divine. “ Ngwana dira phosho, ga a bolawe.”
5. Pardon – Once a murderer has been sentenced to death, the community can request pardon by launching a petition, which must muster 5000 (five thousand) legitimate signatures for the release of the condemned. After the petition has been verified, the condemned must be released.

A situation like this could happen where a community was terrorised by a gang of criminals and the law failed to protect that community. Eventually, some of the community members sought to defend themselves and in the process some of the gang members got killed. Then the court found that person/s guilty of premeditated murder. The community can seek to release its condemned member/s through a 5000 signature petition.

There is an adjunct commonly used by academics that “the death penalty is not a deterrent to homicide.” However, at Zenzeleni we disagree based on our observation of criminal elements through our many individual experiences. Furthermore, read the below scientific findings.

National Research Council, Deterrence and the Death Penalty

The Criminal Justice Legal Foundation has collected many of the recent, controversial deterrence studies, including ones by Hashem Dezhbakhsh, Paul H. Rubin, Joanna M. Shepherd, H. Naci Mocan & R. Kaj Gittings and others claiming a deterrent effect to the death penalty.

On April 18, 2012, the pres­ti­gious National Research Council of the National Academies released ​“Deterrence and the Death Penalty,” a report based on a review of more than three decades of research con­clud­ed that stud­ies claim­ing a deter­rent effect on mur­der rates from the death penal­ty are fun­da­men­tal­ly flawed. The report concluded:

The com­mit­tee con­cludes that research to date on the effect of cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment on homi­cide is not infor­ma­tive about whether cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment decreas­es, increas­es, or has no effect on homi­cide rates. Therefore, the com­mit­tee rec­om­mends that these stud­ies not be used to inform delib­er­a­tions requir­ing judg­ments about the effect of the death penal­ty on homi­cide. Consequently, claims that research demon­strates that cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment decreas­es or increas­es the homi­cide rate by a spec­i­fied amount or has no effect on the homi­cide rate should not influ­ence pol­i­cy judg­ments about cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment. (empha­sis added). 

Criminologist Daniel Nagin of Carnegie Mellon, who chaired the pan­el of experts, said, ​“We rec­og­nize this con­clu­sion will be con­tro­ver­sial to some, but nobody is well served by unfound­ed claims about the death penal­ty. Nothing is known about how poten­tial mur­der­ers actu­al­ly per­ceive their risk of punishment.”

Source: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/policy/deterrence/discussion-of-recent-deterrence-studies

There other issue is ‘the death penalty and the right to live.’  Why the death penalty is no longer allowed in South Africa? The Court stated that the unqualified right to life vested in every person by section 9 of the Constitution of South Africa is another factor crucially relevant to the question whether the death sentence is cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment within the meaning of section 11(2) of the Constitution.

Freedom and security of the person, that is. not to be treated or punished in a cruel, inhuman or degrading way.

Zenzeleni believes that the decision of the court is one sided in the sense that it does not impart equal rights. According to Zenzeleni, the murderer and the murdered are equal entities before the law and must be treated equally. Was the victim not treated inhuman, cruel or degrading when murdered? Did not the victim suffer much pain and trauma when murdered? Are the families of the murdered not traumatised and hurt to the depth of their souls? See Referral 8 – Death Penalty. Unless if the court regard only the living as having more rights than the dead whose lives was decimated illegally and often selfishly; that part of the constitution shall stand.

1. In the case of human trafficking – are the victims not brutalized and traumatized to the worst degree? Are their families not traumatized for life? When your loved one is kidnapped / abducted to be used as a slave or prostitute, how does that sit with you?
2. In the case of animal poaching, are the animals not treated cruelly to the most savage degree?  Some have to languish in traps for hours before they die.
3. In the case of premeditated homicide, it is proven so many times that people that find it easy to kill others will go on doing that until some intervention in the same fate is handed to them. One doctor once said, “Unfortunately there are a lot of mentally ill people that we cannot diagnose until it is too late.”

Conclusion on Justice

It is a perceived notion by the South African public that the justice system or South African law favours law breakers against law abiding citizens. Perceptions don’t arise from smoke, they arise from what people see. That is why psychologists coined a phrase called “Perception is Reality.”

Education

South Africa has seen appalling falling education standards over the past 3 decades. Zenzeleni will pursue an educational system that provides support for diverse learners. The education system will emphasizes discipline, respect, and hard work. Students will be encouraged and assisted to perform exceptionally well in mathematics and science. Zenzeleni will build a strong cultural emphasis on education. And the system will also promote moral education and social responsibility.

Zenzeleni will promote a strong technology based educational system and invest a lot of money in the educational infrastructure. The system will also minimize standardized testing and prioritize collaborative learning and critical thinking. It is critical to develop a balanced curriculum that focuses on critical thinking and problem-solving, rather than rote memorization.

