All voters are keenly aware that South Africa desperately needs a new direction that can provide hope for a better future for all to put an end to what they have endured up to now.
There is a lot of legitimate anger and exasperation by the public about the unending financial woes of the SAA. A fundamental question about their existence is should they fulfil a commercial or developmental purpose?
It is indeed true that there is a good story to tell about SA post-1994 and that a solid foundation has been created to speed up economic growth and win the war against the triple ills of poverty, unemployment and inequality.