UnHappy birthday Dear President

Dear President Ramaphosa

I won’t wish you a happy birthday because the number 16 was always such a hallowed number as it referred to 16 June 1976 but you made that number a curse when at your direct behest on 16 August 2012 , 137 workers were brutally massacred at Marikana. These were workers fighting for a living wage which you as previous COSATU SG was supposed to have supported.

I won’t wish you a happy birthday because you have blood on your hands, the blood of innocent workers who supported each and every strike and stayaway which was called by the ANC in exile.

I won’t wish you a happy birthday because under your watch our economy has reached new levels of low, the poor has gotten 30 times poorer and the rich has gotten 30 times richer thanks to you and your capitalist friends.

I won’t wish you a happy birthday because how can I congratulate the architect of the impoverishment of our people, under you the number of people dependent on government grants has reached 16 million.

I won’t wish you a happy birthday because as a direct result of your connivance our esteem leaders who risked their lives in the trenches against the SADF and the SB(Special Branch) of SAP (South African Police) such as Jacob Zuma and others including Ace Magashule are being publicly embarrassed to undermine them politically in order for you and your cohorts to take full capitalist control of the ANC.

I won’t wish you a happy birthday because daily thousands are standing in long lines still desperately waiting for the TERS and SRD payments. As president you swear to uphold the constitution. Section 10.2 of the constitution says everyone has the right to dignity. How come you do not protect the dignity of people who must que endlessly for R350?

I won’t wish you a happy birthday as under your watch COVID-19 funds was used by the tens of millions to bankroll your friends and colleagues through crooked COVID-19 deals.

I won’t wish you a happy birthday as you have started to close the white monopoly capital noose around the neck of the SA economy by personally ensuring state guarantees are given to SAA , Eskom, Telkom, Transnet, SA Post Office who all are going to fire thousands of workers.

I won’t wish you a happy birthday as you want to mortgage our future by using GEPF to bankroll failed SOE’s at the behest of your lapdog pravin gordhan.

I won’t wish you a happy birthday as you have failed to ensure that Eskom keep the lights on which directly impacts the income of the workers when factories lose production.

I won’t wish you a happy birthday as you have not protected soldiers of MK such as Robert MacBride who was fired by lackey as IPID chair.

I won’t wish you a happy birthday because Maria Ramos, Trevor Manuel are all serving on the boards of the Rotchild Bank which implicates your connection too.

Other than that have a happy birthday.

Prepared by

Masibongwe Sihlahla

Personal capacity