Lastly, a strong emphasis will be placed on mathematics and science. The system will also apply a meritocratic approach, where students are encouraged to excel based on their abilities. Zenzeleni recognizes the fact we are all unique and each and every human being is vested with certain talents. We will also invest heavily in teacher training and professional development, ensuring that educators are well-prepared and respected. It is necessary to develop societal values that prioritize education and lifelong learning.

Opening redundant schools

It is unfortunate that the current regime has closed so many schools and institutions of higher learning in their misguided belief of integration. The result is a plethora of school and college buildings that lie unused. For example, the closing of Vista University.

Zenzeleni will reopen and repurpose all such buildings. Currently, we have a situation where at every beginning of the year, parents struggle to place their children in schools of their choice.

Compulsory Education

All people under the age of 18 must be in one way or another in a schooling system. It be ordinary school, college or university. Alternatively, the person must be formally employed and is a taxpaying citizen. Failure to be a registered student or a registered taxpayer between the ages 16 to 20 is a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment. Basically, what Zenzeleni is saying is that young people must either spend their time learning something or must be formally employed. Loafing is a no-no. Drug addiction (nyaopes) is criminal offence.

All people under the age of 16 must be in one way or another in a schooling system. People under the age of 16 cannot be formally employed except in weekend or vocational temporary jobs. Child labour will be outlawed in South Africa.

Transport to school

The Zenzeleni government will systematically build a fleet of government owned school buses. The buses will all have a uniform colour and marked ‘School Bus,’ a system similar to the United States of America.

Curriculum

Grades one to six – The following subjects will be compulsory:

1. English
2. An introduction into all technical fields. This will be only theory and pictorial studies of the trades. The aim is to give pupils a broad knowledge of different technical subjects so that they can be able to make an informed decision on which line to follow when entering high school. Perhaps that can be from Grade 3 to Grade 6.
3. Biblical studies. Pupils must be taught about morals and the love for God, fellow humans, animals and the environment.
4. Arithmetic
5. Business Economics – theoretical concepts.
6. Another language – every school must be able to offer 3 other languages whereby a pupil can chose 1. For example, a school can offer Afrikaans, Ndebele and Sotho. A pupil must chose only one in addition to the compulsory English.
7. Hygiene and related subjects. Perhaps that can be from Grade R to Grade 3.

Grades seven to twelve – The following subjects will be compulsory:

1. English
2. One technical subject. Theory and practicals. Meaning that by the end of Grade 12, a student must be proficient the application of a technical trade at basic level. For example, if a pupil studied electric works, he/she must be able to fix small household appliances and domestic electrical installations. The same applies to welding, bricklaying, dressmaking, plumbing, cooking and baking, carpentry, tailoring, farming, et cetera. A plethora of local trade schools will be established to ensure that pupils have easy access of their chosen trades. A trade school will be attended at least once a week. Government transport will be provided to different trade schools from the original everyday school. This is to ensure that parents are not unnecessarily burdened.
3. Mathematics or basic mathematics.
4. Business Economics – practical applications.
5. Studying of an extra language in high school is optional. However, no pupil must study more than 2 languages, including English which is compulsory.

Higher Education

At college and university level, students can chose whatever vocation they prefer. However, the government will only fund technical, science and technology pursuits. Currently, South Africa has over supply of professionals in humanities and scarcity in science and technology. It will be an injustice to the country to keep on encouraging the oversupply.

Pass Mark

All grades and standards will have a 50% pass mark as minimum promotion threshold. This is to ensure that the education system produces good quality students.

Internet

Zenzeleni will ensure that free Internet is available in all high schools, colleges and universities.

Sanitary

Zenzeleni will ensure that no school in the Republic of South Africa uses pit latrines. Furthermore, government issue sanitary pads will be available to girls. Condoms will not be offered in schools.

Feeding schemes

Every school will be allowed to apply for a feeding scheme according to their demographics and communal needs. Schools differ, some are located in poor communities while some are in rich communities.

Discipline

If the school is experiencing challenging discipline issues, the school can refer the matter to the community court with or without the cooperation of the parents. The court can impose whatever disciplinary measures it deems fit including corporal punishment. See our policy on Community Courts.

Racism & Gender Equality

“Human biology does not divide people into different races. It is prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution that insist on this division. In other words, race is a cultural or historical way of making differences signify between people of a variety of skin tones. What is important is not difference as such, but how it is made to signify, how it is made meaningful in terms of a social and political hierarchy.” – Source: Anonymous – Found on a piece of paper in a pile of 2nd hand books Jeri Kekana bought.    

What is racism? Classic racism is often associated with power and white–specific power structures. The American Psychological Association explains racism as something that’s “structural, institutional, interpersonal and internalized.” Countries like South Africa and the United States of America are notorious of practising racial hatred and division to the extreme.

