Material things. First of all, I question the middle. I have a problem with that. I want to know, I am middle to what? I run this country. It is supposed to be my country. I should not be second-class to anybody, I should not be middle. If I am middle, who is high? Those are fundamental questions we need to answer. Exactly, who is at the bottom? I have the same problem that you have. But I think if the so-called middle class understand the role that they are supposed to play in society then it is okay with me because if you are going to be middle class you have got to run things! You have got to be in charge. You do not take the money and put it in the bank so it collects dust. You take that money, you spread it around. Find a way of doing it and I will I give you an example, when Black Empowerment came about few people were empowered through BEE by corporations. People do not realise that banks were ready to pay that money out because they were avoiding taxes. So that money went to you and to me. Okay, fine. What should have happened, as far as I am concerned and that is my opinion, that with the giving of the money we should have been given rules as well. For example if you are given the money, in five years time I want you to have trained so many people, maybe twenty people and that twenty people in five years time, have trained another twenty each” so that this pie is spread around. When you give somebody money, there has to be accountability especially if that money is supposed to be for the people. So I really think that something was lacking when that money was given. They should have been given orders that this is what you do with it.
The view above was shared in response to a question posed by the interviewer, Marcia Nonkululeko Tladi, to Letta Mbulu. The full interview was published on Proudly Afrikan. You may read it here.
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