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A mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, recently made a compassionate plea to the most fortunate to help fund housing the homeless in LA.

There are so many scams out there, it seems the whole world is dishonest. It's not just money being stolen, but also the time taken to delete the emails and text messages. But what if it is an honest, legal scam?

Whoever wins the elections will rule the country. The leader of the MK Party, former president Jacob Zuma, is hoping for a two-thirds majority win.

As the country prepares for the most crucial general elections in our lifetime, let us seriously take stock of the past 30 years of ill-governance.

One of the biggest downfalls in our lives is the fear to be innovate. We are too scared to take chances to activate our ideas.

In SA, whenever streets and towns are renamed, certain struggle icons like great scholar Dr Neville Alexander, former editor of note Ahmeen Akhalwaya, firebrand Africanist !Khoisan X, eloquent Strini Moodely etc, are overlooked.

It is truly disheartening to witness the amount of black hate meted to those less fortunate by the privileged black fellow citizens.

Being a conscientious and eco-friendly citizen is easier said than done given that we all have limited time, concentration and energy to be perfectly green every moment in our daily lives.

I am sure many countries in the world are wondering just what kind of people are South Africans. Are we spoilt brats? We expect the government to provide free housing, free water and electricity, free meals for schools, free education and even free sanitary pads which are needed only once a month?

Thabo Mbeki's leadership was extremely solid to an extent that he laid a foundation for a better SA.