‘We believed electing black government things would be easy,’ says Mbongeni Ngema

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‘We believed electing black government things would be easy,’ so says Mbongeni Ngema.

THE world-acclaimed living legend, Mbongeni Ngema has urged South African residents to refrain from destroying infrastructure when embarking on a protest. 

He describe the act as barbaric and uncalled for. 

Speaking to residents of Kathorus on Monday night, the soft spoken Ngema said the vicious behaviour is denting the image of native Africans. 

“It assembles the belief that we don’t utilize our brains. We can’t destroy something that we will need hereafter. We must look after our infrastructure. There is nothing wrong in raising our voices by embarking on a protest but we must be reliable,” he emphasised.

The Stimela saseZola muso called on the communities to assist in guessing and protecting this critical infrastructure, and to exercise the highest levels of patriotism in this regard.  

Ngema is a South African writer, lyricist, composer, director, theatre producer and actor best known as the writer of the internationally acclaimed and award winning musical Sarafina which was nominated for five Tony Awards. 

He questioned why the government goes awry to provide basic service delivery to residents; and further lambasted government by saying the country face numerous daily struggles under the black regime.  

“We believed that by electing our black government things were going to be easy on us but things don’t look like we thought. 

“These are the sectors of our society that are still holding on and showing high levels of resilience, having a government that cannot deliver basic services does threaten the rest of the state. 

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“The government and the citizen need to have a dialog to tackle some burning issues that the country is faced with,” he concluded.