As stated in the preamble, “Human biology does not divide people into different races.” Zenzeleni understands that there is nothing that differentiate human beings except their skin tone. And even the skin tone sometimes alters depending on how much it is exposed to the sun. Physiology and anatomy attests to this lack of difference. Cultural and traditional differences are artificial impositions that shift with time and are influenced by other factors including geography, availability of resources, knowledge resources and other artificial factors.

“Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground. So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.” Genesis 1:26 & 27; 2:7.

It is clear from this eternal source that no man is superior to another because from dust they all come and to dust they all return. The fate is the same. In contrast, the superior ones should have a different fate than the inferior ones. Ecclesiastes 2:14. Unfortunately, mankind is riddled with too many illusions of grandeur. Nature too, has a reckless proclivity of clumping the superior and inferior together as if there is no distinction, alas, what a mischief.

It will be prudent for white supremacists patients who get blood or organ donation to verify the race of the donor because sometimes this people get donation from black folks. Ethically speaking, this donation would definitely dilute the alleged supremacism.

Gender Equality

After the democratisation of South Africa in 1994, the ANC has systematically created an environment where women were favoured more than men.  That culture of gender favouritism saw women getting the best jobs, tender opportunities, learnership opportunities and so many programs like “Take a girl child to work.” When will the boy child be taken to work? Doesn’t he deserve the opportunities accorded to others? And then we wonder why so many prisons are full of boys. We also wonder why so many South African women are without men in their lives. And we lament the fatherless society South Africa has turned to be. 30 years of systematic partitioning is bearing fruit now.

This sexist agenda is now at its peak in such a way that men know that they have to sit at the back bench and allow the women to lead the way. Even though on face value it looks like balancing of the scale and a shift from patriarchal culture. The truth is that this is a satanic arrangement to create much havoc within society. Indeed, havoc it has created. The current level of gender based violence (GBV) in South Africa is unprecedented.  The marriage stats have dropped drastically while divorce stats have skyrocketed.

What is God’s way?  So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27. This means that God created both equally. Indeed, this is confirmed by the fact that man and woman needs each other to survive. This is borne by the fact that every man has a mother and every woman has a father.

Yes, it is true that over the many years of human history, many cultures have proven to be patriarchal. Some with valid reasons (like war & other challenges where women had to be safeguarded) and others with fallacy of reasoning. Some cultures have outright oppressed women like in countries where women are required to cover themselves from head to toe. Even cover their faces and look like ghosts. In some instances women are denied formal education. Obviously, a loving God cannot impose such oppression to His children. Deuteronomy 7:9

However, it is also true that many other cultures have practiced equal rights as God intended. However, equal rights does not mean that the inherently different characteristics of the genders have been overlooked. A man is different from a woman and vice versa. Not only with sexual organs but with emotional makeup, thinking processes and others. We shall not delve into these differences because they are taught at school. However, the differences are complementary. The point is that there is communal harmony when each gender fulfills her/ his role in society. Though marginalization of gender is practiced in South Africa under the ANC government, unfortunately society has not moved with the times. And it will never until doomsday. Anecdotes such as “You mustn’t come and tell me that you are not working, YOU ARE A MAN” or “Ooh Nooo! You must make a plan, YOU ARE A MAN.”

The shifting of patriarchal culture to the matriarchal extreme is self-defeating and shortsighted. We must learn from the mistakes mankind has made over the years and fix this faults by seeking balance and goodwill at all times. The current prioritizing of women in all aspects of employment, business opportunities, education and almost everything is abhorred by Zenzeleni. Equal opportunities must apply and people must earn their successes through merit. In extreme cases where the slate is slanted towards one side, a bit of remedial action can be made to create balance. For example, these days fathers prefer to ensure that their daughters get proper education because when the girl is grownup and working, whether married or single, she does not neglect her parents. Whereas with boys it is different. When grown up, he will spend money on girls and if married, it will be the wife’s family that will be taken care of. (Please don’t accuse Zenzeleni for these assertions. It is what we often hear from fathers – This is another social case study for another day). But naturally women are home centric. It is in their involuntary mechanism. Just like children and playing, you cannot stop children from playing, it is their natural proclivity.

Coalitions

Zenzeleni is sensitive to coalitions as it is often proven worldwide that they seldom work. We believe that we must be content with whatever the results of an election. If the party did not instil enough confidence in the electorate to muster a majority, if we must be an opposition, or minor party, let it be.

