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READER LETTER | Some protest actions in the country self-defeating

What do South Africans really want? They embark on numerous protests demanding jobs from the government.

Economic Freedom Fighters protesting in Durban as part of their national shutdown where they are calling for end to loadshedding and that the president Cyril Ramaphosa must step down.
Economic Freedom Fighters protesting in Durban as part of their national shutdown where they are calling for end to loadshedding and that the president Cyril Ramaphosa must step down. (SANDILE NDLOVU)

What do South Africans really want? They embark on numerous protests demanding jobs from the government.

They are happy to migrate to provinces that have been mining their mineral resources for many years, in the process spending very little time with their families.

Eastern Cape is the poorest province, with its land remaining untouched, but communities oppose any attempt by any company which wants to explore any opportunity of starting a mine that would change their fortunes.

Cometh Dube-Makholwa, Midrand

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