A priest, a union boss and a taxi driver

The similarity in these fatherly figures is that they are all capable of making you pay for a service they do not deliver. The tithing enthusiasts are almost seething in a premeditated anger towards the heathenry of my words but never question the bulging pockets of the church, while heaven seems to be taking in fewer and fewer people.

 
The need for a bold, man-figure to stand in front of a crowd and do his fatherly inheritance over them sees us building more churches, more unions and even buying more taxis while not really expanding the church experience, not really solving the worker’s issues and never really satisfying the commuter.

 
The Temple has evolved with grandeur, but the manliness of the priest has seen it reduced to a tent. This has seen the rise of a pastor Mbhoro, the spawn of the many trinities of churches under the different saints all occupying tents in the townships, leeching the faith of black people. The church is a hypocrisy which would see one Archbishop Desmond Tutu speak out against political figures and yet remain mum about the priest and his infidelity with the church. Is there really anything Reverent about the ACDP and its political stance? When the role of politics on Christianity is denied, can Christianity’s role in politics be kindly put down? Please?

 
The loud speaker is an instrument used to make audible the utterance of a man before a loud crowd. This mouthpiece has taken on a different meaning for Union bosses, seeing the loud speaker replace the union boss. This has seen many deaf followers propel loud speakers to the top of union management, resulting in a tripartite alliance which has a few popular faces that are good at barking at the economic vehicle of South Africa. For a union which wants long-term investment in the business to take a percentage of workers salary and waste it on “printing” instead of re-investing it in the same business is absurd. A worker pays as much to its union as it does to its UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund) and the UIF is guaranteed to pay but what can we say about the union?

 
We talk of the economic vehicle of South Africa, each and every morning it starts with the early rise of a taxi driver. This notorious figure keeps the economy running by transporting people to work every day. The stubbornness of the father-figure again bares its ugly teeth on us, on a daily basis we go where the taxi goes, but the taxi is not taking us where we want to go. The taxi industry is growing for taxi owners, but the poor commuter is at the mercy of the driver and he will make you pay.

 
We are paying for not really asking ourselves what we are paying for, this is the key point of ignorance which we portray on a daily basis. A 10 % tip is mandatory, but it is not pretty obvious what we are paying for. Is it for good service? Is there any alternative? Would you rather treat me badly? I would close with altered words of Wynton Marsalis: “It doesn’t matter if you’re black or white, they ALL come together to make your pocket light! “ Viva Amen.