However, when the leading party is in line with our vision and policies, they will get our support. Zenzeleni is not in politics to politic, we are in the game of politics to make South Africa one of the best countries in the world. We are in it for national pride and personal pride. How good it will be to be called a South African – people of a great country – where there is plenty of food; jobs; living is affordable and to the highest standards; there is racial harmony; gender equality; equal opportunities; the environment (both fauna & flora) is protected and preserved to the best possible standards (we kill those who kill the rhino); and all human beings are equally regarded as sons and daughters of the Most High God, the Creator of the whole Universe with its galaxies, constellations and nebulae.

Foreign Policy

Foreign policy is the mechanism national governments use to guide their diplomatic interactions and relationships with other countries. A state’s foreign policy reflects its values and goals, and helps drive its political and economic aims in the global arena.

In terms of foreign policy, Zenzeleni is guided by 3 principles, namely, 

1. South Africa First.
2. Reasonable Dialogue.
3. No Meddling.

Elucidation of these principles is as follows:

South Africa First

This means that whatever transaction we do with another country, the interests of South Africa and its people must come first. If South Africa is going to be robbed in the outcome of a deal, then it is better not to proceed with it. It is ideal to pursue a win – win outcome in all deals.

Reasonable Dialogue

Any negotiations we enter into must have a certain quality of reasonableness. Unreasonable requests, offers and promises must be avoided at all costs. 

No Meddling

This means no interference in other countries’ internal affairs. We would only interfere when there is human rights violation, firstly by initiating reasonable dialogue, failing which we would apply sanctions. If there is a need to apply arms to the fatherless to defend themselves, we would do so, after thoughtfully and prayerfully assessing the situation and its background facts.

For example,

1. We would not send our soldiers to fight a mercenary conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Instead we would initiate and encourage a reasonable dialogue between the warring factions.
2. We would not have initiated proceedings against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Reason being that the Palestinian conflict did not start in 1948. It is a 1415 years old (1 millennium & 4 centuries old) conflict. The conflict started in 610 AD when Islam was founded and the hostilities have been going on ever since. The Palestinian conflict is not about land. It is a religious conflict. It must be remembered that it is well documented that ever since Islam was begun, its express mission was to annihilate the Jews and the Christians. Unfortunately, the Jews and the Christians rightfully assert that Islam found them in Palestine, and it should relegate itself to Mecca and Medina where it was founded and is currently headquartered. This situation is exactly similar to the conflict in North & South Nigeria. Many similar cases have been playing themselves in miniscule events worldwide.

Vacation

All foreign visitors from all countries will be required to have a visa before entering South Africa. This is mainly to control immigration and boost revenues. Furthermore, 

1. A visitor must state the duration of the visit, which must not exceed 3 months.
2. They must provide a full itinerary and contact details of places where they will be staying.

Immigration

Immigration is a process through which individuals become permanent residents or citizens of another country. Due to the unprecedented influx of foreign nationals in South Africa, Zenzeleni will halt all immigration except for those who have approved work permits. Permits will only be granted to immigrants who will be providing scarce skills that cannot be found in South Africa,

Asylum

Asylum seeking will be banned in South Africa except in exceptional cases where the person can prove without reasonable doubt that he/she was a political figure in their home country.

Deportation

Deportees will be used to maximum use so that they can earn their cost of deportation. Deportation is a costly exercise depending on the destination. It requires an estimate of R3000 to R17’000 to deport an illegal immigrant. These immigrants must be used for extensive labour in farms and other projects that South Africans don’t particularly like. It is factual that there are certain occupations South Africans are not fond of. This peculiar trait is found in all countries in the world. So countries employ foreigners to do the job. It will be unfair to South Africans to waste their tax money on deportations when we need to build schools, hospitals and roads. In the past 5 years deportations cost the taxpayer R1.2 billion. That is R33’000 per person from all South Africans in the population of 62 million including children. What would you do with 33 thousand rand in your pocket which everybody in your household could get? If you are a family of 8 in your household that means you would get R264’000. Every household would get thousands of Rands package. That is what it cost the South African government to deport foreigners. Alternatively, let’s use “dem illegals” free labour to increase production and hopefully that will help us to increase old age pension from a mere R2100 to say R3500.

Xenophobia

Is South Africa a xenophobic country? Indeed, the country has been accused as one of the most xenophobic countries in the world. Zenzeleni is a South African political party and might not be a good source to provide an impartial answer. However, let it be the reader’s prerogative to make a judgement. Here are the facts:

