So a few days ago as I was walking towards the gate of the complex I live in I noticed this huge truck parked in the parking area.It was filled with loads of vegetables and other packages loaded on the back. As I stood there gazing at that truck (for no apparent reason), this man dressed in prison warder uniform comes running towards the truck with a refusal bag in his hand.
For a second I stood there in awe starring at him and I pointed him out to my friend whom I was with and he couldn’t even be bothered by us as we looked on. He hurridly climbed up the truck bent over and rummaged through the pile of cabbages and white sacks throwing in his bag as much goodies as he could. How I wish I would have taken a picture, actually it would have made a great Daily Sun front page story. Instead I decided to look away, so much for being a responsible citizen. So to ease my convenience I decided to blog about it.
Anyway for those of you who haven’t figured it out, this was a prison warder who was travelling in a state vehicle filled with state supplies and he decided to make a detour at his house to help himself a little on the supplies. I don’t really know how to feel about this. If I complain, I would be advocating for prisoners and worrying about how they would die of starvation while state officials are embezzeling their food supplies. For I couldn’t care less, don’t even know what the fuss is about even when they go on hunger strikes. WHO CARES. But that is besides the point.
I think the bottom line was that he was a government official and he was misusing govertment funds. Nothing new there. But the fact that he was doing it in broad day light in sight of all to see was just horrifying. But then again what did you expect from a country that has foreign planes landing on military bases with no one knowing about it. Then they blame other people for turning this country into a “banana republic” while they have only themselves to blame.
Siziphiwe M 