Zuma's president...... what now?

There have been, several posts about - the where to from here question? Buy a ticket to Australia, cash in your ancestral rights, to live in Ireland or Sweden? Buy a life times supply of tinned beans and move into your back yard bunker. But for those of you, who either can leave or wont, what does one do in view of the trajectory one imagines our country might be taking? here's the thing....

Do it yourself, the government certainly wont do it for you?

Here are my thoughts on the matter, now for the first time in 15 years we have a unique opportunity to, get off our asses and get involved. From finding out who your local ward councilor is and getting involved in your local residents association. Or cleaning up your street yourself. We may even get to know our neighbors!
whether we like it or not, over the last 15 years since the end of apartheid we have become apathetic, and lazy. We have created a climate of entitlement, where we sit back and wait for someone else to solve our problems. We constantly hear cries of, the government must give us jobs , the government must give us houses, the government must provided good education. Here's the problem though, there are 20% of the population paying tax and 80% of the population waiting for the government, the government. The maths just doesn't work. We are heading into an abyss of demoralization and despair unless we take up our democratic right to get involved. To take what is near to our hearts, be it cleaning up the streets , or housing for the underprivileged or simply organizing a meeting about the problem of graffiti, or going to a PTA meeting at your child's school. All of us, have a social responsibility to look beyond ourselves. Now even more than ever, we need to be South Africans first , and a class, race or religion second.