1. Two in three crimes is committed by a foreigner.
2. Criminal foreigners cannot be traced due to lack of personal data (fingerprints & names).
3. Saturation of the job market. South Africa is suffering a 50% unemployment rate and then comes a heavy influx of unemployed illegal immigrants.
4. Over burdening of the healthcare facilities whereby foreigners have occupied 90% of hospital beds and consume medical supplies to the detriment of South Africans. Due to the government’s misguided human rights policies. Whereby the word “illegal” has lost meaning.
5. Some foreigners, especially those from Islamic countries are heavily funded to set up small businesses that compete with unfunded locals, thus dominating the local economies. And these foreigners take the money they make out of the country. Meaning that foreigners drain South Africa out of money.
6. It has been documented a million times that foreigners produce fake goods whereby a lot of big companies like Coca Cola, Kelloggs have become victims. And they are often caught with expired food, which is sometimes repackaged. 
7. Foreigners produce and sell unhygienic foods which have resulted in the death of many children to the point where President Ramaphosa has inadequately tried to address the issue by decreeing that informal shops be registered. Zenzeleni predicted that this measure will be futile because it does not address the core issue. Indeed, futile it is.
8. It is well known and documented that Nigerian nationals sell drugs to South African children. See drug busting show, Sizok’thola, on Moja Love (DStv Channel 157).
9. The same Nigerians enslave young South African girls and use them in prostitution rackets.
10. Foreigners increase the problem of homelessness. They aggravate the problem of informal squatter camps. They build shacks with plastics and cardboards wherever space and chance allows them. Thus lowering the South African living standards in most cases to gravitate towards the standards of where they come from.
11. In 99% of road spiking incidents, victims say the perpetrators were foreigners. Victims get robbed and assaulted.
12. Illegal miners (Zama Zamas) carry military caliber ammunition and explosives to fight among themselves, and are a threat to infrastructure and communities. These illegal miners are mostly foreigners.
13. Foreigners don’t pay tax.
14. Most of the money foreigners make in South Africa is shipped out to their home countries thus causing a currency hemorrhage.
15. The Chinese and Nigerians are notorious for human trafficking in South Africa.
16. Foreigners aggravate the problem of fatherless children. Especially Ethiopians, Somalis and Pakistanis. They are nomadic and don’t give a damn. They also cannot be traced for child maintenance.
17. Foreigners are crippling many companies with their illicit trade. For example, take the case of British American Tobacco. A South Africa company that has been crippled by illicit trade and faking of their brands. This company employs South Africans and pays taxes. Foreigners don’t employ South Africans and don’t pay taxes.
18. Foreigners don’t employ South Africans, they employ other foreigners. Meaning that the country is losing money on all fronts, namely, tax revenue and money exports.
19. The number of stolen vehicles crossing the border to Zimbabwe and Mozambique is shocking.

Do we need to say more?

Government Efficiency

A public policy works well if it is beneficial to the people and if it is carried out well. Politicians make policy and specialist bureaucrats in the public service roll it out. These appointed officials are supposed to follow a strict professional and ethical code of conduct. Three decades after the advent of a new and democratic South Africa, the exuberance that marked the dawn of a new South Africa has been replaced by growing signs of despair regarding the inability of government to provide the services that the majority of the people anticipated.

Slow service rollout caused by human resource challenges stemming from a lack of capacity and technical skills to deliver quality services to the people. Shortage of skills has been blamed for the slow pace of service delivery and poor quality of services being rendered. But whilst the shortage of skills does occupy a central position in the delivery of public service, skills shortage alone cannot however explain public service delivery inertia, other factors such as corruption, nepotism, interference in the day to day management and administration of departments by political principals, such as ministers and MECs, the political appointee (cadre deployment) organizational structures of departments, must also be considered.

While all the above factors are true and prevailing to varying degrees, our observation at Zenzeleni is that poor service output is mainly caused by the lack of desire to serve. This lack of desire can often be seen by the disinterest displayed by government managers in their work. We have not had the resources to look into the cause of this scenario. However, the most apparent contributing factor is political meddling because this complaint is trending.

Secondly, poor use of production time. Many managers in government departments spend their time attending never ending meetings. Today is this meeting, tomorrow is another one and so on, eternally.  Implementation of programs and projects suffers heavily due to this lack of effective use of production time.

Thirdly, lack of accountability and consequence management is also a serious factor. How does a government department employ three thousand ghost employees and there is no consequences? Neither is the President concerned, nor the minister of finance nor the prosecuting authorities concerned!

Fourthly, complacency, public servants have not been able to put into practice the policies designed to end poverty, inequality and unemployment because they are well catered for. They receive monthly salaries, they have job security and get bonuses. So who cares? They can support their families, put bread on the table and drive new cars. Managers in government departments normally earn fat salaries that allow them to live comfortably if not luxurious. And these perks are never performance related like in the private sector. That it is why it is often remarked that if government employees can work in the private sector, they will be crushed to smithereens. Well the government is socialist in demeanour; every government is socialist. And socialism is not geared to produce profits, it focuses on sustenance. Whereas the private has shareholder pressure to produce profit and scatter dividends. Therefore complacency is often a deadly plague in the private sector. To be in the private sector is literally to be in a river full of piranhas. Zenzeleni believes that every progressive government should simulate the piranha environment and strive for maximum returns. There is a saying that says, ‘In life there is never a static position, you are either going forward or going backwards.’

