Minimum education qualification must be required of those seeking public office

I am not about to buy the trending load of tripe that our national destiny is safe in the hands of people who hardly have any formal education. Remember that this is the crop that ministers will be appointed from, and who by virtue of their proximity to power may eventually assume the number one office.

It is the same crop that will be expected to lead highly educated civil servants in weighty matters affecting the destiny of a developing nation struggling to survive in an increasingly complex and competitive world economy. This is the same crop that will welcome dignitaries from other nations and fail to speak proper English let alone to articulate and assert our policy positions. These are the people who on account of educational insecurities, will be intimidated by their subordinates or will seek to run their ministries through fear to hide their ignorance. These are people you will never hear say anything in parliament except when salaries of members of parliament are discussed. These are people who will be bullied at party caucuses because they cannot engage intellectually. So, I disagree. I disagree for the same reason that you don’t take your new BMW to a bush mechanic but to Capital BMW for repairs.

Well, perhaps the situation would be less critical if the President had the leeway to pull ministers from outside parliament. But the truth is, the President is stuck with the crop. And if he, also, turns out to be unlettered like them, then we are doomed. They are supposed to be his advisers in the exercise of executive power.  Let us not forget that South Africa became the butt of jokes because one of their president couldn’t count beyond a thousand and has assumed office purely on struggle credentials.

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