as a country that is democratic and creates an image of poor service delivery what South Africa stands for as a "harmony country" is false.
South Africans seem to be constantly rising to the streets and the Marikanna strike is just an example of how the government fails to meet public demands.
As a Public relations practitioner who strives to maintain a favourable image for the country of South Africa, I still believe that the media constantly communicates about the negative image of South Africa.
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Article 6 of workers rightsexpresses that
11) There shall be equal pay for work of equal value, and equal access to employment, training and advancement is mere talk
issues such as poverty, unemployment and equality seem to be unchanging.
Democracy in our country as according to the media means no exclusion, no segregation and no oppression of the majority. So why is it that South Africans are oppressed and killed when they communicate about issues?
The questions South Africans should answer are:
- Is the media working for or against the image of South Africa?
- is the R12 500 that mine workers are requesting realistic?.
All I know is that as South Africans we love to strike but we don't think of the consequences and when things don't go our way, we blame unions and the government.
ReplyDelete@kea Rams after seeing 34 people dead I definetly agree with you South Africans love to strike.We do think of the consequences but we strike any way. We are very quick to blame unions more especially when we do not get what we want.
DeleteAccording to my personal point of view,Government do not think for other people,they only think for themselves.Miners deserve that R12.500,even more.Just imagine the loss that South Africa would experience without them.
ReplyDeleteAccording to a release on monday on news 24 it was revealed that about 37% of black taxpayers, 68% of whites, 63% of coloureds and 69% of Indians felt the money was not being spent well. I als o think that Government only thinks for itself.
DeleteOn the other hand we should also blame employers who think of themseleves and forget the people who are doing dirty work for them people who sacricfies thetir family times to work.Thern at the end some employers do not recognise thier hard work.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the employers also have a responsibility to their employess to ensure that the needs of employers are met.
ReplyDeleteQuick question; "Do you believe that a garden worker should be paid the same salary as a manging director?" The trick here is that South Africa is aiming at being on par with its international counter parts and by doing so it needs to change its ways into being a capitalist nation with a false pretence of putting the nation's intersts first. I understand the workers demands as they are working one of the most dangereous jobs in the world, but you can not expect to be paid the same alary as someone who went to school for a qualification while you do not have a qualification...@MokD21
ReplyDeleteNo, I do not believe that a garden worker should be paid the same salary as a managing director, but I do believe that the Mineworkers should be given a raise in their salaries.
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