Department of government efficiency

Zenzeleni will establish a department of government efficiency that will look at constraints that impacts negatively the delivery of services to the population. In all cases, such bottlenecks are artificial and can be smoothed out with minimal effort. Often it only demands a bit of creative thinking and management will. Inefficiencies of government departments cost the country a lot of money both in fiscal terms and time resources. Time is money – people get paid to come to work and do nothing. By removing this inefficiencies we will save taxpayers money and government coffers will swell so that we can repay the World Bank and IMF debts. Our goal is to make South Africa one of the best countries in the world. And that can only be achieved through superior mechanisms of government structures and a change of population mindset into a giver’s posture. A giver’s posture cannot happen where there is massive looting of government coffers. South Africa has indeed become like all other African countries. Without the citizens taking a vigilant stance against this African decay phenomena, it means we are going to drift into poverty in a land of plenty, just like most African countries today.

Unspent funds returned to National Treasury is another key sign of inefficiency. This means that the affected departments do not know how to implement the projects allocated to it. The massive employment of outside consultants say a lot too. The plethora of corruption allegations and cases and their slow or no prosecution leaves a lot to be desired.

Typical inefficiencies which shows government insensitivity.

1. Access to public healthcare services – Often when a patient goes to clinic or hospital, he/she must wake up early in the morning, around 3 or 4 in the morning. Whereas the facility opens at 8:00. The reason is to beat the queue because if one comes at opening time, the queue will be too long. Can these facilities establish a virtual queueing system so that everyone can come at 7:30 and be served according her/his number in the queue? Again the waiting period to access certain healthcare services is shockingly too long. It is like the patients are doomed to perdition.
2. The Court of Justice inefficiency – A summoned person is instructed to appear before court often around 8:00 or 9:00. Then what happens is that the person will appear before court or will sit for the whole day only to be told at around 16:00 that the case is postponed to another date. What an insensitivity! And this can happen several times until you decide not to show up and you get charged for contempt of court.

Employment

The issue of employment is one of the most painful subjects in South Africa and most parts of the world. Presently, President Ramaphosa must be dreading this topic because over the years of his presidency he has been promising South Africans lofty forecasts which never materialised. At least these days he is avoiding this topic. Relentless unemployment is hitting the country like those blows of Mike Tyson and Bruce Lee combined. President Ramaphosa has been failing dismally to solve the unemployment crisis in South Africa.

Nevertheless, we must be fair to the man. The problem of unemployment did not start with President Ramaphosa. He inherited it from his predecessors. It started just after 1994 when the “Swart Gevaar” regime passed the baton to the new democratic President Nelson Mandela. Then the problem started brewing and fermenting to its today’s unprecedented level. Somehow, one can pity Mandela because he had to juggle through many contentious issues and was not trained in economics. Therefore, he relied a lot on advisors to guide him on most of the economic issues. For example, the BEE (Black Economic Empowerment) concept came during his tenure but was not his idea.

Then the problem continued to grow under President Mbeki who sometimes lost touch with ground realities. Then the problem of unemployment magnified during the tenure of President Jacob Zuma. It is that era when the government coffers were looted mercilessly and corruption flared like wildfire blown by gale force winds. “Nedbank, one of South Africa’s largest banks, estimates that poor policy decisions, maladministration, and corruption during Zuma’s second term alone cost the South African economy R470 billion (US$33.7 billion).” Atud, Vivian (14 January 2015). “South African Government Debt up 62% Under the Zuma Administration”. News24. Retrieved 12 January 2022. The Guptas, who were President Jacob Zuma’s associates, pocketed money left, right and centre. Presently, several years after, both President Jacob Zuma and the Guptas are facing charges of corruption and looting.

Then comes President Ramaphosa who inherits this stinking mess. But still the juicy train of corruption still persists under his administration. However, we start to see some feeble attempts to bring it under control. Nonetheless, the South African Government Debt up 76% and promises of employment turn into fairy tales. And the children don’t want to hear the same story every day. They cry, “Daddy tell us another story,” but daddy doesn’t have another story.

What is the problem?

In 1994 the ANC inherited a chicken and a basket full of eggs. They first slaughtered the chicken and made a good dinner of it. (They sold Iscor, collapsed Denel, unbundled the South African Railways and many other so called “undoing the National Party structures”) This is a long story to be told another time. Furthermore, they started eating the eggs for breakfast. Instead of incubating some few eggs so that they could have more chickens and eggs. No, they eat everything. Then the basket is empty, so they go and borrow a pile of eggs from the neighbours. Pile means boxes full of eggs. The same story continues, all the eggs get roasted for a tasty breakfast. The South African debt stands at a shocking bundle of trillions of Rands. The money was used for consumption purposes. No meaningful revenue producing projects were created.

What are the results?

Economic stagnation and decline – Rising unemployment – The gap between the rich and the poor is growing bigger and bigger – Potential of social unrest is becoming cancerous.

In this case, the hypothesis of the poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer does not apply. It is an illusionary conjecture because you cannot get rich when others next to you are getting poorer. You are actually sitting on a landmine which is waiting for you to make one small wrong move and all your wealth is blown to pieces. At that time insurance companies don’t pay because they are malicious, they don’t pay because they have run out of funds and shareholders have run into the bushes. Therefore, technically speaking, your wealth is sitting on a time bomb which you don’t know when it will explode. You only have to wait for the day the World Bank IMF refuses to advance further loans, then you know that the tsunami is coming. Unlike what Christ said about the end of the world that no man, even angels don’t know when it is coming, wealth hoarders can use econometric models to predict the day of the tsunami. Alas, it is a human proclivity to shun such calculations.

African Schedule of Experiences

The reader will see that South Africa is going through the African Schedule of Experiences which is a series of experiences undertaken by most African countries, namely,

1. Indigenous cultures and existence – ancient and primitive Africans living their day to day lives. Some tribes are nomadic, subsistence farming, tribal battles fought, the environment is sustained and life is good and sometimes traumatic due to tribal invasions and droughts.
2. Colonilization – Foreign settlers come – murder and slavery – some people are taken away to faraway lands to be sold as slaves – land grabbing – cattle robbing – burning of grain fields – resources as in livestock plundered – total subjugation through gun power.
3. Colonial administration – establishment of Christianity (by the way Christianity is not a European religion. It is 100% African) – development of colonial building structures and government administrations – cataloguing of people – racial segregated development programs – establishment of Western education.
4. Independence granted sometimes after massive rebellions, sometimes peacefully – natives take over government administration – decline of standards in all regards – reversal of economic gains – no further economic development – poverty becomes a widespread phenomenon – political oppression – dictatorships – mismanagement of national funds – leaders enrich themselves and families – blame it all on colonialism.
5. The awakening – social unrests – demand for reforms – a series of coup d’états – undemocratization – military rule – oppression of political opponents – widespread poverty – seeking of political solutions amid resistance by the elite, most government officials – little economic growth if any.

This is the African schedule of experiences but it seems it doesn’t differ much from the European schedule.

Solution for Unemployment

There are many solutions that can disintegrate the monster called unemployment – socialist policies – communist policies – extensive unemployment dole – free distribution of food parcels and healthcare – encourage entrepreneurship. It all depends on whether these solutions work or have worked before and are sustainable. We at Zenzeleni believe that all these methods can work at certain times and situations. For example, free distribution of food parcels and healthcare would work best in a war situation; encouragement of entrepreneurship would not work in that situation. However, in a peaceful free flowing situation free distribution of food parcels would not work. It is anathema to economic growth because it would breed laziness.

After much cogitation and analysis, Zenzeleni is convinced that the only way to solve the current South African unemployment crisis is the comprehensive application of its economic policy as espoused in the Economy discourse. See section on Economy

Employment Equity Law

The purpose of the Employment Equity Act is meant to end unfair discrimination in the workplace, it also promotes affirmative action. Larger employers are obliged by law to take steps to improve the situation of Black people, women and people with disabilities in the workplace. The law also stipulates different employment quotas for different race groups according to the racial composition.

The problems of Employment Equity are as follows:

1. How do you fill specialized positions with people you did not train first?
2. Lack of monitoring.
3. Lack of enforcement.
4. What does an employer do when he cannot get enough workers of a certain race group? For example, South Africans in general are not fond of working in mines. For the many past years, working at mines was a 50/50 gambling with one’s life. You might come back home or be buried underneath. The safety standards at mines was appalling. Another example, South Africans in general are not fond of working in farms. Reasons of Black workers was the very low wages and bad treatment by White farmers. For other race groups, reasons are unknown. It must also be remembered that prejudice towards certain jobs is a worldwide phenomena. Saudis hate rubbish collecting with a passion.
5. Challenges in retaining diverse talent.

Unemployment Grant – Dole

Zenzeleni will offer an unemployment grant of not less than R1’500 (one thousand five hundred rand) per month to any citizen below the age of 60. The following conditions will apply.

1. The applicant must prove that they cannot find employment and the government with its vast network connections with the private sector cannot offer any job opportunity whatsoever.
2. The applicant cannot be assisted through the Small Business Bank to start a side hustle according to her/his natural talents. It is a Judeo Christian principle that God gave every person on Earth a talent to help that person add value to the society they live in and thereby earn a living so that they may not sleep hungry. This Judeo Christian principle is well expounded in a book titled “You Were Born To Be a Success” by Jeri Kekana (2010) – ISBN 978-0-620-46151-1.

Loafing

A loafer is a person who avoids work and spends their time idly. In other words this person is voluntarily unemployed even when there are lots of job opportunities. Through sheer laziness, this person is a burden to society and depends on others to take care of her/his needs.

Zenzeleni will arrest loafers and punish them with either corporal sentencing, see Community Courts, or monetary fines, or sending them to labour camps to work in farms, remote factories and mines (for habitual loafers). However, people can be declared loafers when there are plenty of job vacancies that struggle to be filled whereas there are people idling without formal employment. And those people are capable of filling those vacancies. See 2 Thessalonians 3:10. The Zenzeleni ideal of making South Africa one of the best countries in the world cannot be achieved with a nation of loafers.

Furthermore, vagabondry, street beggars, intentional homelessness and nyaopes will not be tolerated. Such elements will be arrested and sent to labour camps for rehabilitation. Equally, erection of shacks and plastic huts anywhere and everywhere as people please will be a trespassing offense punishable by the Community Courts.

Employment Conclusions

Zenzeleni still wonders if the Employment Equity is a good law. Perhaps its purpose was to protect minority groups from exclusion. In that case, it is worth its salt.

Another major problem is the uncontrolled influx of documented and undocumented immigrants. These people undercut the wage levels and render South Africans jobless. In simple terms, they steal jobs from South Africans. Lastly, the present regime has no plan and vision for creating jobs. Several initiatives were established but the implementation is thoroughly lacking. Zenzeleni will implement its tried and tested economic policies boldly, diligently and meticulously. These policies are tried and tested because they worked in countries that applied them. Do you wonder why President Donald Trump is slapping foreign countries with tariffs left, right and centre? It might look like madness, but Zenzeleni understands the reason behind the noble madness.

Suggestion Boxes

Zenzeleni acknowledges that a government is made up of people and their main purpose is to administer the collective resources of the nation in such a manner that the country can benefit. We all know that there is no one who knows everything, the “know it all man.” We all learn from others because humans are symbiotic in nature.

Zenzeleni will establish various platforms in all cities and towns for citizens to submit suggestions for improvement, complaints where things go wrong, and whistle blowing when there is corrupt and criminal activities. All submissions will be taken into strictest confidence and urgency. Within 72 hours the sender must get an acknowledgement and directive as to which department and person the information has been sent to. And the respondent must respond to the sender within 48 hours. Non-conformance will be regarded as lowering of standards and dealt with harshly. Zenzeleni believes in upholding the highest standards in all aspects of living as far as resources permit. That is why it is hurting to see people live in shacks.

Zenzeleni believes in a government of cooperation whereby the government and its people work hand in hand like a hand in a glove or a foot in a shoe. The people see things earlier, they are often witnesses and can report system derailments and bottlenecks quicker. It is better when the government and the people police their country together. That is why we believe that the virtual Suggestions Boxes will help us to improve the country exponentially. 

Isn’t that what is meant by ‘the government of the people by the people?’

Disclaimer

1. In providing information in this domain, we at Zenzeleni have first and foremost used information we have personally observed individually and collectively over the many years of our sojourn in South Africa.
2. Other sources of information have been used including, published documents, historical accounts by other authors, newspapers (hy lieg soos n’ koerant?), conversations with other people and the web.
3. In regard to statistics it must be remembered that they can be manipulated to produce a large array of conclusions, including those substantiating the predilections of the analyst.
4. The contents are meant to be accurate, truthful and neutral. No offense is meant to anybody.
5. Zenzeleni is a political party. In all respect to our supporters, the information contained herein is to propagate proper political education and Zenzeleni’s visions.
6. Anyone who feels that some information contained herein is erroneous, is welcome to provide corrections.
7. Most of the ideas presented in this domain are a mere shadow of the full concept and its application. The full concept will be experienced when Zenzeleni is voted into a position where they can implement their ideas.

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Careers at Zenzeleni

Community Representatives

Zenzeleni is looking for people that are passionate about community development. Key responsibilities are driving social development programs and ensuring that community projects and infrastructure are well maintained. There are various posts available nationwide on a 5 year contract basis. Both female & male applicants are welcome. There are no relocation issues because incumbents will be placed in their home areas in communities they know best.

Requirements:

1. Must be sensitive and passionate about working with different levels of society.
2. Some community project experience.
3. Be used to working with people on a large scale.
4. Understand how local government (municipalities) structures work.
5. Must be computer literate especially on Excel, Word, WhatsApp, YouTube and TikTok.
6. Must be a South African citizen.
7. Be fluent in at least two South African languages.

To apply, please fill the General Enquiries form on the Contact Us and request application forms.